Korea - Culture Smart! (eBook)
168 Seiten
Kuperard (Verlag)
978-1-85733-670-2 (ISBN)
Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include
customs, values, and traditions
historical, religious, and political background
life at home
leisure, social, and cultural life
eating and drinking
do's, don'ts, and taboos
business practices
communication, spoken and unspoken
'Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers.' Sunday Times Travel
'... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries.' Global Travel
'...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas.' Observer
'...as useful as they are entertaining.' Easyjet Magazine
'...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world.' New York Times
Apart from the headline-making politics, not much is known in the West about the Korean people and their ancient culture. Yet those who visit Korea, whether North or South, find a land of great interest. The Koreans, when not constrained by politics or other considerations, are friendly and sociable, and the peninsula has areas of outstanding natural beauty. The South's cities, if not always beautiful, are vibrant and alive. The North, while very different, is complex and fascinating. The standoff between the two countries of the Korean Peninsula is a legacy of the Cold War and a potential flashpoint for future conflict. Despite a brief thaw in relations a few years ago, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north, a secretive single-party socialist state with a centralized industrial economy, conducted nuclear tests in 2006 and 2009. The Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south meanwhile, a free market democracy, has become a rising economic power, and in 2010 became the first former aid recipient to join the OECD Development Assistance Committee. Much has changed since the first edition of Culture Smart! Korea was published in 2005: the North's defiant development of its nuclear program, the end of the South's "e;Sunshine"e; or engagement policy in 2008, the opening up to US tourists by the North in 2010, and the death of its leader Kim Jong Il in 2011 and the succession of his youngest son, Kim Jong Un. This new, updated edition of Culture Smart! Korea looks at the changing social and economic situation and provides real insights into thinking and behavior in both countries. It indicates the pitfalls to avoid, and introduces you to some of the many delights of the Korean peninsula.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.10.2012 |
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Sprache | englisch |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber |
Reisen ► Reiseführer | |
Recht / Steuern ► Öffentliches Recht | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Volkskunde | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
Technik | |
ISBN-10 | 1-85733-670-4 / 1857336704 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-85733-670-2 / 9781857336702 |
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