Archive for January, 2021
Korean Education Fever Posted by Flying Oyster on Jan 27, 2021
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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
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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…