The culture history of the Republic of Korea

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Challenging the Establishment, Local Independent Films Blossom
The Korea Herald, 14 June 1996. During a comparatively short history of around 12 years, independent films have made big development here. The Korean Independent Film Association (KIFA) estimates that there are about 1,000 independent filmmakers in Korea. Themes move to peripheral matters reflecting social change.
Seoul Warms to Another Old Enemy
By Kathryn Tolbert, Washington Post, Tuesday 25 July 2000. South Korea is gradually lifting its bans on Japanese popular culture, breaking a long taboo inherited from a history of colonization.
Decades-old S. Korea gambling ban ends
The Straits Times, 30 October 2000. The opening of the first casino for Koreans in a remote town desolated by the collapse of its mining industry. The authoritarian government of President Park Chung Hee banned gambling in 1969.
Mad rush to school Korean kids in English
The Straits Times, 13 January 2001. Parents are forking out exorbitant amounts to enrol their pre-schoolers in English-medium kindergartens, in preparation for the Internet age.