Today we had our last full day of seminars on Korean film and Korean society. The popularity of Korean popular culture around the world is called Hallyu (The Korean Wave). Korean dramas and films have won worldwide recognition for their artistic values. Today we watched the 1999 independent film, My Heart. It was a moving film on the hardships faced by a woman and the people in her life in 1920-1940 Korea.

In the afternoon we all headed to the part of Seoul that still retain several of the old neighborhoods, where Koreans still live in a more traditional dwelling, reflective of the homes of the aristocracy during the Joseon Dynasty period. Their we learned Korean calligraphy, participated in a tea ceremony and enjoyed dressing up in Joseon period traditional dress.