Sunday, April 3, 2011

Asian Culture vs. Western Culture

This is the feeling of an Westener who's been living in Asia for years,and that's how he compares the differrences between Asian culture European cultures.
the series of images was created by Liu Young for an exhibition at the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs.  My lack of German is hindering tracking this down more.  Regardless of its source or author, these images are pretty interesting.
The blue image on the right represents Western Culture while the red one on the right represents Asian culture.

Opinion
Everyone who has asked a Korean a direct yes or no question and heard "maybe," will understand this one:
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Way of Life
This really speaks for itself.  Individualism is something that its hard for many Koreans to understand.
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Punctuality
I haven't had punctuality problems with most Koreans.  Koreans as pretty punctual in my experience.
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Anger
I've definitely seen Koreans show their anger before, but for the most part, the norm is to hide displeasure--especially with superiors.
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Queue when Waiting
For everyone who has been cut in front of in Korea will understand this:
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