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Korea University

korea.edu oia.korea.ac.kr

Local Governmentglobal.seoul.go.kr seoul.go.kr

Federal Government

korea.net niied.go.kr

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Who knows more about water…fish or birds?

BIG “C” CULTURE: OBJECTIVE CULTUREVISIBLE CULTURE

small “c” culture: subjective culture ‘hidden’ culture

Economic, Educational, Religious, Governmental, Legal, and Political Institutions and Systems; Architecture,

Dance, Music, Literature, Culinary Arts, Fashion, Heroes, Holidays, Popular Culture; Age, Ethnicity, Race, Gender

Meaning of Time, Space, Life, Death, Myths and Legends, Behaviors, Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, Conflict

Resolution, Definition of Right and Wrong,Immigration/Work Status, Marital/Parental Status, Personality and Thinking Style, Education, Sexual

Orientation, Group or Individual Roles, Country of Origin

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (Oct.)

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200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

1,400,000

1,600,000

491,324566,835

629,006678,687

750,873 747,476

910,149

1,066,273

1,158,8661,168,477

1,261,415

1,403,355

Non-Koreans in Korea 2000 - 2011

Source: Korea Immigration Service

1,403,355

688,329

137,945

116,683

China

USA

Vietnam

1,403,355 Philippines

49,810

Japan49,706

Thailand42,145

Indonesia32,422

Uzbekistan30,295

Mongolia29,453

Taiwan27,077

Canada22,023

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Area: 100,000 km2 Population: 50,0000,000

Place Population

Newfoundland 500,000

Tasmania

6,300,000Indiana

500,000

Scotland & Wales 8,300,000

NZ North Island 3,000,000

Western Cape 5,200,000

23,800,000

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Korea Train Express: KTX

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Korea’s first 24-hour con-venience store opened

in…

1989

Today there are 20,000 stores.

2013 - 1989 = 24 (years)365 x 24 = 8,760 (days)

20,000 / 8,760 = ~2.3 (stores/day)

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How old are you?Are you married?

Do you have children?

What’s your blood type?

You’re so handsome!

You’re a ge-nius!

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Korean food is…Spicy/hot Healthy

Yummy Awesome Labor In-tensive

Drink

So-ju ( 소주 )

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Life in Seoul/Ko-

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Walter Fore-man

Office of Int’l Affairs, Korea University