https://evolutionkr.kr/ Evolution Korea South Korea's democracy is susceptible to populist impulses. However, it's healthier than what one might expect. The country is in search of an alternative development model. The Confucian culture, which stresses respect for the ancestors as and gender-specific family relationships, continues to be influential in the society. There are indications of a secularist culture trend forming. Origins In the prehistoric era the ancestors of modern Koreans lived on hunting and gathering wild food. Around 10,000 years ago they began to cultivate crops including millet and beans. They also raised livestock, and made furs. These tribes formed tribal states one after another in Manchuria and on the Korean peninsula. They also created an industry of metalworking, making bronze tools and later iron ones. They traded with other states and introduced celadon papermaking, block printing, art styles and a written language to Japan. In 2333 BCE Gojoseon was founded in the southern region of the peninsula. This state embraced Chinese culture, including Confucian Philosophy and Buddhism. During this time, the people of Buyeo joined Gojoseon. Gojoseon was a state that was hierarchical where the monarch and senior officials were from the aristocracy of the land, whereas the rest of its population was peasants. The state collected taxes from these citizens, and sometimes required them to join the army or work on projects of the government, like building fortifications. By the end of this period, the state of Baekje was established by Onjo who was a prince of Goguryeo and the son of Jumong who was the founder of Goguryeo. The new kingdom grew into the southwest part of the peninsula, and was at war against Goguryeo's commanderies and China's in the area. Baekje adopted Confucian ideas into its state belief system in 1390 CE and established the male-centric notion of filiopiety a tenet. Under the cover of filiopiety fathers were responsible to their fam