He was in L.A. and visiting Korea Town and introduced a Korean
concept and how children are punished for disobedience, like
concentration camp discipline... Han.
What is Han in Korean?
Han is an inherent characteristic of the Korean character and as such finds expression, implied or explicit, in nearly every aspect of Korean life and culture. Han is sorrow caused by heavy suffering, injustice or persecution, a dull lingering ache in the soul.
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Han or Haan[1] is a concept in Korean culture attributed as a unique Korean cultural trait which has resulted from Korea's frequent exposure to invasions by overwhelming foreign powers. Han denotes a collective feeling of oppression and isolation in the face of insurmountable odds (the overcoming of which is beyond the nation's capabilities on its own). It connotes aspects of lament and unavenged injustice.
The minjung theologian Suh Nam-dong describes han as a "feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, a feeling of acute pain in one's guts and bowels, making the whole body writhe and squirm, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined."[2]
In some occasions, anthropologists have recognized han as a culture-specific medical condition whose symptoms include dyspnea, heart palpitation, and dizziness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_(cultural)
Using
chef Roy Choi and artist David Choe as guides, Bourdain explored
Koreatown through the lens of its history, and in particular the L.A.
riots in 1992. Choi took Bourdain to the roof where Choi had watched the
neighborhood burn for days on end, and Choe explained the effect of
having society fall apart around him as a teenager, even as he himself
took part in the mayhem. Thanks (I'm assuming) to CNN's access to news
footage, the show had a ton of footage of Koreatown during the riots,
and 21 years later the images of an entire swath of the city devolving
into a war zone are still gut-wrenchingly shocking.
David Choe
Han is a Korean pronunciation of a Chinese word hen (wiktionary:恨). Hen means "hatred", "dislike", "animosity", "bitterness", "rancor", or "resentment".
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Han or Haan[1] is a concept in Korean culture attributed as a unique Korean cultural trait which has resulted from Korea's frequent exposure to invasions by overwhelming foreign powers. Han denotes a collective feeling of oppression and isolation in the face of insurmountable odds (the overcoming of which is beyond the nation's capabilities on its own). It connotes aspects of lament and unavenged injustice.
The minjung theologian Suh Nam-dong describes han as a "feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, a feeling of acute pain in one's guts and bowels, making the whole body writhe and squirm, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined."[2]
In some occasions, anthropologists have recognized han as a culture-specific medical condition whose symptoms include dyspnea, heart palpitation, and dizziness.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_(cultural)
Los Angeles
Tony takes Los Angeles--but with a twist. No
Hollywood sign, no Beverly Hills. Instead, he zeroes in on a three
square-mile area of the city known as Koreatown, where he finds a
tight-knit community still marked by the 1992 Rodney King riots.
For the second installment of his new CNN show Parts Unknown, Anthony Bourdain explored L.A.'s Koreatown. The
show was insightful, revealing and pretty much spot-on, giving an
accurate depiction of both the fraught history of K-Town and its current
status as one of our city's culinary and cultural gems. Which is a
relief, seeing as no food TV show ever seems to get Los Angeles right,
including past L.A.-themed episodes of Bourdain's Travel Channel show, No Reservations.
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Roy Choi Built An Empire From One Beat-Up Taco Truck
Roy Choi Built An Empire From One Beat-Up Taco Truck
The chef has a secret for anyone trying to build a business out of a creative pursuit: it's okay to not (totally) know what you're doing.
Roy Choi (born February 24, 1970), is a Korean American chef who gained prominence as the creator of the gourmet Korean taco truck, Kogi. He is a chef who is celebrated for "food that isn't fancy" and is known as one of the founders of the food truck movement.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Choi
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