SOUTH KOREA

ABOUT SOUTH KOREA

• SOUTH KOREA IS OFTEN CALLED AS
“THE LAND OF MORNING CALM”.
• PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD COME HERE FOR
PLASTIC AND COSMETIC SURGERYS.
•KOREA IS REFLECTS LOTS OF CULTURAL AND LANGUAGE
SIMILARITIES OF TAMILIANS.
 WHERE IS SOUTH KOREA LOCATED?
•SOUTH KOREA IS LOCATED IN EASTERN ASIA
•IT IS BORDERED BY THE YELLOW SEA TO THE WEST, THE SEA
OF JAPAN (EAST SEA) TO THE EAST, THE KOREA STRAIT TO THE
SOUTH AND NORTH KOREA TO THE NORTH
•IT OCCUPIES THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE KOREAN
PENINSULA
•SEOUL IS THE CAPITAL OF SOUTH KOREA.
SOUTH KOREAN GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION

•100,363KM IS THE TOTAL LAND AREA OF SOUTH KOREA .

• THEIR NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES ARE NORTH KOREA,
CHINA AND JAPAN.
•SOUTH KOREA CONSISTS OF 9 PROVINCES AND 7
METROPOLITAN CITIES.
 SOUTH KOREAN CITIZENS
•POPULATION OF SOUTH KOREA IS 51,709,098
•KOREANS ARE VERY FAMILY-ORIENTATED. FAMILY
MEMBERS ARE VERY LOYAL TO EACH OTHER AND
DEDICATED TO MAINTAINING THEIR NEXUS
•PEOPLE HERE ARE OBSESSED WITH COSMETICS AND
BEAUTY ENHANCING PRODUCTS, SO OBSESSED THAT
PARENTS GIFT THEIR DAUGHTERS PLASTIC SURGERY'S ON
THEIR BIRTHDAYS.
 SOUTH KOREAN CULTURE
•KOREAN CULTURE IS DEEPLY INFLUENCED BY THE
BUDDHISM.
•THE THREE MAIN RELIGION ARE CONFUCIANISM,
BUDDHISM AND CHRISTIANITY.
•KOREA HAS ITS UNIQUE ONE CULTURE, CHARACTER,
CLOTHING AND FOOD THAT SEPARATE FROM THE
COUNTRIES NEARBY KOREA.
•HANDBOOK IS THE TRADITIONAL ATTIRE OF THE
KOREAN PEOPLE.
 SOUTH KOREAN LANGUAGE
•THE LANGUAGE SPOKEN HERE IS KOREAN.
•KOREAN, ALSO REFERRED TO AS HANGUL, IS THE
NATIONAL AND OFFICIAL LANGUAGE IN SOUTH KOREA.
•KOREAN AND TAMIL SHARE WORDS WITH SIMILAR
MEANING.
•SOME OTHER COMMONLY SPOKEN LANGUAGES IN
SOUTH KOREA ARE ENGLISH, JAPANESE, CHINESE AND
RUSSIAN.
 SOUTH KOREAN LITERATURE
•HANGUL IS THE ALPHABETIC SYSTEM USED FOR
WRITING THE KOREAN LANGUAGE.
•DILIGENT, HARD WORK, FILIAL PIETY AND HUMBLENESS
ARE CHARACTERISTICS RESPECTED BY KOREANS.
•FAMOUS SOUTH KOREAN POETS ARE: KO UN, KIM
HYESOON, YISANG
 SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT
• THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH KOREA IS A CENTRALIZED
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC WITH THE 3 PRIMARY
BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT; EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE
AND JUDICIAL
•PRESIDENT IS THE LEADER OF SOUTH KOREA
•THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY PROCEEDING HALL IS THE
SOUTH KOREAN CAPITAL BUILDING
 SOUTH KOREAN TECHNOLOGIES
• TECHNOLOGIES USED IN SOUTH KOREA ARE SUCH AS :
5G INTERNET NETWORK, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, BIG
DATA, CYBER SECURITY.
•SOUTH KOREA IS THE WORLD LEADER IN
INTERNET CONNECTIVITY.
•THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
HAS BECOME AN INTEGRAL PART OF ECONOMIC
PLANNING IN SOUTH KOREA
 SOUTH KOREAN GIANT COMPANIES
•SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES RULE THE GLOBAL MARKET
TODAY
•10 BIGGEST COMPANIES OF SOUTH KOREA ARE:
•SK HYNIX, SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP, SAMSUNG LIFE
INSURANCE, HYUNDAI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LG CHEM.,
HYUNDAI MOBIS, KIA MOTORS, POSCO, HYUNDAI
MOTOR AND SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS.
 SOUTH KOREA IS FAMOUS FOR!
1.KOREAN CUISINE
• KOREAN CUISINE IS THE CUSTOMARY COOKING
TRADITIONS AND PRACTICE OF THE CULINARY ARTS OF
KOREA .
• KOREAN CUISINE IS LARGELY BASED ON RICE,
VEGETABLE, SEAFOOD AND MEATS.
• FAMOUS KOREAN DISHES ARE HANGOVER STEW,
KIMCHI, SOFT TOFU STEW, SAMGYEOPSAL,
JIAJANGMYEON, CHIMAEK, INSTANT NOODLES, KIMCHI
STEW
 2.K-POP
•SOUTH KOREA IS KNOWN FOR ITS POP CULTURE.
•K-POP, IN SHORT FOR KOREAN POPULAR MUSIC, IS A
GENRE OF MUSIC ORIGINATING IN SOUTH KOREA.
•FAMOUS K-POP BANDS ARE BTS, BLACKPINK, EXO.
•FAMOUS K-POP ARTIST ARE PARK JAE-SANG , KWON BO
AH, JUNG JI-HOON, CHOI SEUNG-HYUN.
 2.K-DRAMAS
•K-DRAMAS IN SHORT FOR KOREAN DRAMAS, ARE
TELEVISION SERIES IN THE SOUTH KOREAN LANGUAGE,
MADE IN SOUTH KOREA.
• FAMOUS K-DRAMAS ARE DR. ROMATIC, START-UP,
WELCOME TO WAIKKI, HOSPITAL SHIP.
•FAMOUS K-DRAMAS ACTORS AND ACTRESS ARE
LEE MIN-HO, JI CHANG-WOOK, KIM SOO-HYUN, SONG
HYE-KYO, PARK SHIN-HYE, BAE SUZY.
 4.TOURIST ATTRACTION
FAMOUS TOURIST ATTRACTION ARE:
1. SEOUL: THE DAZZLING CAPITAL CITY
2. JEJU ISLAND: A STUNNING ISLAND
3. BUSAN: SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE
4. GYEONGJU: A TREASURE TROVE OF CULTURAL SITES
5. PYEONGCHANG COUNTY; PARADISE FOR HIKES
6. SUWON: HOME TO A UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE
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