Stereotypes about Korea
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There are lots of stereotypes of Korea that I have heard so far. Today, I am going to talk about which stereotypes are true or not.
Firstly, many people say that all Korean food is spicy. I would say this is partly true. Because we use pepper sauce or chilli powder a lot in our traditional food like kimchi. However, except for that, the food that is on our table everyday is basically vegetables with oil, meat with soy sauce or plain soup. So, you can enjoy many other foods which are not spicy in Korea. But, If you ever come to Korea, you had better try Korea's spicy taste. You get addicted.
Secondly, Korean people are quite sensitive about our history. I think we have got one of the saddest histories in the world, like Jewish people. As we used to be a colony of Japan for 35 years, we have had hostile emotion towards Japan in terms of history. Besides, this sometimes gets connected with sports matches, especially with football matches. Korean players must win, if they wouldn't be blamed.
Lastly, I will look at the personality of Korean people. Korea is a very busy and fast country. Everything is fast and in order, public transformation, customer service and everything else. It has made us succeed dramatic economic growth from 1970s to now. I think our quick and hard-working personality brings these results. However, It has got a downside as well. Due to rapid economic growth, It is not settled very well, still unsafe. Also the collusion between politics and business is one of the big problems in Korea society.
Until now, I have looked at brief traits about Korea. It was great time to look back our country. I hope the more foreign people are going to visit to Korea and also Korea is getting better.
You can read more about the relationship between Korea and Japan on this website.
By Jung-Yi Kim
Firstly, many people say that all Korean food is spicy. I would say this is partly true. Because we use pepper sauce or chilli powder a lot in our traditional food like kimchi. However, except for that, the food that is on our table everyday is basically vegetables with oil, meat with soy sauce or plain soup. So, you can enjoy many other foods which are not spicy in Korea. But, If you ever come to Korea, you had better try Korea's spicy taste. You get addicted.
Secondly, Korean people are quite sensitive about our history. I think we have got one of the saddest histories in the world, like Jewish people. As we used to be a colony of Japan for 35 years, we have had hostile emotion towards Japan in terms of history. Besides, this sometimes gets connected with sports matches, especially with football matches. Korean players must win, if they wouldn't be blamed.
Lastly, I will look at the personality of Korean people. Korea is a very busy and fast country. Everything is fast and in order, public transformation, customer service and everything else. It has made us succeed dramatic economic growth from 1970s to now. I think our quick and hard-working personality brings these results. However, It has got a downside as well. Due to rapid economic growth, It is not settled very well, still unsafe. Also the collusion between politics and business is one of the big problems in Korea society.
Until now, I have looked at brief traits about Korea. It was great time to look back our country. I hope the more foreign people are going to visit to Korea and also Korea is getting better.
You can read more about the relationship between Korea and Japan on this website.
By Jung-Yi Kim