life in seoul (for fall 2013 korea university exchange students)
DESCRIPTION
This presentation is intended to orientate incoming students to Korea University on life in Seoul and in Korea. Covered in this presentation are: resources, culture, geography, transportation, pace of life, Korean-isms, and food, drink, and song.TRANSCRIPT
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Life in Seoul/Ko-
rea
Walter Fore-man
Office of Int’l Affairs, Korea University
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A B
C D
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A
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Korea University
korea.edu oia.korea.ac.kr
Local Governmentglobal.seoul.go.kr seoul.go.kr
Federal Government
korea.net niied.go.kr
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Who knows more about water…fish or birds?
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BIG “C” CULTURE: OBJECTIVE CULTUREVISIBLE CULTURE
small “c” culture: subjective culture ‘hidden’ culture
Economic, Educational, Religious, Governmental, Legal, and Political Institutions and Systems; Architecture,
Dance, Music, Literature, Culinary Arts, Fashion, Heroes, Holidays, Popular Culture; Age, Ethnicity, Race, Gender
Meaning of Time, Space, Life, Death, Myths and Legends, Behaviors, Verbal and Nonverbal Communication, Conflict
Resolution, Definition of Right and Wrong,Immigration/Work Status, Marital/Parental Status, Personality and Thinking Style, Education, Sexual
Orientation, Group or Individual Roles, Country of Origin
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2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 (Oct.)
0
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
1,400,000
1,600,000
491,324566,835
629,006678,687
750,873 747,476
910,149
1,066,273
1,158,8661,168,477
1,261,415
1,403,355
Non-Koreans in Korea 2000 - 2011
Source: Korea Immigration Service
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1,403,355
688,329
137,945
116,683
China
USA
Vietnam
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1,403,355 Philippines
49,810
Japan49,706
Thailand42,145
Indonesia32,422
Uzbekistan30,295
Mongolia29,453
Taiwan27,077
Canada22,023
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Area: 100,000 km2 Population: 50,0000,000
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Place Population
Newfoundland 500,000
Tasmania
6,300,000Indiana
500,000
Scotland & Wales 8,300,000
NZ North Island 3,000,000
Western Cape 5,200,000
23,800,000
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Hal
f fu
ll?
Half em
pty?
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Korea Train Express: KTX
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Korea’s first 24-hour con-venience store opened
in…
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1989
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Today there are 20,000 stores.
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2013 - 1989 = 24 (years)365 x 24 = 8,760 (days)
20,000 / 8,760 = ~2.3 (stores/day)
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Hal
f fu
ll?
Half em
pty?
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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How old are you?Are you married?
Do you have children?
What’s your blood type?
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You’re so handsome!
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You’re a ge-nius!
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Eat
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Korean food is…Spicy/hot Healthy
Yummy Awesome Labor In-tensive
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Drink
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So-ju ( 소주 )
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Be Merry
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7098
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TODAY’S AGENDA
1•Qu
estions
2•Re
sources
3 •Culture
4•Ge
ography
5•Pa
ce of Life
6•Ko
rean-isms
7
•Eat, Drink,
& Be Merry
8•Qu
es-tions
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Life in Seoul/Ko-
rea
Walter Fore-man
Office of Int’l Affairs, Korea University