Over the centuries, the Korean peninsula has developed as a fairly homogeneous, singular nation with one shared cultural identity. That identity is one largely defined by its location, pinned in between the ancient giant of China and the rising sun of Japan. Korea follows, generally, a traditional Confucian approach to family, with a close-knit patriarchal …
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Nationalism in the Divided Nation of Korea
In the Korean Peninsula, the concept of nationalism largely is tied to resistance against outside influence, primarily from Japan and to some extent from Europe. Like most things on the peninsula, it is expressed far differently in the South as compared to the North. In South Korea, nationalism in an anti-Japanese sense still exists and …
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