Archive for January, 2021
Korean Education Fever Posted by Flying Oyster on Jan 27, 2021
When I was in teenager, there was a popular movie called 행복은 성적순이 아니잖아요. (Happiness Does Not Come In Grades). I bet that most Korean teenagers knew about this movie. I was, of course, one of them. I remember I sobbed like a baby at the end of the movie because it was a sad…
Koreans Work Hard and Play Hard Posted by Flying Oyster on Jan 14, 2021
The Seoul Olympics in 1988 is globally known as an economic miracle because nobody would expect that Koreans could host an Olympic game in a relatively short time after the Korean War in the 1950’s. The fundamental reason for this miracle was hard working Koreans. Koreans have achieved this financial success thanks to…