Geography
Korea is a peninsula connected to mainland Asia in the North. Between Korea and Japan is the East Sea (Sea of Japan). Between Korea and China is the West Sea (Yellow Sea). Korea is roughly 1,000 kilometers in length.
Division of Korea The aftermath of World
War II left Korea partitioned along the 38th parallel, with the north under Soviet occupation and the south under the occupation of other allied countries.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a Soviet-style socialist regime is now North Korea.
Republic of Korea, a Western-style republic, is now South Korea.
Language Korean, a.k.a:Hangungmal 한국말Hangukeo 한국어Joseonmal 조선말is the official
languageof Korea, in both
Southand North.
Hangul 한글 is the Korean alphabet
Religions
Most Koreans profess to have no religion. About 29.2% are Christian (Protestant and
Catholic)
Korean Cuisine
Sujeo, a set of Korean eating utensils.
Dolsot, stone bowl• Ex: dolsot bibimbap
Bowls
Korean Cuisine
Miyeok Guk, seaweed soup. Eaten by Koreans on their birthdays.
Songpyeon, traditional food during Chuseok
Tteokbokki
Other Korean Facts
Taekwondo(National
Sport)
Mugunghwa / Rose of Sharon
(National Flower)
Korean Tiger(National Animal)
Samsung Group- comprises numerous
subsidiaries and affiliated businesses, most of them united under the Samsung brand, and is the largest South Korean chaebol.
- Samsung Electronics- Samsung Life
Insurance- Samsung C&T
Corporation- Samsung Fire and
Marine Insurance
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
Samsung Town
LG Group
(2nd largest chaebol)- LG produces
electronics, chemicals, and telecommunications products and operates subsidiaries like LG Electronics, LG Display, LG Telecom and LG Chem in over 80 countries.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
SK Group(3rd largest chaebol)
- business mainly based on chemical, petroleum and energy industries, it also provides services in construction, shipping, marketing, local telephone, mobile phone, high-speed Internet, wireless telecommunications (SK Telecom), and wireless broadband service WiBro. SK has recently further broadened its range of business to semiconductors, merging Hynix into SK Hynix.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
Daewoo Group
- Prior to the Asian Financial Crisis of 1998, Daewoo was the second largest conglomerate in Korea after Hyundai Group, followed by LG Group and Samsung Group. There were about 20 divisions under the
Daewoo Group, some of which survive today as
independent companies.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
Hyundai Group- The company spun off many
of its better known businesses after the 1997 Asian financial crisis, including - Hyundai Automotive
Group- Hyundai Department
Store Group- Hyundai Heavy
Industries Group. - The Hyundai Group now
focuses on elevators, container services, and tourism to Mount Kumgang.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
As of March 2007, Hyundai Engineering and Construction is the main shareholder of Hyundai Merchant Marine, which is the de-facto holding company of Hyundai Group.
KEPCO- Korea Electric Power
Corporation, is the largest electric utility in South Korea, responsible for the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity and the development of electric power projects including those in nuclear power, wind power and coal.
- KEPCO is responsible for 93% of Korea's electricity generation.
Korean Companies
POSCO- Pohang Steel Company
(formerly Pohang Iron and Steel Company)
- a multinational steel-making company headquartered in Pohang, South Korea. It had an output of 35.4 million tonnes of crude steel in 2010, making it the world's fifth-largest steelmaker by this measure.
Korean Companies
KT Corporation
- formerly Korea Telecom- integrated wired/wireless
telecommunication service provider.
- KT has an information & communications business, and has the largest portion of the South Korean local telephone and high-speed Internet business.
Korean Companies
Kia Motors- second-largest
automobile manufacturer, following the Hyundai Motor Company
- with sales of over 1.4 million vehicles in 2010
- The company is partly owned by the Hyundai Motor Group, the fourth largest automaker in the world based on annual vehicle sales in 2010 after Toyota, General Motors, and Volkswagen AG.
Korean Companies
Ssangyong- fourth largest
South Korean automobile manufacturer
- SsangYong's 70% share was acquired by India's Mahindra & Mahindra Limited in February 2011
Korean Companies
Kookmin Bank
- KB Kookmin Bank or KB is the largest bank by both asset value and market capitalization in South Korea.
Korean Companies
Shinhan Financial Group
- financial holding company
- As of 2007, Shinhan is the largest financial company in Korea
- Shinhan Bank, its main subsidiary, is the first among banks
Korean Companies
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