King Sejong the Great King Sejong, the fourth King of the Choson Dynasty from 1418 to 1450, is regarded by most Koreans as one of the greatest figures in their country's history. Along with his strong love and enthusiasm for the nation, he enforced many significant reforms, laying the foundation for the Confucian state dynasty that was to rule for more than 500 years. One of the King's ruling feature which I admire the most is his passion for education. He believed that everyone had a right
Eight months ago, January 11th at 7:48pm to be exact, was the best day of my life. The day I’ve been waiting for since early 2009, when I was only 13 years old. That dream of mine, I shared with someone very close to me. The faces on me and my best friend was unimaginable, expressing all the emotions one could possibly express. Our eyes were watery from happiness and nervous laughter. Our hands were shaky and sweaty. It was an unbelievable feeling where someone had to pinch our arms to know that
Yeah! But, In December 2004, I embarked on the most astonishing adventure of my entire life. Passing high school exam was the magic password of my life experience. Yeah, I shouted loud, yeah, yeah, I passed, now that I have graduated I can traveled. I received a student visa for South Korean one month later. It was a total relief. I whispered in mom’s ears “I have a visa.” The look on mom face changed, she cried, I cried, we both cried for joy. What? She replied with a big surprise on her face
Today, here in the United States, we live in a multicultural melting pot where ethnicities around the world are welcome to stay and live. Contrast this to Korea, there is a prevailing idea that homogeneity of the Korean population is essential to keep their cultural and national identity on the peninsula. According to official statistics from Korea’s Ministry of Justice, 1.8 percent of Korea’s 50 million people are foreign citizens with resident status in Korea. The idea of Korean racial purity and
Ma. Kimberly Anne V. Poquiz Professor Motoike English 1 – Section 1808 20 May 2014 Korean Pop Music Globalization In October 2009, Wonder Girls, a South Korean girl group, became the first Korean singers to enter the Top 100 of the Billboard’s Chart with their hit song “Nobody” and ranked 76th place. This is a big deal for them since the Billboard Hot 100 is one of the two leading music charts is the United States of America. And recently, Psy’s “Gangnam Style” became the most “liked” and viewed
After the Russia had taken Korea and Manchuria from the treaties made with the Qing dynasty, Korea was no more colonised by China, rather, Russia took over and colonised Manchuria and Korea. Therefore, Japan sought an opportunity to fight off Russia in order to get Manchuria and Korea to colonised them. Since Japan had signed a treaty with United State and Great Britain and they were allies, Japan took the opportunity to seek help from United State,to mediate for them to fight off Russia.. Finally
For a long time, I have always infatuated myself with different cultures and backgrounds. Because of my passion for learning foreign languages, I love interacting with people who come from different cultures. A professor from the International Business department once told my class, "San Francisco State has one of the best study abroad exchange programs and you should take the opportunity to study abroad as an undergraduate." Thanks to those words from my professor, I believe that studying abroad
Education should be important where you go no matter what, but in some countries education is everything. Several countries want to be the best in the education system, but they do not know the toll it can take on the youth. Happiness of the children should be number one, but it is the parents who want to be happy about their child’s education. Although sometimes the youth like to experiment with different career paths. It may be frowned upon to do such a thing, they should do what makes them happy
The story surrounding the rise in nationalism within any nation is a very powerful and significant story to tell. Korea isn’t any different. For Korea, the notion of nationalism and independence can be traced back to the late 19th century when China, Korea and Japan were in the midst of a power struggle. The power struggle involved the ‘decentralization’ of China and the significant increase of power and influence of the Japanese administration. Amidst this shift in East Asian powers and the breakdown
only twenty-eight letters, was to allow anyone to learn correct pronunciation with just a few hours of study. Hangul, now spelled Hangeul, intended only for most informal writing and literature. A mix of Hangeul and Chinese characters, known as Hanja, is used in academic papers and official documents. The modern Korean alphabet contains fourteen basic consonants and ten basic vowels. There are six Korean dialects spoken in South Korea. The dialects are generally contained with specific provisional