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Tuesday, 04/02/2019
Time: 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
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The Republic of Korea (or South Korea as we know it) calls itself “The Land of the Morning Calm.” What do we really know of this ancient culture besides the Winter Olympics and political saber-rattling? A Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, Korea remained virtually unknown to the outside world and certainly to the United States. Americans were not keen to support South Korea when the Korean War started on June 25, 1950 – indeed, the Korean memorial in Washington D.C. honors Americans “who answered the call to defend a country they never knew and a people they never met.” But defend Korea we did and Korea blossomed, overcoming 36 years of a cruel colonization and 3 years of war. Whereas the GDP in 1960 was less than $100 per capita, making Korea one of the world’s poorest countries, by 1996 it had joined the OECD and in 2010, it became one of the world’s top 10 trading nations. Aside from economic strength, Korea is a beautiful peninsula surrounded by mighty oceans and blessed with beautiful mountain ranges housing peaceful Buddhist temples. And then there is the capital, Seoul: 10 million inhabitants, a city that never sleeps, “the miracle on the Han” (river). Mariya Fogarasi spent four years on an American Army post in Seoul and had the incredible opportunity to pass between two different worlds and cultures brought together by fate.
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04/02/2019 6:00 PM 04/02/2019 7:30 PM America/Detroit Korea, Land of the Morning Calm
The Republic of Korea (or South Korea as we know it) calls itself “The Land of the Morning Calm.” What do we really know of this ancient culture besides the Winter Olympics and political saber-rattling? A Japanese colony from 1910 to 1945, Korea remained virtually unknown to the outside world and certainly to the United […]
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