Having amassed years of consuming South Korean culture (and/or studying Korean contemporary literature and history like I did), I suppose Singaporeans are now more comfortable with Korean history lessons, which would otherwise have been entirely uninteresting and irrelevant. It is opportune as many Singaporeans have gradually come to embrace the Hallyu wave that swept the region over the last decade with an equal measure of Kpop and Korean cinema/TV (think makjang, variety shows, thriller films and period dramas). The exhibition, which started in April, was intellectually and visually satisfying as it attempted to condense the vicissitudes of Joseon’s 500-year history (1392–1897) by relating stories of more than 150 artefacts. Finally, I visited the Joseon Korea: Court Treasures And City Life exhibition at Singapore’s Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM) before it closes this Sunday.
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