![]() ![]() With 123 storeys and is the fifth highest building in the world. Lotte World Tower is the tallest building in Korea. South Korea Facts | LandmarksĪpart from the famous Korean landmarks we have already mentioned above, the Gyeongbokgung palace, the Confucius statue and Jeju island, there are also these six Korean landmarks that you should know about as well. Big Korean companies are Samsung, Hyundai, LG Electronics and Lotte Group.Ĭoal, graphite and lead are among the main natural resources of South Korea. The main trading partners are China, USA, Japan, Germany and Vietnam. South Korea is one of the biggest economies in Asia and among the four 'Asian Tiger Countries' which also includes Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong. Apart from using a slightly different accent and some dialects, the Koreans can understand and communicate with each other. Korean is the language of both countries: South Korea and North Korea. The language is similar to Mandarin and Japanese in that that it is written and read from top to bottom and from left to right. The Korean alphabet has 24 letters and the language does not have any articles and does not follow a word order. The Korean peninsula is surrounded by the West Sea/Yellow Sea, the South Sea/East China Sea and the East Sea/Sea of Japan. ![]() The only land borders are with North Korea with which South Korea shares the Korean peninsula. South Korea is located in Eastern Asia and sits on the southern half of the Korean peninsula. President: Yoon Suk Yeol (since May 2022).National Holiday: 15 August (Liberation Day).Since 1953 South Korea's economy expanded successfully, while the people in North Korea are very poor and the relations between the two Koreas are very strained. After Japan surrendered to the USA after the Second World War in 1945, Korea gained independence again, but the country soon was split between South Korea (which is largely supported by the USA) and communist North Korea along the 38 degrees latitude. History: For many centuries, South Korea was an independent kingdom, but after 1905 the country was ruled by the Japanese. ![]()
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