113 Cultural Post 5

[Jacob Park]

During this semester, I learned many things about Korean culture in terms of cinema and cuisine. I learned many things about the westernization of Korean food and how Korean movies became so relevant in the United States. I learned what kind of movies Americans like and why it has become so popular in the United States. This was partly due to the reason of increasing immigrants from South Korea. The adoption and popularization of Kimchi was due to the huge influx of immigrants as well. However, with these increases in popularity, came another genre of food, fusion. This created a new, different taste for people in America and South Korea. I have learned why Kimchi is so prevalent in South Korean households and how it even got to my table and hundreds of millions' dining tables.