Revive competitive Korean spirit

By Chris Baumann and Hamin

Cultural values passed on to children in families and in the education system have been found to explain the vast majority of a country’s level of competitiveness. This is an important finding of a recent scientific study since it was established that competitiveness and culture together are key factors in driving academic performance at the university level.

Korea itself experienced an exemplary rise to become the world’s 14th largest economy as a result of its competitive culture. But now Korea is undergoing Westernization