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South Korea is a country located in Asia, with a population of 49 million people.
For starter, let's have a quick look about their history...
All start with the legendary dynasty of Gojoseon (old joseon) from 2333 BC to 206 BC.
The next important dynasties are Goryo...
and the Joseon.
Korea was occuped 35 year by the Japanese then split in two at the end of world war 2.
North and South Korea fight each other during the Korea war (1950-1953).
It resulted in a status-quo, fixing the border since then.
The relation between the 2 during the next 60 years has been a following of crisis and detente.
In the year 1960, South Korea was as poor as the poorest Asian or African countries from that period.
Thanks to an exporting economy, they are now the 15th world economy.
Their principal exportations are...
Cars (with Hyundai)
Shipbuilding (they are the first exporter in term of sales)
and electronics. We could also add steel and semiconductors.
Korean students work 50 hours per week and they take after school lessons.
Because of a Confucian past, Koreans respect hierarchy and elders. They are also more patriarchal compared to Europeans.
Korean have developed their own culture and style, like their comics called manhwa.
The cooking is rich and diversified, with lot of vegetables and seafood.
The K-pop (K for Korean) is very popular. The korean group PSY is well known worldwide...
especially with their song "Gangnam style", watched more than 1 900 000 000 time on Youtube.
Football and baseball are very popular...
and also their martial art, the Taekwondo.
One particularity of Korea is their extreme love for esport, professional gaming.
They are extremely good in Starcraft 2 and League of Legend.
South Korea has become a place of pilgrimage for professional foreigners who want to improve their skills.