A Brief History of Korean

The original name was Taehan Min'Guk Korean

state with an area of 98,400 km and a population
of 48,289,037 inhabitants. His country is a
Republic form of the head of the State President,
the prime minister head of government, and
centralized presidential system of government. The
capital of South Korea is Seoul, the Korean
national language and Korean currency is Won.

SOUTH KOREA : WAY OF LIFE

South Korea is a modern country

that is becoming more and more
reliant on technology, both from the
perspective of using technology to
make life easier and more enjoyable
to creating and developing technology.
The country maintains many aspects
of their traditional culture, but with
the ease of modern day amenities.

SOUTH KOREA : Ethnicity

South Korea is extraordinarily homogenous

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

SOUTH KOREA : RELIGION

Nearly half of South Korea's

population claims no religious
affiliation. Among the other half of
the population, about half of these
people are Christian (primarily
Protestant) and about half are
Buddhist.

SOUTH KOREA : WEEDING

Culture family line in Korea is

based on patrilineal system.
Men play an important role in
the welfare of the family and
are required to work. Women
are allowed to work only if
allowed by the husband or if
her work is not enough to
meet the needs of the family.

An old Hanok
house
Korean clothing
:Hanbok

KOREAN
FOODS:
KIMCHI
BULGOGY
BIBIMBAB Ect.

Korean New Years

Independence Day
Chuseok (thanks giving)
Christmas
Children's Day

1
1. Small Head or face

3. A slim
body

2. Big Eyes
(Double eyelids)

SOUTH KOREA : SEVERAL PRODUCTS

TECHNOLOGY
& COSMETICS
COSMETICS
Kia
Motors

SAMSUNG

LG

Hyundai

SOUTH KOREA : BEHAVIOR

The Koreans are very well aware of the

world around them as well as the
differences in opinions and behaviors.
Because of this they are quite
understanding of various cultures and
foreigners so odd behaviors are
generally accepted, but not encouraged.

Korean Wave (Hallyu): Korean Cultural Export

since early 1990s

Korean movies, TV dramas, and pop-music are

very popular around the world; rapidly spreading
beyond Asian countries
Korea is among the worlds top ten cultural
exporters
BigBang
Girls Generation

Super Junior

The Heirs
Rain TV drama

Wonder Girls

In Korea, students work like crazy

in high school trying to get into a
college. Colleges are much more
difficult to get into (And one other
reason for this is they aren't quite
as abundant as they are in the US).

There are some habitual that usually done by

Koreans:
Ordinary Korean people give greeting the
introduction , before eating , after eating , when
saying goodbye , when sleeping , etc. , by nodding his
head and bowing slightly . Keep your head about 3060 degrees for 2-3 seconds . The meaning greetings
we say more respectful .
Handshaking 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

 They give alcohol drink for appreciate

their guest, called by welcome drink.
Surgery become their culture
In taking and giving something by two
hand.
The south Korean society has high diciplin
attitude and diligent work (workaholic),
no smoking on the bus, subway, taxi,
workplace.