According to the classifications listed in the "Figuring Foreigners Out" article, South Korea leans to the collectivist, indirect/high-context nonverbal, monochronic, external culture (I think). I looked up a study that used a more 'scientific' method than my guessing method here. According to the Geert Hofstede Center, South Korea is a collectivist country, as I have guessed. They state that their collectivism is evident by the commitment to the "member 'group', be that a family, extended family, or extended relationships. Loyalty is paramount... and the society fosters strong relationships where everywhere takes responsibility for fellow members."
The Center scored S. Korea on an aspect called "uncertainty avoidance," which they define as "the extent to which the members of a culture feel threatened by ambiguous or unknown situations and have created beliefs and institutions that try to avoid these." This seems to tie in which S. Korea's monochronic nature because, as the country is one of the most uncertainty avoiding countries in the world, they believe that time is money, people have an inner urge to be busy and work hard and precision and punctuality are the norm.
The site doesn't have many thoughts on S. Korea as an external culture but I personally think it is due to the prevalence of "fate" themes in Korean dramas. The article defines an 'external' culture as one which believes that 'some things in life are predetermined...there are limits beyond which one cannot go and certain givens that cannot be changed and must be accepted.' Usually in Korean dramas, especially those of the romance genre, a couple is tied by fate, as if their love was predetermined (example: "The Sun and the Moon") and is inescapable (which leads to comedic situations if the couple starts off with a love-hate relationship).
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