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The 100 Cultural Symbols of Korea [1] [2] (Korean: 백대 민족문화상징; Hanja: 百大 民族文化象徵; RR: Baekdae Minjongmunhwasangjing; MR: Paektae Minjongmunhwasangjing) were selected by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism (at the time of selection, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism) of South Korea on 26 July 2006, judging that the Korean people are representative among ...
Korean word Explanation Merriam-Webster Oxford Remarks Chaebol: jaebeol 재벌 (財閥) a large, usually family-owned, business group in South Korea (cognate with Japanese Zaibatsu) [1] [2] Hangul: hangeul 한글: Korean alphabet [3] Jeonse: jeonse 전세 (傳貰) a long-held renting arrangement where tenants pay lump-sum deposit for usually ...
The Encyclopedia of Korean Culture is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by the Academy of Korean Studies and DongBang Media Co. It was originally published as physical books from 1991 to 2001. There is now an online version of the encyclopedia that continues to be updated. [1]
The Encyclopedia of Korean Folk Culture (EKFC; Korean: 한국민속대백과사전; Hanja: 韓國民俗大百科事典) is a digital encyclopedia operated by the South Korean National Folk Museum of Korea, and thus supported by the South Korean government. [1] [2] It focuses on various topics related to traditional Korean culture. [2]
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.
While English words may have reached Korea via globalization, modernization, etc.) social and linguistic factors had an impact in the shift of meaning of the words introduced as they were propagated through the community. An example of a Korean false friend is the word "미팅", which sounds like "meeting" in English but means "blind date". [20]
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.
The national symbols of South Korea are official and unofficial flags, icons, or cultural expressions that are emblematic, representative, or otherwise characteristic of South Korea (the Republic of Korea) and of its culture. Since the division of the Korean peninsula in 1948, South Korea has retained traditional symbols to distinguish from the ...