SEOUL

Members: Yaretzi Zuriel Gonzalez Valladares

Elliete Arabella Perata Santamaria
Deyra Paola Elizondo Berlanga

Teacher: Miss Melisa

Subject: Phonetics
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is a huge
metropolis where modern skyscrapers,
high-tech subways and pop culture meet
Buddhist temples, palaces and street
markets.
Notable
attractions
include
futuristic
Dongdaemun
Design Plaza,
a convention
hall with
curving architecture and a rooftop park;
Gyeongbokgung Palace, which once had
more than 7,000 rooms; and Jogyesa
Temple, site of ancient locust and pine
trees.
Kimchi.
Kimchi, is a traditional Korean banchan consisting of
salted and fermented vegetables, most commonly
using napa cabbage or Korean radish. A wide selection
of seasonings are used, including gochugaru, spring
onions, garlic, ginger, and jeotgal, etc.

Bibimbap.
Bibimbap, is a Korean rice dish. The term bibim means
"mixing" and bap is cooked rice. It is served as a bowl
of warm white rice topped with namul and gochujang.
Egg and sliced meat are common additions, stirred
together thoroughly just before eating.

Red rice cakes (tteokbokki).

Tteokbokki 떡뽁이 means ‘Sauteed or stir-fried Korean
rice cake‘ and is a very popular Korean street food that
you will see more often in the winter. You will see
chewy cylindrical rice cakes simmering in spicy thick
sweet gochujang sauce. Btw, Tteokbokki is sometimes
also spelled ddukbokki, topokki, dukbokki and
ddeokbokki.
The climate of Seoul features a humid continental
climate with dry winter, called "Dwa" in the Köppen
climate classification,
with four highly
distinct seasons. In
summer the influence
of the North Pacific
high-pressure system
brings hot, humid
weather with
temperatures soaring
as high as 35 °C (95 °F)
on occasion.
Hanbok
The hanbok is a
traditional clothing of
the Korean people. The
term hanbok is
primarily used by South
Koreans; North
Koreans refer to the
clothes as chosŏn-ot
(조선옷). Koreans have
worn hanbok since
antiquity.
Seoul's 2023 population is now estimated at 9,988,049.
In 1950, the population of Seoul was 1,021,031. Seoul
has grown by
12,340 in the
last year,
which
represents a
0.12% annual
change.