Ep. #37 Korea with Yuri Bollato: K-Pop and Korean Culture
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Ron Klutho talks to Yuri Bollato from Korea
MUSIC: 먼지가 되어 by Kim Kwang Seok
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0:00 SEG 1 Kim, Pak, and Lee are popular names | Where is Korea? | Koreans not being able to become Japanese citizens | North and South Korean people have a meeting time | Will North and South Korea ever unite? | Formal language VS slang | How did Korea become such an economic powerhouse | birthplace | weather
15:32 SEG 2 family members | father was a well educated poet and newspaper editor | older sister is a nun | elementary school | head of the class and respecting teachers | suicide due to pressure from parents | after school activities | video game addiction | Popular American music | majoring in French and becoming a social worker
32:28 SEG 3 Coming to America on a vacation and being proposed to | Liking St. Louis because it’s part city and part countryside | sports | Making friends with Americans | How big is the Korean community in St. Louis? | Korean restaurants in St. Louis | K-Pop music and K-drama films and shows | going back to visit Korea | the birth rate is low | The best thing about living in America is the job opportunities
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