I then outline the theoretical framework I will draw from and the methodology applied to study and analyse selected examples of K-pop producers and artists. ... "His first album, 'PSY from the PSYcho World!' ... He wrote about how the culture industry produces and makes available a wide array of media to suit the maximum possible tastes, from films to musical recordings, to appeal to as wide a market as possible. Choice has been made an illusion as all the sold forms of media are of the same standardised and commodified nature, with only enough discernibility to be seen as fre...

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Confucian scholar-officials were given charge of all government functions. ... Ancestor worship served as a major factor in the life of all citizens. ... Probably you have read books which claim that the Judeo-Christian view of history is quite different from that of the Oriental. ... Oriental philosophy of history is cyclical and therefore pessimistic while Western philosophy of history is linear and optimistic. ... Quite the opposite. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This is quite a statement for me to make, considering the fact that I absolutely hate reading most books. ... Just as all other bad things form, the formation of the world's most secret state occurred slowly, and was allowed to form because of people's ignorance. ... South Korea cannot help anyone divert from its communistic counterparts. ... All were provided with adequate clothing, and the state had a near 100% literacy rate. ... By developing and stockpiling nuclear weapons, Kim Jong-Il would feel very much more powerful and possibly even as a threat to the western world. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

My extended family is quite large, my mother is the middle child of five and my father is the middle child of six. ... The actual history dates back somewhere from 7000 to 3000 B.C. ... Exhausted from the invasions Korea became isolated. ... They closed the doors to all foreigners and became known as the "Hermit Kingdom."" ... All the peace talks between North and South Korea take place here. ...

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From 1948 onwards, a more or less clear-cut line divided Europe into two main political and military blocs: the communist bloc and the free world of Western Europe, resulting in an almost perfect bipolarity. ... How this took place during and after the Cold War is in many ways quite dissimilar. However, more importantly than the all encompassing quadrangle, it is the strategic geometry within the quadrangle that is most interesting and illustrates best, the changes and nuances in the transition from Cold War to post Cold War. ... As Mandlebaum suggests "Indeed in Asia, the structure of politic...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Additionally, there has been considerable variation between responses from the developed and developing worlds. ... Globalization has helped to reduce transport and transaction costs so the potential gains from specialization are increased. ... Fundamental to all, however, is a considerable skepticism concerning the liberal emphasis on mutual gains from economic interaction. ... It asks where globalization came from, who wanted it, who didn't want it, and how the people that did want it got their way. ... All countries have tariffs on goods, although some taxes are more protectionist tha...

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• Grade Level: Graduate

"East Asia has both greatly benefited and greatly suffered from the effects of globalisation."" ... However, contrary to these views, the East Asian region has experienced extremely rapid growth and development which surpassed all expectations and eclipsed those growth rates of neighbouring developed nations. ... Although the effect is quite minimal in comparison to that of Latin America; Hong Kong , Singapore and to some extent, Korea have all demonstrated that foreign firms within East Asia are more capital-intensive than those of domestic firms which can make it hard for those...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate