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The contemporary culture of South Korea developed from the traditional culture of Korea which was prevalent in the early Korean nomadic tribes. By maintaining thousands of years of ancient Korean culture, with influence from ancient Chinese culture, South Korea split on its own path of cultural development away from North Korean culture since the division of Korea in 1945.
South Korea has been a society that could not guarantee work–life balance historically and legally. But work–life balance in South Korea advanced when Warabel emerged as a neologism, changing the perception of people's work and their basic rights. There are two major movements: improving law and improving people's perceptions.
In the 1960s, South Korea began to transform itself from an agricultural economy to an industrial, service and high-tech-oriented economy. [2] Since then, the country's per capita GDP increased from US$100 in 1963 to US$35,300 in 2014, turning South Korea into the 20th largest economy in the world. [2] In the process, work hours increased ...
Photographer Kim Seunggu documents “leisure culture” in South Korea, a country that recently proposed increasing its maximum working week from 52 to 69 hours and where “gwarosa,” or death ...
The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean states, resulting in a number of cultural differences that can be observed even today.
Last month, after 53-year-old poet and novelist Han Kang won the Nobel Prize for her literature, online boards were full of memes noting South Korea’s “Culture Victory” — a reference to ...
Hoesik (Korean: 회식; Hanja: 會食; transl. eating together; Seoul/standard pron: [hø̞ɕʰik̚]) is a popular type of gathering in the society of South Korea, and refers to a group of people getting together to eat and drink. In Korean society, Hoesik has been established as a subculture of an organization or enterprise.
Intern and resident doctors in South Korea work 36-hour shifts, compared to shifts of less than 24 hours in the U.S., according to the Korean Intern Resident Association. It says half the young U ...