Korea Calendar As in many Asian countries‚ Korea uses both the solar and lunar calendars‚ and celebrates holidays based on both. The country uses one time zone and is 9 hours ahead of GMT‚ the same as Japan. Most Koreans work Monday through Friday and then a half day on Saturday mornings. Usual business hours are 9:00-6:00 during the week and 9:00-1:00 on Saturday. During national holidays‚ government offices and most businesses are closed‚ although many private store keepers and large department
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The decade after the Second World War saw Communism spread to the Far East‚ eventually dividing Korea. The Korean War lasted three years and peace was only achieved when the use of the atomic bomb was threatened. The problem in Korea In 1945‚ Korea was split along the 38th parallel between a communist north led by Kim IL Sung‚ and a non-communist south led by Syngman Rhee. But communism was growing in the Far East. In 1949‚ the Communists had taken power in China. The US developed the ’domino
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1st draft Food memoir: Mung rice noodle For all of us‚ there are several kinds of food in our deep memories. These foods are different from others because they are not only what we eat but also what we experience. Last week‚ when my teacher asked us which food existed in our deep memories‚ the first one came to my mind was Mung rice noodle. Each time mentioning Mung rice noodle‚ I will think of my wonderful childhood and sweet home. I belong to Tujia‚ one of the Chinese minorities. Mung rice
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care of children” (139). Initially‚ many migrant households aim to maintain traditional roles in the household and labor market. However‚ my parents soon realized my father’s single income could not sustain the family. Bretell highlights how “married Korean women [in the US] have much higher rates of labor force participation than do women in Korea” (138). Migration transforms gender roles‚ requiring migrant women to take on greater
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Korean War 11/7/2013 Jennifer Landers Korean War The departure of American and Soviet troops from Korea in 1949 Under a UN agreement‚ both the Soviet Union and the United States withdrew their military forces from Korea‚ but both left large numbers of advisors on the peninsula. The two sides were to continue negotiations over elections to reunify the country‚ and although the United States preferred that the resulting government not be communist‚ in 1949 it was still not prepared
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Memoir Assignment When I was in the 7th grade I heard an interesting story of life experiences from my friend. She was doing a presentation at my school about her life in Peru. I began to think about it‚ but I didn’t know that I seriously wanted to become an exchange student until I was in 8th grade. My best friend name is Ked. She was in 12th grade and she was an exchange student. She passed all the tests and got a free scholarship so she decided to go. She said she learned many thing about
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“Home is a Place to Rest”: Constructing the Meaning of Work‚ Family and Gender in the Korean Middle Class* Yi Eunhee Kim I. Introduction Feminist scholarship since the eighties (e.g. Yanagisako 1979; Yanagisako and Collier 1987; Rapp 1987; Scott 1988; Yi E. K. 1986; Ginsburg and Tsing 1990; Peletz 1994; 1995; Thorne 1992; Weston 1990) has widely criticized the conceptual oppositions of family and work‚ production and reproduction‚ domestic and public‚ as long used in Western social science.
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Korea’s weather includes cold winters‚ warm summers and drawn out falls. Though the area is split the food selection is pretty much the same in both areas. For Americans there are rules that should be followed at a dining table called etiquette. Koreans have their own set of rules that are a little stricter than those of America. Some of the mannerisms are pretty much like common sense but some of the customs are not considered here in America. If you are having a meal with an elderly person you
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and unconditional surrender in the recent World War II‚ the Korean War was not along the same lines whatsoever. The Korean War began when the North and South were divided at the 38th parallel; suddenly‚ the Communist North invaded the south and most of it was consumed except for a final southernmost city. There‚ General MacArthur was sent my President Truman to Korea for a “police action.” With U.N advancements up near the Chinese-Korean border‚ the Chinese sent their own troops to force MacArthur
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you’re not Chinese.” As the only Korean in local Chinese school‚ I always had restricted chances to participate in different events. On the one day‚ the teacher told me that I’m not eligible to go to the Marching Band competition because the school has never sent any foreigner to the competition. On the other day‚ the teacher told me that I cannot take part in the class election since it represented being a part of Chinese communist party. Used to be the only Korean in the place‚ I quickly realized
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