Cultural identity

Korea cultural is emphasizing culture. The characteristics of Korean culture of traditional culture have affected Korean cultural policy by providing a rationale for cultural identity as a policy factor. All presidents have stressed the importance of Korean traditional culture as lying at the heart of cultural identity. It is possible to assume that characteristics of Korean traditional culture still remain, to a certain degree, influential up on the setting of cultural policy objectivities during the period extending from 1945 to the present day. Korean government sought to mobilize the characteristics of traditional culture as a means of establishing social and ethic cohesion and ultimately of cultural identity, which was the driving force of economic development. Furthermore traditional culture emphasizing spiritual culture has also been regarded as a cure for alleviating the conflicts of living in a commodity based eecnomy.