Korea: Core and Gap

POST: Korea’s Dark Half, strange maps

Neat post. Cited for the human growth statistics, which always stun.

Comments

[Vadim]

strange maps is a fascinating site.

The most interesting map:

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2007/06/03/127-the-inglehart-welzel-cultural-map-of-the-world/

More at http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/ - started in 1995 every 5 yrs world values survey maps world cultures on two axis: survival - self expression and traditional - secular/ratonal.

[Jeremy]

Tom: Great picture. I've used it in some of my powerpoints for my older students here. By and large, they're always stunned at the difference. As South Korea has grown and advanced, and as the North has ceased to be an existential threat, the North's plight has been largely forgotten in the public's mind.

Vadim: My experience in Korea would lead me to question the accuracy of placing Korea so highly in the 'secular/rationalistic' portion of the graph, especially given the author's definitions. Abortion and divorce are rather widely practiced and accepted here, but traditional (Korean/Confuician) family values, deference to authority, and especially nationalism also run very deep.