Impact Of Multiculturalism In Korean Culture

CULTURAL IDENTITY AND CULTURAL POLICY IN SOUTH KOREA

South Korea has been facing an issue for a long time: establishing a cultural identity, to achieve this goal, the government’s tool is cultural policy.

With the invasion of the occidental culture and the fracture of the traditional one, the problem of cultural identity awaked. This invasion has been materialized in the change of the way of living of population, that has become more similar to the western one, leaving the traditional Korean culture in the background. The traditional Korean culture is incarnated by some principles, specially the unity and homogeneity, these are the basis of nationalism, that has been a key factor for their history, consequently, multiculturalism is not an

Nowadays the regulation is quite loose and that barrier between sound and unsound culture has disappeared.

Cultural Identity and Cultural Welfare

As the economy grows it does so the cultural demand and this has been included in the welfare the state soughs to supply. This is interesting for the government as it sees culture as a way to solve the ethics and the spiritual emptiness of the population that the economic growth generates, by promoting the traditional spiritual values, that are opposed to the occidental materialism, society can conserve the typical south Korean values.

Cultural Identity and Cultural Globalization

With the globalization, the idea of cultural identity has changed, now it is seen as an intern characteristic that tries to defend itself from the outside influence. This has led to a regulation that benefits domestic products over international ones like, for example, the screen quota. However, it is not always like this, Korea, lately, has adopted an open-door policy so they are exposed to the western culture influx and their products have to enter the world competitive market to be