ABSTRACT
If social protest, turbulent politics, and the dominant ideology of the military government permeated the culture of the Republic of Korea throughout much of the 1980s, the hosting of the Olympics and the deregulation of foreign travel in 1988 injected a taste of world culture. Furthermore, in the early 1990s, several events seemed to indicate that Korea was beginning to take part in global culture. First, the Korean government declared globalization as a general policy. Globalization arose from the recognition that the borders between countries begin to disappear with improved information and communication systems, competitiveness in the world market, and activities of numerous multilateral corporations, as well as with the flow of work forces. Koreans realized that we must learn to live together as members of the global village in order to adapt to this world; the first step is to learn about different cultures and broaden our experiences.
