Not having thought too much about how common corporeal punishment was throughout history, your article is educational and helps me understand some of the K-drama elements. Several Korean tv-dramas I have watched recently mention some of the historical types of punishment you discuss here. In the historical tv-drama, "The King's Affection", paeng-hyong [팽형] is a punishment mentioned and not knowing the Korean history when I viewed The King's Affection, I had to look up what paeng-hyong meant. There are also two scenes of sa-sa [사사] in The King's Affection, and now I know the history behind those scenes.
Your post illuminates where some more contemporary punishments found their roots. In "Twenty Five Twenty One", there are scenes where gohn-jang-hyong [곤장형] paddling and student abuse are depicted as happening in a high school as recently as 1998-99.
The whole premise of the drama, "The Lies Within", employs neung-ji-cheo-cham [능지처참] as a dramatic device.
Again, it amazes me that you are naming all these dramas that I haven't heard of. I probably have -- just not in English titles. But, yes, the physical punishment that teachers used to hand out to little kids back in the day was inhumane. Teachers had different techniques of physically punishing kids -- and to be brutally honest, I think some actually enjoyed it. Now things have tilted the other way. Teachers can't even discipline their students without the fear of getting retribution from the parents. (I'll have more on this later.)
Not having thought too much about how common corporeal punishment was throughout history, your article is educational and helps me understand some of the K-drama elements. Several Korean tv-dramas I have watched recently mention some of the historical types of punishment you discuss here. In the historical tv-drama, "The King's Affection", paeng-hyong [팽형] is a punishment mentioned and not knowing the Korean history when I viewed The King's Affection, I had to look up what paeng-hyong meant. There are also two scenes of sa-sa [사사] in The King's Affection, and now I know the history behind those scenes.
Your post illuminates where some more contemporary punishments found their roots. In "Twenty Five Twenty One", there are scenes where gohn-jang-hyong [곤장형] paddling and student abuse are depicted as happening in a high school as recently as 1998-99.
The whole premise of the drama, "The Lies Within", employs neung-ji-cheo-cham [능지처참] as a dramatic device.
Yes, great post!
Again, it amazes me that you are naming all these dramas that I haven't heard of. I probably have -- just not in English titles. But, yes, the physical punishment that teachers used to hand out to little kids back in the day was inhumane. Teachers had different techniques of physically punishing kids -- and to be brutally honest, I think some actually enjoyed it. Now things have tilted the other way. Teachers can't even discipline their students without the fear of getting retribution from the parents. (I'll have more on this later.)
These appear to be their Korean titles: [if you use Netflix]
스물다섯 스물하나 [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81517172?trackId=255824129]
or wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-Five_Twenty-One
연모 [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81430285?trackId=255824129]
or wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King%27s_Affection
모두의 거짓말 [https://www.netflix.com/watch/81192322?trackId=254761469]
or wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lies_Within
Yeah, I think my wife was watching 연모. But the other two... I'm still not quite sure... Thanks!
Thank you for reading, and for the kind words.