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This is the third of a four-part series on the social consequences of age in Korea. In part one (go here) we discussed social requirements Korean people have when interacting with someone older. In part two (go there) we discussed extreme ageism in the Korean military. Here we will discuss age in the workplace. Our [ READ MORE ]
* This is part two of our series on the social consequences of the Korean age system. Go here for Part one. People from the West (what a great all-encompassing word that is) tend to accept a romantic stereotype of Asian nations such as China, Japan, and South Korea — that of the great respect the young yield [ READ MORE ]
So you’re at dinner with some co-workers and one of them, who just happens to be a few months older than you holds his cup out over and over again, expecting you to pour his drinks all night. You think he’s an ass and you tell him to eff-off. Your relationship with the coworker ends, [ READ MORE ]
When you meet a Korean it’s one of the first things they will ask — how old are you? Obviously, in any other part of the world I’d be inclined to say I’m 24 years old (as per my number of years actually alive). But you, my faithful readers, now realize that this can’t be [ READ MORE ]
I thought it would be interesting to pass on a few things I discovered just now about the Korean time-machine aging system (if you’re new to this concept see the post below). As you might have guessed, it is based originally on Chinese tradition, and was used to recognize age in many East Asian cultures including [ READ MORE ]
So we’ve all recovered from the excuse for a night of enhanced revelry that was New Year’s Eve 2009 and are staring down the barrel of another year and a new decade. If you’re like me you haven’t bothered to make any resolutions this year, recognizing the near perfection of your being. Many people, as [ READ MORE ]