Regional Culture Report --------- South Korea and Japan

Group Members: Yao Hu, Shan Lu, YunFei Hua, Hui Zhang, Mengfei Xu



Regional Culture Report
· Cuisine
· Military regulations
· Wedding Cultures
· Entertainment
· Contemporary issues in South Korea
Cuisine of Japan and Korea:
1) Kimichi
2) BBQ
3) Street food
4) Sushi
5) Sashimi

Military regulations of Korea:
1) At what age to service the military
2) What do they need to do when they are in military
3) How many years do they need service the military
Wedding Cultures of Korea:
1) At what age to get married
2) Wear traditional cloths when get married
3) What’s the specific step of hold a wedding
Entertainment of Korea and Japan:
1) E-Sports: Star Craft
2) Clubs: Korean like drinking
3) Korea Dramas, TV shows and some singers.
4) Soccer
Contemporary issues in Aisa
1) South Korea V.S. North Korea
2) The Impact of Earthquake in Japan

Second Interview Score Card

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My Second Interview

Preparation for interview

     At first, I found my Korean friend Jang to help me find a friend of his that I can interview.
Jang recommend Kim HyoSung who is a beautiful Korean girl to me for interview. I
prepared some questions for this interview and I ask Jang what she may interest.
Because I think the questions that she may interest in will really help the interview.
I invited Jang and HyoSung to go to my apartment to do the interview. I prepared
some food and drink for them. The first interviewee Jan-Ho told me he like the kind
of interview very much, so I think HyoSung will also like it. Same to the first interview,
I find my American friend Devin to give me some suggestings for the interview, too.
Jang and HyoSung went to my apartment Saturday afternoon. I prepared food and
drink in the morning with my roommate. I give HyoSung a copy of the questions. I
use my IPad to tape our interview and wirte the key words. In the evening, we had
the dinner together.

Description of interview

    I think the second interview is as good as the first one. HyoSung is really good
at speaking and Jang also helped us, so we finished the interview very well. We
are all very relaxed and happy. During the interview, I asked several questions
that she may interest. She was surprised why I know that. I told her, Jang told
me that things. For the problems that I found in the first interview, I think some
of the problems have been dealed with in the second interview. Like the
connection between the quetions, I think it's better than first one. The problem
that how to deal with when I cannot understand other's answer clearly may still
need be improved. For the second interview, I learn more things about South
Korean and I made freind with HyoSung. She is really a lovely and kind girl. I
also get lots of elevation for my interview skills.

Interview Report

Interviewr: Hua Yunfei(Ni)

Interviewee: Kim HyoSung

Interview Date: Mar.19th 2011

Interview place: My apartment

Ni: Hi, HyoSung. I'm Hua Yunfei, you can also call me Ni.

HyoSung: Hello, Ni. You can call me Candy.

Ni: Ok, Candy. Can you introduce yourself a little then I can know
something about you.

HyoSung: My name is Kim HyoSung. My freind like call me Candy. I was
born in Seoul, South Korea. I'm 19-year-old and I'm a University student.
How about you?

Ni: Hah, Candy you are the first person ask me question during interview.
I come from China. I'm study in SCSU now.

Ni: I will start the interview. How do you think the about the difference
between Korea and US?

HyoSung: Food. US' food is really easy to make girls fat. I hate that.
I miss Korean food. But I like study in US, In my high school in Korea,
I have to do lots of homework everyday, I hate homework.

Ni: You miss Korean food, I think you like sea food, is that right?

HyoSung: Yeah, I like sea food very much. It's wonderful food, it's very
delicious and will not make me fat.

Ni: Why most girl hat the food that may make people fat?

HyoSung: Because most girls in Korean think thin gril is more
beautiful than fat girl.

Ni: I think so, I like thin girl. I know you are crazy in Super Junior. 

HyoSung: Yeah, Yeah. I love them. I think they are the best singer
and dancer in the world. All of them are handsome boys! Do you like them?

Ni: hah, you know I'm a man... I think I may like girls than boys.

HyoSung: Oh, I forget that, sorry. So you like Boa or wonder girl?

Ni: I like girls generation.

HyoSung: I like them, too. I like the Song 'Gee'.

Ni: I like this song, too. I have heard  that Korean TV program
is really very popular in Asian countries. How do you think about that?

HyoSung: I watch the Korean TV program every day after my
study. I'm also crazy in that. Because I can see lots of handsome men.

Ni: I think you are not crazy in SJ and TV program. You are crazy in
handsome boys. I heard you have played Starcraft 1 blood war before?

HyoSung: Yeah, My last boy friend he is very good at playing games.
He had tought me play the Starcraft. I also watch the matchs by OGN and MBC.

Ni: I'm crazy in E-sports. Who is your favorite player? I like Stork
in Starcraft 1.

HyoSung: I like Bisu, he is very handsome and play very well.

Ni: Bisu. I know him, he won 3 times MSL Champions. He has lots
of girl fans in China.

HyoSung: Hah. Starcraft is hot in Korea.

Ni: I think South Korea is also a very good country.
Why you choose here?

HyoSung: As I said, I hate the homework. In Korean you need
do lots of homework. I also like the environment here.

Ni: That's a good reason. What is the hardest for you adapt the
US life.?

HyoSung: Food! If I eat the US food, I will be fatter and fatter.
I have to find the Korean food here.

Ni: I don't like the US' food, too. I cook with my roommate most time.
How many years have you learnt English and How do you think about English?

HyoSung: I have learnt English for 12 years. I think English is not
hard if you like practising.

Ni: Yeah, practise may the best way to improve things.
What is your major and which job do you want to do in the future?

HyoSung: I study Education, but I don't have the plan what I will
do in the future, now.

Ni: I have lots of frineds they also study Education. It's a good major.
The last questions in this interview I will ask is how about China
in your opinion.

HyoSung: There are lots of handsome men in China! I will go to
visit China next year.

Ni: Hah, let me know when you go to China, I can be your tourist guide.
I think I will also go to Korea for play in the future, can you be my tourist guide?

HyoSung: Sure! Ni. We are friends.

Ni: Thank you very much. We do a wonderful interview.
Let us start our dinner. Jang is waiting for a long time.

Jang: Yeah, I'm hungry.

HyoSung: Thank you, Ni. Let us start food now.

Country Report

South Korea's real name is Republic of Korea. Statehood Day is August 15th,1948. Country code is R.O.K.. The population of South Korea is about 50 million. Their official language is Korean. South Korea is located south of the Korean peninsula. The Korean Peninsula is located in the northeast Asian continent. South Korea's total area is 99,600 square kilometers. South Korea's weather is temperate monsoon climate. Winter is very cold, Summer is hot and Spring and Fall is really short-time. Seoul is the capital of South Korea and the population is about 10.5 million. The GDP of South Korea in 2009 is 800 billion dollars, in 15th place in the world.

The Korean TV drama program and their E-sports professional league is very famous in the world. South Korea's entertainment industry is also very well. There are lots of big company in South Korea as Samsung, Hyundai-motor, LG, Kia. Korean people like the spicy food. Korean's cosmetic industry is the best in the world. Super Junior and Grils Generation may the most popular combination in South Korea.

Slayers.Boxer is the greatest play in SC1 in Korea, even in the world. He was in SKT1 when he played starcraft, he won 2 OSL champion, 2 WCG champion and lots of other rewards. He changed to play Starcraft 2 in 2010 and he hold his own team Slayers, he won the 4th place in GSL open-season 2. oGs.MC is a very good Starcraft 2 player, he won the GSL open-season 3 champion and now he is in GSL season March Round 16. MC is the best protoss player in the world now. OGN and MBC is two biggest E-sports TV station in Korea. They hold the famous professional tournaments OSL(OGN Star League) and MSL(MBC Star League). If you win 3 OSL champion you can get the golden mouse, July,NaDa, iloveoov, Flash, Jeadong and some others get it. If you win 3 MSL champion you can get the golden badge, Flash,Bisu and some others get it. Now the biggest Starcraft 2 tournaments in Korea is GSL(GomTV Star League), the first 3 open-season's champion in 2010 are Tsl.FruitDuler, IM.Nestea, oGs.MC, the G-Star 2010's champion is Kyrix.Zenith, the first season 2011's champion is IM.MVP, the March season 2011's champion is oGs.MC.