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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.
Sino-Korean vocabulary includes words borrowed directly from Chinese, as well as new Korean words created from Chinese characters, and words borrowed from Sino-Japanese vocabulary. Many of these terms were borrowed during the height of Chinese-language literature on Korean culture. Subsequently, many of these words have also been truncated or ...
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.
Korea Journal 3(11), 33–36. (Link: search author's name in the box in the middle of the page; do not change language or search in the top of the page, which will lead to an external site) Kim, Yung Chung (1976). Women of Korea: A history from ancient times to 1945. Seoul: Ewha Womans University Press. ISBN 978-89-7300-116-3. Lee, Younghee (2002).
Seokguram, designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is also a representative cultural property of Korean Buddhist culture. Modern history (2 types) 37 Korean Demilitarized Zone (비무장 지대) The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a symbol of the division of the two Koreas and a space containing a future full of peace and reconciliation.
The school curriculum was radically modified to eliminate teaching of the Korean language and history. [230] The Korean language was banned, and Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names, [248] [note 5] [249] and newspapers were prohibited from publishing in Korean. Numerous Korean cultural artifacts were destroyed or taken to Japan. [250]
The hereditary nature of the caste system bred institutionalized discrimination and prejudice early on in Korea's history, as the cheonmin were barred from most forms of social advancement, including entry into government service or taking the gwageo civil service examinations.