A few facts about South Korea

Among Koreans, golf is wildly popular. At first he was a passion for the upper classes of society. Now this is one of the ways of business communication. Hit the ball and go chatting for business. Playing golf is as prestigious as having an expensive suit or watch.

The Hangul Korean language appeared only in the 15th century. Before that, Chinese was used. The most interesting thing is that these are not hieroglyphs, but letters! And in the mid-1990s, Oxford University out of three dozen studied writing systems recognized Korean as the most rational, scientific and original.

On the day of the state exam in South Korea, the movement of the planes is stopped for half an hour so as not to disturb the already nervous kids.

Suicide is in fourth place among the causes that are killing South Koreans. The first is cancer, cerebrovascular, cardiovascular disease.

In the late 90s, Koreans voluntarily carried gold to the state treasury in order to lead the country out of the crisis.

Koreans are easier to distinguish by first name than last name, as there are very few last names, but many names.

Koreans dress very fashionably, because the competition in the clothing market is very large, and prices are low.

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