2. Government office inheritance system
This system which was passed from Korea Dynasty to Chosun Dynastry, enabled sons and grandsons of government officials to become government officials as well, without taking the examination for the government officials positions. Government officials wanted to inherit their power to their sons which became one of the main motives for the creation of the sy
Andong Tour
Introduction to Andong
Andong is the home of Confucianism in Korea. During the Joseon Dynasty, Andong attracted scores of Confucian scholars becoming a pioneeringConfucian thought. This city also contained the highest number of private schools from the Joseon Dynasty as well as Confucian schools. To this day, Andong still has around 26 private schools fro
3. Genre paintings in Korea
There are various types of Korean genre painting dating back from the pre-history period to the Joseon dynasty.
It can be classified to 3 types depending on characteristic
Genre Painting on Religion
Korean genre painting started from the pre-historic period, appearing in the ancient tomb mural of the Three Kingdoms, ancient tomb mural of Balhae’s period, an
Ⅰ. Introduction
1. Background/ Actual Case
Sewol ferry disaster stirred strong controversy in Korean. In the process of investigating the causes, they revealed that the Gwanfia of the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries is related to corruption. Gwanfia is a portmanteau made from 'gwan', meaning government or bureaucracy and mafia. A deep-rooted, widespread network of former government employees
Korea, these phenomena is clearer. In 30 years, the average height of Miss Korea increased by 5.5cm, from 166 to 171.5, but the weight decreased from 51.4kg to 51.2kg. They became much taller but the weight was almost same and if we compare these figures to average height and weight of women between the age of 20s-30s in 2009 , which are 161.2cm and 55.4kg respectively, we can see it is not a nat