...Korean Plastic Surgery I. Introduction A big pointed nose like Anna Kendrick, cat eyes like Megan Fox, jaw line like Reese Witherspoon and a skinny waist like Kim Kardashian are every Korean woman’s dream. So many Korea people had done plastic surgery, it is just like wearing make up for Korean people. According to International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon, Korea has been one of the world leader in plastic surgery. Plastic surgery becomes natural and harmless because everyone does it. It has been seen as a tool designed by human to improve body appearance and boost people confidence. So guys, what do you think? Based on the study that I had made about this topic, allow me to present my speech for today about Korean plastic surgery. Body Main idea: Plastic surgery is common among Korean. There is nothing wrong if they had undergone plastic surgery. The past years before, plastic surgery was been critic and argue that this surgery is form to trying to look less asian, but now it has accepted as part of society. A. Many Korean celebrities had surgical or nonsurgical cosmetic procedures, with many having more than one procedure in order to improve their appearance. Many K-Pop stars have openly admitted to their cosmetic procedures. They are no longer hiding the truth, and openly admitting to what they have done. 1. The society does not even consider plastic surgery to be surgery. Plastic surgery is also strongly linked to the global phenomenon of K-Pop. It...
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...3 Introduction Cosmetic surgery is extremely popular among both women and men in South Korea. The kinds of procedures that are most popular are double eyelid surgery, removal of fat, nose jobs, and breast augmentation. Koreans favour bigger and wider eyes and they often undergo cosmetic surgery to achieve this. A slimmer body is seen as an important step in achieving beauty, which encourages women to use procedures such as liposuction to eliminate fat. Nose jobs are undertaken to construct a desirable and favourable ‘pointy’ tip to the nose, over a distinctive wide and flat nose.1 Breast augmentations are also common amongst women. Various explanations have been offered for the popularity of cosmetic surgery but no single explanation is adequate. For example, explanations based on the role of traditional Korean values go some way to confirming the high value traditionally placed on the colour white, but traditionalism does not explain the popularity of surgery for ‘Westernised’ eyes. Colonialism and Americanisation are important in helping to explain the popularity of cosmetic surgery in South Korea, but these miss important traditional and gender dimensions. Feminists’ analyses exclude men, and so fail to explain the popularity of surgery amongst Korean men. In addition to explanations based on Traditionalism, Colonialism, Americanism and Feminism, this essay will argue that the dynamic and evolving nature of Korean national identity has brought us to the point...
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...Western Plaza Inc. Bringing Western Culture to South Korea via Nursing Home, Plastic Surgery, Clothing and Makeup Jacob Schwarz Executive Summary My reason for writing this study is to determine the feasibility of building a nursing/retirement home, a plastic surgery outpatient center, and a cosmetic and clothing store in Seoul, South Korea. In my opinion, South Korea is welcoming to this venture; this can be seen in the upcoming research. In this report, I explore the geography of Seoul, South Korea. I learn of the growing, large, population and the population density of 45,000 people per square mile (“Population Statistics,” 2013). Next, I review the demographics and find out that minority groups consist of 2.2% of the population (Population Statistics, 2013). While reviewing the demographics I found that the education system is extremely strict; though it is more lenient now, it is still success driven (Chakrabarti, 2013). I also found that religion is not going to be an issue with this venture, in my opinion. There are two major religions; the major Christian religion will be implemented in the venture (Koo, n.d.). Education and demographics are important to a global business venture, though I believe the economy is most important. I present information about South Korea’s economy, and how it has transformed from an aid recipient to a donor country (Globalization, n.d.). Here is where I mention the chaebol’s success, which accounted for 55.7% of South Koreas GDP in...
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...questionnaire about Korean Trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture We are students in the degree program of Business and Administration Management, De Montfort University. We are doing a survey to analyze the Korean trend and its influence on Hong Kong culture. We collect personal information voluntarily provided by the respondents, and the information will only be used for academic research. After this study, all the information obtained will be safely destroyed. 1) Your gender □Male □Female 2) Your age □Below or 15 □16-20 □21-25 □26-30 □31-40 □Above 41 3) Your education □Primary below □Primary/Secondary □Degree/Bachelor □Above bachelor 4) Your income per month (HK dollars) □0-5000 □5001-10000 □10001-15000 □15001-20000 □>20001 5) What is your occupation? □Service industry □Retail and sales industry □Self-employed □Computer and technology □Professionals □Student □Unemployed □Others (Please specify): _________ 6) Do you love Korean Pop music (K-Pop) □ Yes □ No 7) What K-pop artists do you know? (You can choose more than 1) □2AM □ 2NE1 □2PM □ 4minure □ C.N. blue □ F. T Island □f(x) □ Big Bang □ Se7en □ T-ara □ SHINee □ KARA □ BOA □ IU □ Beast □ G.O.D □JYJ □ Super Junior □Girl’s Generation □ other: 8) Do you like to watch Korean drama? □ Yes ...
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...Heyes implies, is through the visual self. This is supported by Thesander’s (1997) assertion that “the most characteristic aspect of fashion is its ability to transform objects into symbols. Clothes are transformed into fashion garments and the body becomes the fashion body.” (67) In this essay, I will discuss, using various readings, about how women’s bodies are moulded by society and how it shifts with the current ideals of beauty. I will also elaborate on how the body is used as a shell to depict what the inside holds, in other words, the identity of the being residing in it. I will use Michel Foucault’s theories to explain how the body is affected by the subjection of discipline and examination. Then, I will use the concept of cosmetic surgery to show how the body is an ongoing project to be worked on, and how its participants employ it as a tool to improve their image, thus their perception of self-identity. The first part of this essay discusses how bodies existing within societies are obliged to conform to social expectations. While being a surface upon which the text of one’s identity is read, it is also obliged to live up to the archetype of beauty, therefore, it is a...
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...Plastic Surgery Recent study investigated that the rate of Asian American plastic surgery has been increasing through years. For Asian Americans, the three most common plastic surgeries are nose reshaping, eyelid surgery, and breast augmentation. Even though most of the Asian Americans decided to do plastic surgery based on different reason, their purposes are eventually similar, to look more Caucasian. Especially for American born Asian Americans, they suffer more between Asian culture and American culture. Plastic surgery might be an appropriate procedure for them to assimilate into the American culture. While Asian Americans are relying on plastic surgery to gain their assimilation into the mainstream, Asians in Asia want to look more westernized because of the ideal beauty they are looking for in the ‘white’. Asians are looking for the beauty more in westernized recently. They want to look better; beauty means so much to them. When talking about beauty, obviously it’s referring to female. Gender plays an important role here because according to a research group, 91 percent of plastic surgery patient were women, only nine percent were men. (Plastic Surgery Demographics) When plastic surgery is being mentioned, it is being referred to cosmetic surgery, to look more beautiful. As a result, the focus of this topic will be mainly on analyzing Asian American women’s story behind plastic surgery. Class status is also an important criteria in this topic. Plastic surgery is an...
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...The Increase of Plastic Surgery Worldwide These days it seems like everybody is getting plastic surgery without hesitation. Plastic surgery was limited before to repair or correct birth defects or injuries of people. When the procedures became less invasive, the doctor’s techniques improved and the material needed for procedures cost less, society began to use plastic surgery for cosmetic purposes. Cosmetic surgery has become more accessible to a wider segment of the population worldwide and be accepted in many countries as a normal procedure. There are many people from different parts of the world that are obsessed to change their physical appearance. In the article “Mannequins Give Shape to a Venezuelan Fantasy” Meridith Kohut who writes for The New York Times, talks about a Venezuelan business man who owns a mannequin factory and he decides to reinvent the figurine’s shape in order to reflects the curvy body shape of the Venezuelan woman and increase his sales with the new mannequin created. Kohut shows on her article how obsessed Venezuelans have become for international beauty competitions and cosmetic surgery, she even points out their socialist’s government concern about the commercialism associated to those cosmetic procedures. I agree with the author that shows the increasing grow in popularity of cosmetic surgeries and treatments in Venezuela. However, there are so many countries besides Venezuela that are tangled with the same cosmetic obsession and the procedures...
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...INTRODUCTION: Background of the Study: The rising popularity of Korean Culture throughout the world is called Korean Wave. The Korean popular culture which spread mainly through the mass media is now enjoying high popularity outside Korea and this is how the Korean Wave occurs (Yu,2008). The phenomenal Korean sensation is describe from another term called Hallyu, this is a Korean pronunciation of Korean Wave which is defined by Korean Tourism Organization (2004) as the recent cultural phenomenon of South Korean pop culture sweeping throughout the world (Kim & Ryoo, 2007). Korean Wave (Hallyu) mainly consists of television dramas, film, pop music, movie stars animation and comics including mobile content like cell phones and iPods, video or computer games, as well as the latest fashion, food, home appliances and cosmetics, assertively expanding to things like dance, sculpture, painting, cuisine, plastic surgery, tourism and language (http://jakartapost.com/). In this study I'm just going to focus on the Korean Wave effect in Filipino Youth's preference in music, television dramas and in their taste of fashion. The youths are the one who are most influenced by the Korean Wave and one of those are the Filipino Youth. The new generation today is different and they are easily captured to the things around them. These youths are exposed to the different kinds and genres of music, television dramas and also in their taste of fashion. Now and then, the taste of music, movies...
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..."Breaking news! The famous U-Known from T.V.X.Q had been sent to the hospital! The manager stated that he had been acting really strange and ended up vomiting blood. Authorities had said that a fan had dressed up as an employee and gave him a drink that contains adhesive!" the T.V stated. In Collin Palmer's essay, "A Healthy Obsession," he explained how being obsessed is okay, and it does not affect anyone in a negative way, but it helps people in a positive way. Fans these days had been violating idols' private life, and they would do anything to get close to their favorite celebrities. Fans who stalks celebrities these days can take it too far which can cause them to do negative things to themselves and everyone else around them. Fans these days that stalk celebrities would imitate their favorite idols in many ways whether it is good or bad. In "The Impact Celebrities Have on Our Lives," written by Deborah King, she stated, "For instance, if you are not centered and balanced energetically, and you don't feel so good about who you are. you are much more likely to follow your favorite celebrities and wish that you could be them." What King meant is that fans do not like how they are or how they look like. They would most likely follow what their favorite celebrity's look or their way of acting so they could be like them, which can lower their self- esteem. In the same article by Deborah King, she stated, "The sad fact is that we are more enthralled by celebrities who have bad...
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...Medical Tourism Medical Tourism Introduction Medical tourism is the act of traveling to other countries to obtain medical, dental or cosmetic care. Medical tourism is a new term but thousands of years old act. People have been traveling across the continents in search of cures for any imaginable illnesses and making therapeutic trips for health wellness. In ancient Greece, pilgrims and patients came from all over the Mediterranean to the sanctuary of the healing god, Asklepios at Epidaurus, and from the 18th century wealthy Europeans have been traveling to spas from Germany to the Nile. In recent years, medical tourism is becoming more popular with patients seeking treatment for health and well-being purposes abroad. Medical Tourism is also known as Medical Travel, Health Tourism, Surgical Tourism, Health Travel, Treatment Abroad, Surgeries Abroad, and Medical Outsourcing. Medical Tourism Concerns Though many are eager to be the right pieces in the puzzle, many are still struggling to get the right fit. There are a number of concerns and risk factors for patients getting treatment much less seeking them abroad. Some concerns for patients include a consistent quality of care, lack of extensive dialog between the patient and the doctor, lack of post-op follow up, cultural differences and difficulty in obtaining sufficient insurance coverage. In order to mitigate the risk, it’s essential that the patient works with well reputed facilitators. Medical Tourism Accreditation ...
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...Cindy Yoel Tanesia, Joline Boersma I. South Korea South Korea is a country located in the southern part of Korean peninsula. The population is 48,955,203 people (July 2013 est.) which make South Korea to be the 25th largest country in terms of population despite the relatively small area of the land. This paper will compare two cities in South Korea, Seoul and Busan, in terms of different in culture and how it affects the consumer behavior of the people living in the related cities. But, first of all, let’s see the general culture of people in South Korea: 1. Homogeneous There is a term of ‘hanminjok’ (한민족) in South Korea which literally means South Korean race. This term is used to describe that South Korean actually prefer to not mix their race with other races through international marriage because they afraid that they eventually will not have the pure Korean race anymore. However, the diplomatic relationship between USA and South Korea where USA helps South Korea for the military made USA military base established in some parts of South Korea actually opened the opportunity for more people from USA to come and stay in South Korea and eventually have their own family in South Korea which contributes to the increase in the international marriage in South Korea, especially in Seoul. 2. Importance of education Education plays important part for South Korean in almost every aspect. Approximately 70% of high-school graduates continue to college or university which resulting...
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...The Heterosexual Feminine Beauty: Construction, Resistance, and Identity The concept of feminine beauty is dynamic and multi-dimensional. The United States’ mainstream, however, has created an ideal. Currently, long straight hair, petite yet well endowed with curves, among other traits, define the idealized relatively fictitious heterosexual feminine image. Bodies are malleable. Throughout this paper, malleability will be defined as the ability to sculpt the human body like an object. The question is: who controls the sculptor? Often the media, societal pressures, and capitalist incentives heavily influence, if not dictate heterosexual feminine beauty, but there are exceptions. Since the body can be crafted through cosmetics, surgery, and exercise, the pursuit of a better or perfect body is seemingly possible. In reality, achieving the perfect body is a stretch because the target ideal continues to evolve become less humanly possible. These conforming pressures separate body from identity. They impose a beauty image that limits one’s agency and self-worth, but at the same time present an opportunity for redefining...
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...STRATEGIES BETWEEN JAPANESE AND KOREAN COSMETICS COMPANIES IN THAILAND’S MARKET MATHAVEE REUNGSINPINYA Major in Business Administration GRADUATE SCHOOL OF COMMERCE WASEDA UNIVERSITY 35092351-8 C.E. PROF. GROSSBERG PROF. SUGIURA D.E. PROF. FUJITA Table of Contents CHAPTER 1. SECTION 1. SECTION 2. SECTION 3. SECTION 4. CHAPTER 2. SECTION 1. SECTION 2. SECTION 3. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................ 1 OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY........................................................................... 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ......................................................................... 3 STRUCTURE OF PAPER ................................................................................. 4 INDUSTRY ANALYSIS .......................................................................... 5 THAILAND’S COSMETIC MARKET ................................................................. 5 JAPANESE COSMETICS IN THAILAND ........................................................... 8 KOREAN COSMETICS IN THAILAND ........................................................... 10 CHAPTER 3. MARKETING STRATEGIES OF MAJOR JAPANESE AND KOREAN COSMETIC COMPANIES ..............................................................................................14 SECTION 1. JAPANESE COSMETICS COMPANIES ....................
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...Let’s take North Korea’s government, for example. “[M]ore than 50,000 North Korean workers are now toiling abroad, mainly in China and Russia but also in at least 15 other countries in Africa, the Middle East and South Asia. They work in the construction, mining, logging and textile industries. Mr. Darusman said much of their earnings were taken by the North Korean government…” (“North Korea is Accused of Abusing Workers”). Obviously, they do not know that their earnings belong rightfully to them, which is why they do not have the idea to rebel and make a stand. In National Geographic’s film, “Inside North Korea”, an ophthalmologist traveled to North Korea to provide needed medical attention for patients with cataracts, and when they could see again, they cried out to Kim Jong Il’s photograph on their knees, pouring out their gratitude as if he was the one who performed the surgeries. They did not even look at the ophthalmologist or thank him (“Inside North Korea”). This is because that is the only way they were educated to act like when they were...
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...Or pay us 12,000 dollars for the ring finger. Choose which surgery you will get.” Eventually he chose the latter and he threw his cut middle finger for gulls to eat. It’s a scene in the American documentary film ‘Sicko’ in 2008. It’s not just a scene of movie, but the real story that shows the tragic medical system in America. However, it also warns the Korean government’s motion for the new medical plan. Now, the Korean government seems to destruct the non-profit medical system and proceed to health care service provided by private entities instead of the government. It seems that it doesn’t bring negative effects,...
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