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The original name was Taehan Min'Guk Korean

state with an area of 98,400 km and a populationof 48,289,037 inhabitants. His country is aRepublic formof the head of theState President,the prime minister head of government, andcentralized presidential system of government. Thecapital of South Korea isSeoul,the Koreannational languageand Korean currency isWon.

A Brief History of Korean

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South Korea is a modern countrythat is becoming more and morereliant on technology, both from the

perspective of using technology tomake life easierand more enjoyableto creating and developing technology.

The country maintains many aspectsof their traditional culture, but withthe ease of modern day amenities.

SOUTH KOREA : WAY OF LIFE

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South Korea is extraordinarily homogenous

as every person (other than about 20,000Chinese) is ethnically Korean.

SOUTH KOREA : Etnicity

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Nearly half of South Korea'spopulation claims no religiousaliation. mong the other half ofthe population, about half of thesepeople are !hristian "primarily#rotestant$ and about half are

%uddhist.

SOUTH KOREA : RELI!IO"

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SOUTH KOREA : WEE#I"!

$u%ture fami%y %ine in Korea is

&ased on 'atri%inea% system()en'%ay an im'ortant ro%e inte *e%fare of te fami%y andare re+uired to *or,( Women

are a%%o*ed to *or, on%y ifa%%o*ed &y te us&and or ifer *or, is not enou- tomeet te needs of te fami%y(

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An o%d Hano,ouse

Korean c%otin-&Han&o,

KOREA"FOO#S&KI)$HIBUL!O!YBIBI)BAB Ect(

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Korean New Years

Independence Day

Chuseok (thanks giving)

Christmas

Children's Day

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.. Sma%% Head or face

/( Bi- Eyes0#ou&%e eye%ids1

2( A s%im&ody

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SOUTH KOREA : SE3ERAL 4RO#U$T5STE$H"OLO!Y6 $OS)ETI$S

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The Koreans are very well aware of the

world around them as well as thedi(erences in opinions and behaviors.%ecause of this they are )uiteunderstanding of various cultures andforeigners so odd behaviors aregenerally accepted, but not encouraged.

SOUTH KOREA : BEHA3IOR

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Korean movies, T* dramas, and pop+music arevery popular around the world rapidly spreadingbeyond sian countries

Korea is among the world-s top ten culturaleporters

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T* drama/Super 5unior1

Korean Wa7e 0Ha%%yu1: Korean $u%tura% E8'ortsince ear%y .99s

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In Korea, students work like cray

in high school trying to get into a

college! Colleges are much moredi""icult to get into (#nd one other

reason "or this is they aren't $uite

as a%undant as they are in the &).

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Tere are some a&itua% tat usua%%y done &yKoreans:

6rdinary Korean people give greeting theintroduction , before eating , after eating , when

saying goodbye , when sleeping , etc. , by nodding hishead and bowing slightly . Keep your head about 78+98 degrees for :+7 seconds . The meaning greetingswe say more respectful .

4andsha;ing is done for the older one.

They usually eat noodle. They belch after they have already eating something,

they assume that belch is done for appreciate a chef.

They are polite to their consumer

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They give alcohol drin; for appreciatetheir guest, called by welcome drin;.

Surgery become their culture

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