SOUTH KOREA

BY-The COOL CATS

 GOVERNMENT
• Divided into 3 branches- Executive,
Judicial, and Legislative.
• Executive and Legislative branches
operates at the national level.
• Judicial branch operates at the
national and local level.
• South Korea is a constitutional
democracy.
 SPORTS
• Martial art taekwondo originated in
Korea; it came an official Olympic
sport in 2000.
• Other martial arts are taekkyeon,
hapkido, tang soo do, kuk sool won,
kumdo and subak.
• Baseball was introduced in 1905.
• In the 2008 Olympics they won the gold
medal in baseball.
• They also perform archery, shooting,
table tennis, badminton, short track
speed skating, handball, hockey,
freestyle wrestling, baseball, judo,
 ECONOMY
• South Korea had the world's second
fastest growing economy from
1960 to 1990.
• They are the world's largest
shipbuilder and one of the world's
top five automobile manufacturing
nations.
• They also major in crude oil imports,
refined oil exports, and the building
construction industry.
 FOREIGN RELATIONSHIPS
• South Korea maintains a sensitive
relationship with approximately 170
countries.
• Some of the big countries they are in
relation with are USA, North Korea,
China, and Japan.
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 NORTH KOREA
 BY: The COOL CATS
 FACTS
• North Korea, known officially as the
Democratic People's Republic of
Korea.
• Its population is 23 million people.
• All religion has been effectively
prohibited since the 1950s.
• North Korea uses the Won for their
currency (money).
• They speak Korean.
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 SPORTS
• The most well-known sport in North
Korea is Arirang.
• They also play soccer which they call
football.
• And they also participate in the
Olympics.
• They also do boxing, freestyle
wrestling, and weightlifting.
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 LOCATION
• North Korea is located in east Asia on
the northern half of the Korean
peninsula.
• They share borders with China,
Russia, and South Korea.
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 CLIMATE
• They have four seasons.
• They also have natural hazards
including late spring droughts,
flooding, and occasionally
typhoons.
• The winters are long and very cold.
• The summers are short hot and
humid.
 Religions
• They practice Buddhism and
Confucianism.
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