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The Developmental Stages of Rice (Bap) Culture in Korea: From Food Insufficiency towards Trade Dependency 



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Kim Bok-rae

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DOI:10.17265/2159-5828/2018.01.003

The Department of European Culture and Tourism, Andong National University, Andongsi 36729, South Korea

The aim of this paper is to examine the developmental stages of rice culture in Korea. It is divided into five sections: (1) first stage (Japanese colonial period-1959): absolute food insufficiency, (2) second stage (1960s): encouraging the use of flour & rice with mixed grains for food, (3) third stage (1970s): rice self-sufficiency, (4) fourth stage (1980s): change of rice culture, (5) fifth stage (since1990s): stabilization/stagnation of rice culture in the era of globalization.

Rice culture, food insufficiency, rice self-sufficiency, industrialization of rice, globalization.