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A Duty of Generation: A Study of Cultural Change after 7.1 Economic Improvement

North Korea government made public '7ㆍ1 economic improvement' last 2002 that included an innovative measure for example price rationalization, wage disparity, an abrogation of distribution system. '7ㆍ1 economic improvement' influence on economic range and on social culture. A duty of generation was made in 2002 which represent new cultural aspect after '7ㆍ1 economic improvement'. A duty of generation represent a conflict between a new boss, he is a youngman, name is Shin Hyuk, and an old researchers at textile manufacturing laboratory. Shin Hyuk is represent new ideology which is pragmatism, rationalism, scientific thought, globalism. It address that North Korean is sensitive to actual result and accomplishment. They are evaluated only scientific knowledge not class which is his family ground. They are interested in global norm, the cutting edge and capitalism. Thus discussions are risen to surface after '7ㆍ1 economic improvement' which conflict to traditional cultural discussions for example the popular mind, loyalty, work out one´s salvation by one´s own effort. A duty of generation educate new cultural aspect to popular and reconcile between old and new cultural aspects. There are discords between public and private after a switch to the pragmatic socialism. North Korean pretend they support an official norm but give a welcome private and unofficial law. In accordance with a new cultural tendency more and more increase, North Korea is become a society of individualism, pragmatism.