The presentation that we did in class regarding some unique aspects of the cultures that we studied were extremely interesting. I learned some interesting aspects of Korean culture that I did not know of before. For example, one of the presentations highlighted Samsung's impact on Korean culture. It was extremely interesting to see how a company could have so much influence on a country's total economy and thus its identity. Samsung accounts for 15% of the country's GDP, an enormous amount for a company to own in a country as developed as South Korea. In addition, whenever Samsung has some embarrassment scandal, it is usually reverberated to the South Korean people, as they identify Samsung as Korean symbol.
The other presentation included the influence of Japanese colonialism on Korea, and how Koreans were restricted from using Korean during the years where they were colonized. This led to a lot of crossover words that were formed from Japanese culture.
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