Soap-opera diplomacy
Article Abstract:
'Winter Sonata', a South Korean television serial is a sentimental drama that is succeeding in invoking sweet memories in the World War II generation. The serial has eliminated the condescending attitude held by Japanese towards Koreans, an area that diplomacy feared to tread. It may be recalled that during World War II, a number of Japanese were held as prisoners of war in Korea.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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New rules
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Japan is all set to produce new lawyers so this month April, 2004, new 68 law schools have opened within Japanese Universities. To overcome the lawyer shortage, Japan has created a new system to churnout more of them so under the current system, would be lawyers are not required to complete a graduate course, they need only take the bar exam, which has a pass rate just 3%.
Publication Name: Far Eastern Economic Review
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0014-7591
Year: 2004
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