The Philippines, despite favourable human development indicators, has not matched its economic potential. While the country's growth rate has been on the uptake in the last two years, it still lags behind the achievements of many of its East and South-East Asian neighbours in reducing poverty.
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He concludes his article by warning, “If the Korean Wave continues to surge, reflecting the diplomatic relations that supports a capitalist logic rather than a strengthening of the communicative power of civil society to provide the possibility of diversifying the cultural tastes of the masses, then it will have to put up a hard fight against China’s ethnocentrism and Japan’s malleable nationalism.”
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Recent years have seen an increase in interest in the Korean language,[5] Korean cuisine[4] and Hanbok, the traditional Korean dress.
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I have to totally agree with statement because the Korean culture is becomming more and more popular. Koreans all over the world are digging deep in to their inner self to represent their culture in the most positive way. Thanksgiving, or Chuseok, is now known all over the world and its making a name for itself. There is also Korean Children's Day and the Korean/Lunar New Year.
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The success of South Korean dramas, movies, and music served as a major tourist magnet for South Korea in 2005, with tourists from countries such as Japan, China, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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Names of the Underworld Aztec mythology Mictlan Babylonian mythology Kurnugia, Arallu (also sumerian) Buddhist mythology Naraka (also Niraya) Celtic mythology Annwn, Mag Mell Chinese mythology Yum gan (陰間) is an underworld though not necessarily negative like Diyu (地獄) Christian mythology Sheol/Hadēs (Abode of the dead), Gehenna/Tártaros (Hell), Abaddon, Limbo, Purgatory, Annihilationism Egyptian mythology Aaru, Duat, Neter-khertet, Amenti Estonian mythology Toonela Fijian mythology see Melanesian mythology. Finnish mythology Tuonela Greek mythology Main article: Greek underworld Elysium, Asphodel Meadows, Hadēs, Tártaros Hebrew mythology [disambiguation needed] Sheol, Gehenna Hindu mythology Naraka, Yamaloka, Patala Hungarian mythology Alvilág Inca mythology Uku Pacha Inuit mythology Adlivun Islamic mythology Jahannam, Narr [disambiguation needed], Jannah, Barzakh, Araf Japanese mythology Yomi, Jigoku Korean Mythology "Ji-Ok" 지옥 地獄 Latvian mythology Aizsaule Māori mythology Hawaiki Mapuche mythology Pellumawida, Degin, Wenuleufu, Ngullchenmaiwe Maya mythology Metnal, Xibalba Melanesian mythology (includes Fijian) Bulu, Burotu, Murimuria, Nabangatai, Tuma [disambiguation needed] Norse mythology Gimlé, Hel, Niflheim, Vingólf Oromo mythology Ekera Philippine mythology Kasanaan, Empiyerno Polynesian mythology Avaiki, Bulotu, Iva, Lua-o-Milu, Nga- Atua, Pulotu, Rangi Tuarea, Te Toi-o-nga-Ranga, Uranga-o-Te-Ra Pueblo mythology Shipap Roman myth
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