Chief Kim: An Analysis of Corruptions Within Chaebols
Introduction Chaebols are large companies in South Korea (henceforth, Korea) that are usually owned by a wealthy family. Chaebols have...
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How Upper Class Become Even More Superior?
In modern Korean society, money, class and corruption seems to be connected in the way that they move with each other; every element...
Replication of Korean Society
Introduction Chief Kim is a drama about people struggling fighting against their own company from corruption. This drama depicts the dark...
Corruption starting with the Jaebeol
Introduction: Korean society is generally made up of people that occupy a territory. Within Korea [1], there are people known as a...
The struggle of Class in Korean Media
Introduction In the past, Korea had a long history of system, the King being always on top and then the Yangban society who were the...
LGBT in Korea
(Episodes range from 16 all the way to 20) Through this discussion, I will be talking more about LGBT. Even though LGBT isn’t shown...
Internet Usage in Korea
Synopsis: This essay mainly focuses on the use of internet in the Korean society using examples from the drama Chief Kim. This essay...
Men > Women?
For my discussion, I will be talking about women’s right and how this is portrayed in this drama. In Korea, gender inequality might have...
Power and Class
Upper class seems to be so desirable as “class” is important in Korea because it defines who you are, where you belong to and how much...
The "Spoon Theory" and Etiquette
For my discussion, I’d like to examine the “Spoon Theory” and its relation to nepotism in TQ Group. In episode 12 we see how a shift in...
Jaebeol and government, who’s the problem?
Corruption between big companies and different authorities is a major issue in Korea, especially with the companies that contributes a...
A tool : Drinking and Eating
The topic for this discussion is drinking and food culture in Korean modern Society using the drama Chief Kim as an example. I will focus...
Corruption in Jaebeols
South Korea has been known for being highly corrupted in countries among the developed economy (Shanmukha 2018: 13). It was after the...
Protest Culture in South Korea
South Korea has a rich protest culture that stands in stark contrast against its twentieth-century authoritarian history. Pro-Democracy...
Think before you act
The definition of shame is: a self-conscious emotion that can arise when people negatively evaluate themselves due to their wrongdoings...
The Struggle of a Patty
Due to the rapid aging in Korean society, the average age for Korean workforce has also been increasing. In order words, more people who...
Freedom of Speech in South Korea
Under the authoritarian rule of strongman leaders such as Rhee Syngman, Park Chunghee, and Chun Doohwan, the media in South Korea was...
Etiquette and Status
Etiquette as well as status define how well you were raised in Korea. Although there are many speech types as well as different levels of...
Must be the school
For the first discussion, I want to argue the importance of high schooling in Korean work context. I will be using two clips from episode...
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