Oak (29) also speaks about dependence on situations in order to communicate that Koreans are very fond of the protocol required by the typologies of situations. On the one hand, this is positive because it provides them with behavioral patterns which are pretty clear and which have proved to be advantageous so far. On the other hand, this might prove to be at least challenging in the circumstances in which the situations involve people coming from different cultural environments. The question which comes to mind is should contemporary South Korea loosen its attachment to Confucian beliefs in order to achieve a greater openness towards its partners or not? The solution is not a simple one.

Emotions play a fundamental part in the interaction between people and it must be underlined that Koreans first establish the category to which their emotions belong and afterward decide on the behavior they must adopt....
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