SOUTH KOREA: The Nation That Rebuilt Itself in 50 Years | 4K Travel Documentary
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π Everything we curated for this South Korea episode. Tours, books, cookbooks, cultural resources.
In 1960, this was one of the poorest countries on Earth, with no oil, no coal, and a per capita income near Ghana's. Its language had spent thirty-five years pushed out of its own schools, its people ordered by law to take new names. Today it sells nearly ten billion dollars of culture a year, and children who have never been there learn to read its alphabet from their phones. This is the story of how South Korea, stripped of its land, its name, and very nearly its language, came to shape what the rest of the world watches, listens to, and eats.
In this documentary, discover how South Korea turned the one thing no one could take, its language, into a cultural force the whole world now follows, from the alphabet a king built for the poor to the secret dictionary recovered in a railway warehouse.
π BROWSE THE SOUTH KOREA COLLECTION
Every book, cookbook, and cultural item we'd recommend for this episode β https://amzn.to/4xsnuBF
ποΈ SEE OUR FULL W.O.E. STOREFRONT
Every destination Collection in one place β https://www.amazon.com/shop/whereonearth
ποΈ TOURS AND EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH KOREA
Seoul palaces, Gyeongju temples, and day trips β https://shorturl.at/GHn1y
Browse all South Korea experiences β https://shorturl.at/BUU34
π PLAN YOUR SOUTH KOREA TRIP
Lonely Planet Korea, the comprehensive country guidebook β https://amzn.to/4vHiJmh
Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook and Dictionary β https://amzn.to/4xjVsbJ
π GO DEEPER INTO SOUTH KOREA
Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings, the standard modern history of the country β https://amzn.to/4e0oZ2v
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, the National Book Award finalist following a Korean family through the colonial decades β https://amzn.to/4xfPcS9
π² BRING SOUTH KOREA HOME
Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking, named one of Amazon's 100 best cookbooks of all time β https://amzn.to/4xhHJ56
A hand-crafted Korean celadon tea set carrying the crane motif from the film β https://amzn.to/4ojm7Bp
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They had a dream desire, devotion, and discipline to make a better future for the following generation.
Remember that whatever or whoever you are now built on someone's sacrifices.
π respect to human victory. π
In fact, South Korea is a truly unique case that is difficult to compare with any other country in terms of its remarkable achievements and success.
The U.S. may have helped South Korea recover from poverty and devastation after the Korean War, but the transformation that followed was ultimately driven by the Korean people themselves. Their resilience, determination, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to education and hard work turned a war-torn nation into one of the worldβs leading economies.
Foreign assistance may help create opportunity, but it cannot create success on its own. South Koreaβs extraordinary rise was made possible by the strength, perseverance, and collective effort of its people in the face of adversity.
My family was quite rich but many of my friends lived in small shabby huts made from whatever avaiiable. I like one of my friend so much that i invited him almost every day and gave him new pencils. One day my friend gave me a made-in-USA art pencil with dragon fly logo. He said "mom told me not to take pencols from you." He usually skipped his lunch. It was 1966. I think that one art pencil was about a half of his father's daily earning. I believe people like his mom has made south korea what it is now.
SOUTH KOREA: The Nation That Rebuilt Itself in 50 Years | 4K Travel Documentary
Where on Earth
270,122 views
π Everything we curated for this South Korea episode. Tours, books, cookbooks, cultural resources.
In 1960, this was one of the poorest countries on Earth, with no oil, no coal, and a per capita income near Ghana's. Its language had spent thirty-five years pushed out of its own schools, its people ordered by law to take new names. Today it sells nearly ten billion dollars of culture a year, and children who have never been there learn to read its alphabet from their phones. This is the story of how South Korea, stripped of its land, its name, and very nearly its language, came to shape what the rest of the world watches, listens to, and eats.
In this documentary, discover how South Korea turned the one thing no one could take, its language, into a cultural force the whole world now follows, from the alphabet a king built for the poor to the secret dictionary recovered in a railway warehouse.
π BROWSE THE SOUTH KOREA COLLECTION
Every book, cookbook, and cultural item we'd recommend for this episode β https://amzn.to/4xsnuBF
ποΈ SEE OUR FULL W.O.E. STOREFRONT
Every destination Collection in one place β https://www.amazon.com/shop/whereonearth
ποΈ TOURS AND EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH KOREA
Seoul palaces, Gyeongju temples, and day trips β https://shorturl.at/GHn1y
Browse all South Korea experiences β https://shorturl.at/BUU34
π PLAN YOUR SOUTH KOREA TRIP
Lonely Planet Korea, the comprehensive country guidebook β https://amzn.to/4vHiJmh
Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook and Dictionary β https://amzn.to/4xjVsbJ
π GO DEEPER INTO SOUTH KOREA
Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings, the standard modern history of the country β https://amzn.to/4e0oZ2v
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, the National Book Award finalist following a Korean family through the colonial decades β https://amzn.to/4xfPcS9
π² BRING SOUTH KOREA HOME
Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking, named one of Amazon's 100 best cookbooks of all time β https://amzn.to/4xhHJ56
A hand-crafted Korean celadon tea set carrying the crane motif from the film β https://amzn.to/4ojm7Bp
Take a breath. Stay a while.
π Every Where on Earth journey, all in one place β Where on Earth: 4K Travel Documentary
π Subscribe β @whereonearth
This description contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate and partner of Viator and GetYourGuide, we earn a small commission on qualifying purchases and bookings at no extra cost to you. This helps support the channel at no extra cost to you.
#SouthKorea #TravelDocumentary #Documentary #WhereOnEarth #Korea #Hallyu
π BROWSE THE SOUTH KOREA COLLECTION
Every book, cookbook, and cultural item we'd recommend for this episode β https://amzn.to/4xsnuBF
π SEE OUR FULL W.O.E. STOREFRONT
Every destination Collection in one place β https://www.amazon.com/shop/whereonearth
π TOURS AND EXPERIENCES IN SOUTH KOREA
Seoul palaces, Gyeongju temples, and day trips β https://shorturl.at/GHn1y
Browse all South Korea experiences β https://shorturl.at/BUU34
π PLAN YOUR SOUTH KOREA TRIP
Lonely Planet Korea, the comprehensive country guidebook β https://amzn.to/4vHiJmh
Lonely Planet Korean Phrasebook and Dictionary β https://amzn.to/4xjVsbJ
π GO DEEPER INTO SOUTH KOREA
Korea's Place in the Sun by Bruce Cumings, the standard modern history of the country β https://amzn.to/4e0oZ2v
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee, the National Book Award finalist following a Korean family through the colonial decades β https://amzn.to/4xfPcS9
π² BRING SOUTH KOREA HOME
Maangchi's Real Korean Cooking, named one of Amazon's 100 best cookbooks of all time β https://amzn.to/4xhHJ56
A hand-crafted Korean celadon tea set carrying the crane motif from the film β https://amzn.to/4ojm7Bp