OMONA THEY DID(N'T)!

Don't forget to check out part 1 of this post! (In fact I recommend it bc some things mentioned here are explained there)

It’s probably not a surprise to anyone familiar with Korean history that Koreans have a complex relationship with their own native culture. A lot of what is considered traditionally Korean was phased out, left behind or even actively eschewed as part of the post-colonial, post-war, sub-38th desperation to modernize and stabilize as quickly as humanly possible. Many of the most obvious markers of classic Korean life were replaced, erased, or even rejected as relics of pre-modern unworldliness, poverty, and devastation. So hanboks and hanoks were put away and torn down, polyester and concrete taking their place as Korea moved forward in a stilted race to escape the hazards of being a poor, damaged, weak country that the rest of the world could afford to ignore. Simply in terms of the looks and sounds of everyday life, the Korea of the 1950s-60s and the Korea of today have astoundingly little in common.


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Sources: official A.C.E 1 2 3ㅣ KONNECT Entertainment ㅣ ONEUS 1 2 3 4 5 ㅣ HYBE LABELS ㅣ JYP Entertainment ㅣ KBS WORLD TV ㅣ Mnet K-POP ㅣ KQ Entertainment ㅣRealVIXX 1 2 ㅣ MBCkpop ㅣ 최우봉 ㅣ afternoon late ㅣ Sena J ㅣlinks: Korea Herald 1 2, instiz, 브런치, Wikipedia 1 2ㅣ (all embedded gifs, banners, translations etc are OP's)


I was really hoping it wouldn't take this long to get part 2 up but due to a wave of irl stuff, this got back-burnered for a while. I've had this tab open for TWO WEEKS and I can finally let it go lmao ^_T

A heartfelt thanks to anyone who gets through allll these words, I did not mean for it to get this long but the former grad student in me has trouble holding back lol. Discuss your favorites, add more, argue with my opinions, whatever you want, in the comments!