Evolution Korea
When it comes to the fight over evolution, Korean scientists aren't taking their chances. The Society for Textbook Revise has been fighting to get rid of Archaeopteryx, horses and other evolutionist icons from textbooks.
Confucian traditions with their emphasis on the importance of success in the world and high importance of learning continue to dominate the culture of the country. But Korea is looking for a new paradigm of development.
Origins
The growth of Iron Age cultures brought more sophisticated states to the Korean Peninsula, including Goguryeo and Baekje. Each of them developed a unique cultural style that was influenced from their powerful neighbors. They also adopted aspects of Chinese culture including Confucianism, Buddhism and shamanism.
Goguryeo the first of the Korean kingdoms was the first kingdom to impose their own form of government. It established its authority in the late 1st century and established a king-centered rule system by the early 2nd century. Through a series of wars it eliminated the factions that were loyal to the Han dynasty from the north of the peninsula. It expanded its territory in Manchuria too.
It was during this time that a regional confederation grew up known as Buyeo. In the Samguk yusa of the 13th century Wang Geon's name was recorded as king. Buyeo was changed to Goryeo, and thus the name Korea. Goryeo was a great commercial state and a centre of learning. The people who lived there cultivated crops and raised livestock such as sheep and goats. They also created furs out of them too. They performed masked dance-dramas like tallori and sandaenori. And they held an annual festival in December called Yeonggo.
Goryeo’s economy was boosted through rapid trade, including with the Song Dynasty of China. Traders from Central Asia, Arabia, Southeast Asia and Japan came to Byeongnando which was the entrance to Gaeseong's capital city. Gaeseong. Silk and medicinal herbs were among the goods they brought.
From around 8,000 BCE The Koreans began to establish permanent settlements and cultivating cereal crops. They also developed polished stone tools, pottery and started organising themselves into clan societies. The Neolithic Age lasted until the 12th century BC. At this time, Gija, a Shang dynasty prince from China, is said to have introduced high culture to Korea. Until the 20th century many Koreans believed that Dangun and Gija gave Korea its people and their traditional culture, respectively.
Functions
Korea's traditional model of development, which emphasized the state's capital accumulation and government intervention in industry and business as well as rapid growth in the economy, catapulting it from being one of the poorest countries in the world to being among the top of OECD nations in only three years. But this system was also filled with moral hazard and corruption that was outright which made it unsustainable in a global economy of liberalization, trade and democratization.
The current crisis has revealed the weaknesses of the current paradigm and it is likely that a new model will be developed to replace it. The chapters 3 and 4 explore the roots of Korea's government and business risk partnership. They show how the new economic actors with an interest in maintaining the system impeded Korea from making fundamental changes. These chapters, which concentrate on corporate governance and financial resources allocation, provide a thorough analysis of the root causes of this crisis and suggest ways to move forward with reforms.
Chapter 5 explores the possibilities for Korea's post-crisis evolution of the development paradigm, exploring both the legacies of the past and the new trends triggered by the IT revolution. It also examines the implications of these developments for Korea's social and political structures.
The main conclusion is that there are a variety of emerging trends that are altering the nature of power and will affect the future of the country. In spite of the fact that participation in politics in Korea is still extremely limited new forms of democracy are emerging which bypass political parties and challenge them, thus changing the system of democracy in Korea.
Another crucial finding is that the power of the Korean elite is not as powerful as it once was, and that a significant portion of society has a sense of being disconnected from the ruling class. This is a sign of the need for more civic participation and education and new models of power-sharing. The chapter concludes with the statement that the success of Korea's new paradigm for development will be determined by the extent to which these trends can be combined and if people are willing to make difficult choices.
Benefits
South Korea has the ninth largest economy in the world and the sixth fastest-growing. It has a growing middle class as well as an extensive R&