Suh, like others, partially attributes the Korean mind-set to Confucianism, which teaches that behavior toward others is all-important.
"The South Korean mind-set has changed: 'We're not messing around.' " The Lee government has insisted that the North demonstrate "sincere behavior" marked by "concrete actions" before it will agree to new shipments of aid, engage in substantive talks or consider a resumption of the six-nation talks on North Korean denuclearization.
"Outsiders think North Korean minds are controlled by the state, but if they have access to well-made information, they have the capacity to understand it".
Against this backdrop, modern-day failures like Ssangyong — and a similarly acrimonious breakup between BOE Technology Group, a Chinese electronics company, and Hydis of South Korea — loom large in Korean minds.
Just as important to the local economy are Korean-Chinese making the opposite journey, who travel to South Korea on tourist visas to take short-term jobs, according to Kim Chin Kyung, who founded the Yanbian University of Science and Technology nearly a decade ago with the needs of indigenous Koreans in mind.
It is assembled on the same production lines as its gasoline-engine counterpart, and was designed and built with the Korean market in mind.
Minimalist drama about a young Chinese boy and the alcoholic Korean "uncle" who minds him.
He said that much of the information he received involved psychological studies about the effects of interrogation, and some studies of how North Korean officers tried mind-control experiments on American prisoners during the Korean War.
The experts I speak to are divided as to what, if any, role tourism might play in the opening up of North Korean hearts and minds.
For each self-portrait in her series "Daze: Stage of Mind," the Korean artist Jee Young Lee created an elaborate installation in her studio, in Seoul.
By Brooke DiDonato April 15, 2014 "Resurrection" For each self-portrait in her series "Daze: Stage of Mind," the Korean artist Jee Young Lee created an elaborate installation in her studio, in Seoul.
