Talk:Culture of South Korea

message: Heroeswithmetaphors (talk) 16:43, 21 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Requested move

message: What is Noraeda? Is this an equivalent word for Karaoke? I'm a Korean but I've never heard of Noraeda. For me, if it sells liquors it's a Karaoke, if it doesn't it's a Noraebang.
:I have no idea what "noraeda" is...a google search for 노래다 only gives things like "좋은 노래다," as in 노래 + 이다.  The page history shows an edit by someone who wasn't logged in, has only made one other edit, and apparently didn't know what they were talking about; so I have removed "noraeda."  --Sewing 16:05, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: What is Noraeda?

message: Somebody might like to visit my article on Kim Jong-Chul (Kim Jong-Il's son), and see the footnote on a Korean poet of the same name. He might be worth an article. Adam 09:23, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: He now has one. Kokiri 10:13, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: As you both know by now, I've moved the abovementioned articles to Kim Jong-chul (political figure) and Kim Jong-chul (poet) respectively.  Thanks for the heads up regarding the poet, Adam: we now have 2 brand new articles for the price of 1!  --Sewing 15:56, 6 Mar 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Kim Jong-Chul

message: No reason for cleanup given, article seems to be in decent shape. Removing tag. PhatJew 20:25, 28 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Cleanup Tag

message: Some stuff on Halyuh (the Korean wave) would be nice. Nissi Kim
:Agreed; see Korean wave for some information that could be summarized here. -- Visviva 04:23, 12 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Influences

message: The article says:
Supporting the Korean film industry have been strong government controls against copying and bootlegging and piracy, which have allowed the film industry to bring out many films, and make a profit and still have very strong DVD and aftermarket sales.
Sounds like advocacy from a trade group.
::Hmm. It doesn't really explain why you can buy pirated DVDs on street corners throughout Seoul, though, does it/  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 125.240.61.2 (talk) 06:02, 26 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Wow

message: I don't think that the "fan death" phenomenon deserves a direct link under the "See Also" section of the Contemporary culture of South Korea article—"fan death" is completely tangential to mainstream contemporary Korean thought and culture. While it is a curious belief, it hardly figures largely in the culture of S. Korea.  Seeing as there is already a link to "Korean topics" (under which, I assume, "fan death" will be listed), I respectfully request that the "fan death" link be removed so as to avoid people unfamiliar with S. Korean culture developing an exaggerated idea of its currency/significance. As present, its inclusion is irresponsible, and does not conduce to the correct understanding of Korean culture by people unfamiliar with it. Imagine if, under the American Culture article, someone put a link to "See Also: Crocodiles in Sewers"! Ridiculous! It is a hack exoticization of the "Mysterious Orient". —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.62.255.251 (talk) 14:57, 28 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  See also: Fan death? 

message: What do the technical details of the latest advances in robotics have to do with contemporary culture of SK?  I've removed the section, but I don't think the problem stops there.  Reading through the article, I get the feeling that the whole thing reads like a publicity piece, seemingly more intent on promoting SK growth and advances than discussing the actual contemporary culture of SK.  A great deal of the article is devoted to the business performance of various industries and comparing their success to other countries, while little is said about how all this actually affect the culture.  Perhaps I'm suppose to deduce from the article that conteporary culture of SK, as a whole, is obsessed with business success, but even then it could have been better stated.  I hope someone knowledgeable would try to rewrite the article. Uly 21:41, 13 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Removed robotics section, overall rewrite needed 

message: The article makes it sound like OhMyNews is the only source of news in the entire country.  I added a link to South Korean media, but this section needs serious help from someone who is more familiar with the Korean media landscape. — AKADriver ☎ 16:43, 19 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Journalism 

message: how can there be only 1 line regarding gaming in korea??
gaming is a SIGNIFICANT part of contemporary korean culture across ALL AGE GROUPS. (almost all gamers in korea are pc gamers. console gaming is not big in korea)
Gaming in korea is NOT limited to starcraft. In fact, majority of gamers in korea play MMORPG's.
WoW is not the only mmorpg's played in korea, but there are more than a dozen MMORPGS ran and operated by korean gaming companies which totals have millions of users. (example, lineage, guildwars, ragnarok, many more) most of these mmorpgs seek userbase by ADVERTISING ON TV CHANNELS.
some examples of random Korean mmorpg websites:
http://12sky.paran.com/board/board.asp?bdname=Knowhow
http://www.mabinogi.com/
another type of game that is widely played in korea is FPS. And NO, not many koreans play counterstrike. These are examples of their fps.
http://suddenattack.netmarble.net/ (sudden attack)
http://pmang.sayclub.com/specialforce/specialforce_home.nwz (special force)  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.5.234.103 (talk) 16:51, 27 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  not enough emphasis on gaming 

message: This entry seems to only be about modern Korean popular culture rather than the academic, social scientific definition of 'culture' defined by wikipedia as 1. An integrated pattern of human knowledge, belief, and behavior that depends upon the capacity for symbolic thought and social learning
2. The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group.
I agree. Add other aspects of S.korean culture rather than just pop culture.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 60.241.254.111 (talk) 15:36, 17 April 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: That's addressed in the culture of Korea. There is basically no difference in culture (traditional) between the NK and SK, except in modern/popular culture, so that's what this article is about. - M0rphzone (talk) 05:57, 23 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Terrible article 

message: "The King and the Clown" was at one time the most-seen ROK movie.  It also was considered as break-through in terms of its "open" handling of homosexuality.  Why isn't it mentioned? Kdammers (talk) 06:47, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, nobody added it. If you can find sources, feel free to. I'll try and add this to my to-do list, and maybe actually get this to GA (It's a long way away) NativeForeigner Talk/Contribs 06:50, 23 June 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: It's discussed on the Wik page for the film.  I'm not usre how to smoothly fit it in to the discussion here. Kdammers (talk) 09:32, 26 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film 

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: :Hello Everyone, I'm new to editing on Wikipedia. I have a few questions and maybe a suggestion for this page. First, why are the topics you have chosen to list in this article important to Korean culture? and second, How do you decide what is the most important topic to add to this wiki page? I also have a suggestion, I think the dialog could be a bit less opinionated. It sounds a bit one sided. I am very interested in all of your thoughts and opinions about my questions and suggestion. Thank you for all your awesome work on this page! I'd love to help contribute to this source! let me know how I can be of help!ALeverich (talk) 02:11, 28 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  New To This 

message: Hello everyone, I don't see much about the food culture in South Korea so I will be adding some information about that right below or before the heading of "drinking games". I want to add some history about the food and food culture of South Korean as well. Some citations I will be using are  
https://factsanddetails.com/korea/Korea/Life/entry-7250.html
Links to an external site.
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Assoc-Prof-Dr-Rashad-Yazdanifard/publication/279205576_The_Review_of_Mokbang_Broadcast_Eating_Phenomena_and_Its_Relations_with_South_Korean_Culture_and_Society/links/5590c7c108ae47a3490edd92/The-Review-of-Mokbang-Broadcast-Eating-Phenomena-and-Its-Relations-with-South-Korean-Culture-and-Society.pdf?origin=publication_detailLinks to an external site. Fernandar2001 (talk) 19:43, 27 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding the topic of South Korean cuisine 

message: I am planning to work on this article in order to add in a small paragraph to the Film and Television section of this article about the film Train to Busan. The first couple of paragraphs in this section are a little dated, and more current films (2020-) like Parasite, are only mentioned briefly at the end. Train to Busan (2016) is a widely known Korean film that did successful inside as well as outside South Korea. I wanted to add, the film title and director as well as it's worldwide grossing intake and its all Korean cast.
Here are some of the citations that I would be using:
Lee, Sangjoon. Rediscovering Korean Cinema. University of Michigan Press, 2019. 
Pascuzzi, Francesco, and Sandra Waters. The Spaces and Places of Horror. Vernon Press, 2020.
Lima, Leo Noboru. “The 10 Best South Korean Directors of All Time.” /Film, /Film, 30 June 2022, www.slashfilm.com/913743/the-best-korean-directors-of-all-time/. 
Klein, Christina. “Why American studies needs to think about Korean cinema, or, transnational genres in the films of Bong Joon-ho.” American Quarterly, vol. 60, no. 4, 2008, pp. 871–898, https://doi.org/10.1353/aq.0.0041.  Daniuofu (talk) 22:55, 5 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Film - Train to Busan 

message: I am planning on adding to the topic of traditional culture by adding a section for Korean holidays such as Chuseok and Seollal!  UofUmadi (talk) 19:37, 13 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding More to the Traditional Culture Section