South Korea - The Thriving ASIAN TIGER
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- čas přidán 19. 01. 2022
- This video is all about South Korea, and East Asian country that has grown to become an economic powerhouse in recent decades, and has more recently had a major impact on global pop culture.
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Oh, I didn't know that South Korea is making a new planned capital city. It seems like a lot of countries have planned to do that in recent times like Egypt and Indonesia.
Yes, you're right. It makes me a little sad, because those planned capital cities are always artificial and lack any kind of authentic atmosphere. But I understand they do it for practical reasons.
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The relocation of capital hasn't been decided yet.
The constitution of South Korea states that Seoul be the capital of Korea. So unless they modify the current constitution, which requires several steps such as being passed in the congress and holding a referendum, they can't move the capital as it will be violating the constitution. What they are doing right now is just moving some of governement departments to Sejong in order to sort out the over population in Seoul.
Definitely one of the best channels on yt alongside langfocus. Keep up the great work, Paul!
Thanks, Sergio! I’m glad you like the content. 👍🏻
These videos take me back to a time when I could just learn for fun. Awesome work, and well researched!
I think we all long for those times 😊
Thanks! I appreciate it!
I have so much respect for koreans and japanese for how civilized and respectful they are, really nice cultures.
@Toni Valentin Though Korea and Japan still have a long history of issues, dating back to WWII. That includes Japan using Korean Warbrides ... and it's still not done yet, regarding Japan officially apologizing and repayments etc.
Thank you for covering my country. First of all, I want to confess I'm a big fan of your LangFocus Channel.
Your explanation was mostly correct, but one thing I would like to flag is the status of Sejong City. Originally, it was supposed to be a new (administrative) capital, but after a long political controversy, Constitutional Court ruled that Seoul is the capital city based on "Conventional Constitution" - this term or concept was coined only for this ruling. We had never heard of it before.
According to this ruling, the Blue House (Korean White House) along with a handful of ministries and National Assembly must stay in Seoul. However, Sejong has most of ministries, lots of governmental agencies, policy research institutes, etc. and enjoys a special status of Multifunctional Administrative City.
When was this ruling? Every article I see says that there is opposition, but plans are still moving forward to transfer the capital to Sejong.
My sister's obsessed with South korea. She's going to love this. :-)
I hope she does! 😊 Tell her to visit the meerkat cafe in Hongdae if she visits Seoul. 😄
Great video!, I really liked it, I'm so glad that you revived the channel
Thanks! I'm glad you like it. And I'm happy to hear that you're glad I revived the channel. :)
Good morning with a geofocus video. Yaaay
Good morning, Thalles! I hope you have a great day. 🙂☀️
Estupendo vídeo, muchas gracias por realizarlo 👍
Excellent!! Thank you Paul
Thank you, Inez! I'm glad you like it!
Finally came! THX
It’s my pleasure. I hope you like it! 😎
Love this channel!
Thanks, Justin!
Great video Paul! Keep up the good work. This channel is very underrated and has a potential to grow a lot. 👍👍
Thanks, Tanish!
Very informative video Geo focus... Kep up the good work..👌
Thank you, Swarupa! I appreciate it. 😊
Sorry I missed these videos when they came out, love the content Paul! Going through the back catalog now. Really appreciate all of your content!!
Thanks! Most people only watch what CZcams serves up to them and don’t look through the back catalog, so I’m glad you’re actively checking out the older videos. 👍🏻
I love this channel and this particular country!
Thanks W&W! I'm happy to hear that you love this channel. :)
Really interesting, thanks Paul. I learnt heaps more than I thought I would; didn’t know anything about the new Capital before.
Thanks! I’m glad you found the video interesting and learned from it👍🏻
Great video!
Thanks, Omri!
I had no idea South Korea was building a new capital, can't believe I'm only hearing about it now! Btw you should do a video on Canada, I know it's your home country but I think it has lots of cool details about it people don't necessarily know about!
Yep, we’ve already finished a video on Canada and it will be released late next month (if all goes as planned).
I am from Iran . I am interested in South Korea because Iran had a good relationship during the time of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi and even in Iran and in South Korea there are alleys called the capital 🇮🇷❤️🇰🇷
Altough these videos don't seem to get that many views, I really enjoy them and I really hope you keep them coming.
It takes time to build a CZcams channel up, so I’m not worried about the number of views at the moment, as long as they increase every month.
Another great video Paul! I really appreciate the research you put into them!
Thanks, Marc! That's nice to hear.
On this channel it's not just me. I have some writers working on research and scripts, then I work on adapting and adding to each script (as well as fact-checking), basically shaping it to fit the format and my vision for the channel.
@@GEOfocusChannel That’s great! Credit to all those involved in researching these videos in both Geofocus and Langfocus 👍👍
Brilliant 👏 👌 👏 👌 well done 👏 boy
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Thank you, Cristina! 😄
Paul, I'm very pleased to see GEOFocus up and running again! 💗
The only fact I didn't know until learned from you here was the compulsory military service for men and also the fact that it can be postponed for up to ten years. I'd like to add that Hyundai also makes very large displacement diesel engines and cargo/passenger ships.
Thanks, I’m glad you’re pleased the channel’s back. 👍🏻😎
It's also true of military service that a certain proportion of army-age Korean boys can be selected to serve with American soldiers and their units. We had four of them in our medical dispensary in 1970 in Inchon (as it was then spelled). Great guys. Real friends.
So good to see you back in Geofocus channel, very informative video, im a huge fan of geography.
Thanks! That’s great to hear. 😊
Hey Paul! Nice to see you put effort in this canal again, I like this one too besides Langfocus. It's like geography now but with our language freak Paul :D
Really like this.
Thanks, Silvester! I've never seen Geography Now so I can't compare (and that's intentional so that I always have my own style and format), but I know a lot of people like it.
@@GEOfocusChannel Ah, all understood!! I think that's a good choice since I like your style. Keep it real, keep it original in Paul style :)
Finally, someone besides me can pronounce Hyundai correctly. Arigatou Gozaimasu Paru san!
I didn't know about the new capital, that will be such a big change, I had heard about new capital in other countries but not in South Korea. I knew they have a big island, but I didn't know it had plenty of natural wonders. It seems very useful for them having a big green space due the continental part has a extremely high population density. By the way, Korean films really amazes me every year, they have such a good directors and industry there.
Yeah, there is a lot of green space on the mainland as well, but it's largely mountainous.
My mother-in-law (who's Japanese) loves Korean dramas. I've never really seen Korean films or tv shows, but they're quite popular all over Asia.
Awesome vedio Paul is both a linguist and a Geographer.
Thanks! I can't really claim to be a geographer, just someone who's interested in the countries of the world and loves traveling. As for being a linguist, well, I have a professional background in applied linguistics (applying the principles of linguistics to language teaching, and translation to some extent), but I don't call myself a "linguist".
@@GEOfocusChannel You have encouraged me to study about languages. You r a sea of knowledge. Though I am a 15 years old boy , I have a great interest in languages .
Thanks! That's good to hear.
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That's why I am requesting you to make the vedio but you r becoming angry on me .
@@bhashashikkhakendro I just don't take requests, that's all. I say the same thing to everyone.
Hi Paul,
Thanks for this nice video again, you always make me more enthusiastic about the countries you make the video about. :) Honestly, I don't really mind that Langfocus is a bit neglected recently as I like languages however I'm even more interested in geography.
Also, can I have a question for you? It would be more appropriate for Langfocus channel but since you uploaded this video today it's much more probable you will see my comment if I ask my question here. 🙃
So what's the level from you can be counted as a bilingual? My mother tongue is Hungarian and I learnt English in school for many years and now I'm on a gap year and working in England as a volunteer to improve my language knowledge. Now, I can be somewhere between B2 and C1 level. With this knowledge, can I refer to myself as a bilingual or you can only get the "titles" bilingual, trilingual, quadrilingual if you speak all of these languages on a native level?
Different people use those words in different ways, so I think you can decide how to use them. I don't really use them to refer to myself at all. I talk about "using" languages or doing things with languages rather than claiming a certain level, except when referring to my native language (English). I use Japanese to talk to my wife and in-laws (though I don't understand 100% of my in-laws' dialectal speech). I watch the news and listen to podcasts in Hebrew and Indonesian (though I don't understand 100%), etc. Claiming any titles that tempt the ego is a trap, in my opinion.
Anyway, in general I don't really want to focus on language on this channel, unless it's related to the language(s) discussed in the video.
@@GEOfocusChannel "Claiming any titles that tempt the ego is a trap," did you come up with that yourself? It's a great philosophy.
Yeah, those words are my own. It’s not really a new idea, though.
@@GEOfocusChannel I see, thank you for your answer. I didn't ask it because I would like to praise myself to others but because it would feel good for me as it proves I've reached something - just as someone gets a degree due to their efforts and hard work. But I get your point and you're right that it's generally harmful to claim a title and, in the safety of this title, don't take the thing seriously enough.
And sorry for asking this question here, I just don't know when you will upload a new Langfocus video, where it's more appropriate to ask it, or how often you have a look at the comment section of your old videos.
South Korea, instead of looking down on enemy countries, looked up to them and saw them as their role models. They accepted the fact that they had a lot to learn from those other countries. This is one of the main reasons how South Korea rose from the ashes and became one of the Four Asian Tigers.
Another good one, GEOfocus... the one thing I learned is that they are planning to build a new capital and move the government there. I have seen several other countries which are doing that, or have already done it - such as Australia. Usually they refer to the new area as being neutral, or more centrally located. Sometimes it is just to get out of overcrowded large cities. Oddly enough, I think the USA should consider that, because DC is such a mess. 🙄
Yeah, Indonesia and Egypt are two more countries that come to mind.
Is Washington, DC a mess? I don’t know much about the main part of the city. The only part of it that I really have an image of is around the White House and Capital Hill.
Gangnam style actually came out in 2012, but great video anyway 👍🏼
gangnam style definitely came out in 2012..... i remember watching it in early 8th grade before i changed schools
I had no idea South Korea was planning on changing capital so soon
Yeah, I didn't know until fairly recently. I hear a lot about Egypt and Indonesia's plans to do the same thing in the near future, but I had never heard about South Korea's plans.
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it make sense moving the capital
Explain the rivalry between Seoul and Busan pls
There is quite the anime market with some animes that were dubbed into Korean some of which I've seen such as Pokemon
Paul, as a Turk, I respect our Korean friends and their history of survival. We used to help them a lot, though, from the Gokturk era to today.
So I read somewhere that the 4 sets of 3 lines that circle the center of the flag each mean something different.
What very much disappoints me is that l couldn't see the GEOfocus video on Finland; one has to become a member, or something like that.
There’s a public version of that video too:
Focus on Finland! (MAGICAL Nordic Nation)
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Thank You!
I look forward to seeing your take on North Korea.
Yeah, that will be an interesting video to make. I'll get to it someday. :)
Colder and hotter. -15 ~ +35 celsius.
I like Korean drama.
what country will be the next video based on 🤔🤔🤔?
If you look on the channel page you can always see what the next video will be, because channel members see it one week early. 👍🏻 There’s a playlist with the members’ videos on the channel page.
They're changing their capital. I didn't know that.
if south korea is moving their capital to a more central location in south korea, they might be accepting the situation now that they wont be reunited with north korea any time soon
I guess it could be related to that. Having the capital in Seoul, which is quite close to the northern border, might also feel like too much of a security risk.
I love South Korean horror movies, Kia, Hyundai, Sam (Samsung Virtual Assistant), etc.
Hey Paul! I see you are working hard. Have you ever been to South Korea?
Hey Muhd! Yes, I've been there twice - once in 2014 and once in 2018.
Hey, Paul. Just wanna let you know that Gangnam Style is older than 2013- it was HUGE in 2012.
Ok. I first heard it in 2013.
Wow, Paul. You just straight up used a picture of One Direction to represent the influence of Western culture to South Korea.
Well, my editor did, and I thought “Ok, I guess that generally represents Western pop idol groups”. To be clear, it was not about the influence of “Western culture” - it was on the influence of Western pop music.
The most interesting is that South Korea is anticipating a new capital
Good.
Bro can you make vedio on Sanskrit language please 🥺🥺 . It is my request to you.
A request for a Langfocus topic is a request for hundreds of hours of my life. I don’t take any requests for Langfocus. It’s like asking a musician to make an album for you, and nobody would ever do that.
Chad North Korea vs Virgin South Korea
Taekwando is Korean martial art also
I don't understand why the Altaic branch is now dismissed, korean sounds like turkish
It’s not completely dismissed, but there’s no conclusive evidence that those languages developed from the same root. They have typological similarities, and have probably influenced each other through contact, but we can’t say that they came from the same ancestor. That’s my understanding of it.
Most young men in Korea think it ridiculous that females don't have any duty for military service..
I've been to that country twice. And a local person told me catholics make 30% of the population.
That's the approximate % of Christians in the country, but not just for Catholics.
Or maybe that number includes non-practicing Catholics who were counted as "no religion" in the statistics I used.
@@GEOfocusChannel The percentage you used likely reflects the reality without a significant error. Like you implied in the first sentence, the confusion likely stemmed from the fact that some Koreans do not differentiate between Catholics, Protestants, and other Christian sects, and mistakenly call all Christians "Catholics." It has something to do with some words that did not translate well and that most Koreans are not very religious so they know less about the subtleties than others. As the stats show, more than half is irreligious, and even those who declare a religion, most are casual.
@@keinjuan That makes sense. Thanks for the added information!
It's not Chebol, it's pronounced as "Jaebol."
Well, I listened to several native speakers say it and did my best to imitate their pronunciation.
Your method of Korean romanization and pronunciation are fine and probably as good as one can expect from most non-native speakers. The person above maybe is getting at the newer revised romanization system versus the older McCune-Reischauer system, but both are widely used still. There is little need for nitpicking, really... I mean, the person above is also technically wrong - should be Jaebeol and even his/her account name is romanized "incorrectly."
@@aminaali6594MURICA BAD. COLONIALISM IS WHY EVERYTHING SUCKS! Is that what you want me to say?
First, Korea has never been colonized by anyone but Japan for 36 years. Short-term occupation is not the same thing as colonization.
Second, McCune-Reischauer system was published in 1939, well before the US occupied Korea. Romanization clearly existed in Korea before this, too, as there are English textbooks going back to 1800s.
Nowadays in general, I find too many people gaslight themselves to be victims, and devalue the actual victims. Just saying.
I think Asia has a Lingua Franca issue ... Japan should Use the Korean script , and Keep the Kangis , Kangis are just cool lol, but the Korean Script is really cool and might be a better option than learning 3 ways to write one language... I didn't suggest switching to latin because , well English is in Latin , and why not make the Asian Lingua Franca the most challenging , Arabic is for arabs , but Turkish is in latin lol. Vietnamese is too tonal , and so is Korean. lol saving face , that's kinda built into tonal languages , but I call it respect , and anyone who don't understand that's what it is, really shouldn't be in any position of authority
Using a phonetic script similar to Hangul for Japanese is an idea that comes up a lot among non-Japanese people, but almost never amongst Japanese people. Kanji is a big part of how Japanese people conceptualize and process their language, and without kanji people would likely lose a lot of their vocabulary. I understand that this is a problem in Korean, and in order to have rich knowledge of their language, they have to learn Chinese characters anyway, even though they're not required or used in daily life.
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Google maps doesn't work for South Korea. It does for North Korea though!!! Check it out yourself
That’s weird! I wonder if it’s related to security concerns for South Korea. Seoul is pretty close to the border.
Historical Korea included even more than the Korean Peninsula, well out into the Liaoning and Manchuria. There are still Koreans living across much of Manchuria today.
Also I know it had to be a bit simplified, but the provisional government established by Koreans was already a bit more left leaning. The People's Republic of Korea was made up of citizens' committees and these were dismantled and abolished in the south whereas in the north the Soviets fostered their growth and allowed them to become dominated by communists.
For a long time the fortunes of both countries were about equal, if not favoring the North, until the South experienced the Korean Economic Miracle over the 70s and eventually threw off its dictatorship (I know you don't want to get into politics but I'm surprised you didn't mention the economic miracle or the dictatorship) whereas the North became more militaristic and underwent widespread famine in the 90s which was only made worse by North Korea's isolationist policy of economic self-reliance.
First international hit I remember is Gee by Girls' Generation from 2009.
I definitely can’t get into everything in the video, and also don’t know everything, of course. So the comments are a good place for people to elaborate and give clarifications. 👍🏻
The true Korea I support is the DPRK! 🇨🇺❤🇰🇵 ☭