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The Westernization of Korea
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A few years ago, when foreign fast food chains began to overrun the country and surveys showed that Korea's young people preferred a plate of spaghetti to a bowl of ramyeon, the question being asked the most was : Is Korea being modernized or is it the result of westernization? Now the facts are in, and the conclusion seems unmistakable. The evidence comes in the form of wine and blond hair.
"So what?", you ask. Well, if what happened in Japan in any indication, there's no question that Korea is well on its way to becoming westernized.
Nobody will deny that Japan has become very westernized. That began to happen just as soon as per capita income reached $10,000 a year, which is also when the consumption of grape wine in Japan started to rise. The same thing is now happening in Korea, an indication that affluence and wine consumption go together.
Why wine and not whisky? Because research in the 1980s and 1990s showed that wine, particularly red wine, may have certain health benefits. Most nutritionists now believe that a glass of red wine per day helps prevent heart attacks. Red wine contains anti-oxidants which prevent fat particles from sticking to the arteries. In other words, red wine seems to help keep our blood vessels cleaned out.
The fact that Koreans are switching to wine shows that they are becoming more health conscious, same as westerners.
As most trends do, it started in Japan then came to Korea. Korean rock starts were first to dye their hair blonde, but now it's mainstream. Korea's streets are filled with blondes and brunettes, and even a few "orange-heads". Even little kids of 5 or 6 have dyed hair. In fact, dyeing one's hair is so prevalent in Korea that it's now hard to find anyone under the age of 40 who has black hair. All of the Miss Korea contestants now have either light brown or near-blond hair.
Is this just a passing fad that people will soon get tired of or are the new hair colors an attempt on young Korean's part to look more westernized?
1) Red wine is the only alcoholic drink that has been reported to have any health benefits. Will this have any effect on the sale of other types of alcohol in Korea? why or why not?
2) What about the huge popularity of foreign-owned fast food chains like Starbuck's Coffee, Baskin Robbins, Pizza Hut, Dunkin' Donuts, etc? Are they evidence that Korea is becoming westernized? Why or why not?
3) Do you worry about Korea becoming too westernized? Do you think it will lead to Korean's forgetting their own culture?
4) What do you think of the trend to dye one's hair brown, blond, or orange. Is it an attempt to look more western, or is it just a temporary fad that will disappear? Tell why you think so.
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"So what?", you ask. Well, if what happened in Japan in any indication, there's no question that Korea is well on its way to becoming westernized.
Nobody will deny that Japan has become very westernized. That began to happen just as soon as per capita income reached $10,000 a year, which is also when the consumption of grape wine in Japan started to rise. The same thing is now happening in Korea, an indication that affluence and wine consumption go together.
Why wine and not whisky? Because research in the 1980s and 1990s showed that wine, particularly red wine, may have certain health benefits. Most nutritionists now believe that a glass of red wine per day helps prevent heart attacks. Red wine contains anti-oxidants which prevent fat particles from sticking to the arteries. In other words, red wine seems to help keep our blood vessels cleaned out.
The fact that Koreans are switching to wine shows that they are becoming more health conscious, same as westerners.
As most trends do, it started in Japan then came to Korea. Korean rock starts were first to dye their hair blonde, but now it's mainstream. Korea's streets are filled with blondes and brunettes, and even a few "orange-heads". Even little kids of 5 or 6 have dyed hair. In fact, dyeing one's hair is so prevalent in Korea that it's now hard to find anyone under the age of 40 who has black hair. All of the Miss Korea contestants now have either light brown or near-blond hair.
Is this just a passing fad that people will soon get tired of or are the new hair colors an attempt on young Korean's part to look more westernized?
1) Red wine is the only alcoholic drink that has been reported to have any health benefits. Will this have any effect on the sale of other types of alcohol in Korea? why or why not?
2) What about the huge popularity of foreign-owned fast food chains like Starbuck's Coffee, Baskin Robbins, Pizza Hut, Dunkin' Donuts, etc? Are they evidence that Korea is becoming westernized? Why or why not?
3) Do you worry about Korea becoming too westernized? Do you think it will lead to Korean's forgetting their own culture?
4) What do you think of the trend to dye one's hair brown, blond, or orange. Is it an attempt to look more western, or is it just a temporary fad that will disappear? Tell why you think so.
이 글은「대학연합영어토론동아리」www.pioneerclub.com에서 제공하는 영어토론 정보입니다.
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