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Question | Answer |
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Korean way of counting age | when baby is born they are “one” age advances by one on New Year’s Day |
Hard-working ethic of South Korean | Hard work is a common characteristic of Korean people More annual work hours than any other country (2390 hours/year) USA (1777 hours/year) |
Most important values in South Korea vs. those in the U.S | a) South Korea have orderly society and harmony accountable public officials open to new ideas freedom of expression respect for authority b) USA personal and freedom of expression rights of individual open debate ind thinking "acct pub offils" |
Discrimination of women in Confucianism | seven evils of conduct for women specifies by Confucian code very gender specified roles in country |
Authoritarian rule under Park Chung-hee in South Korea | a)took over by a military coup b) commitment to economic development by: state guidance of economy export promotion reliance on Chaebol suppression of labor and dissent |
GDP measured in PPP vs. GDP in market (nominal) exchange rate | PPP takes account of price difference across countries |
Comparison of population density in China, Japan, and South Korea | South Korea > Japan > China |