24 facts about North Korea
This country, distant to us and difficult to access as a tourist, holds many secrets. The way power is exercised there and what daily life is like for ...
The motto of this country is very altruistic but reflects the spirit of the South Korean nation. Although in the 1970s it lagged behind North Korea's economic development, today it is one of the most modern and dynamically developing world economies. This is where SAMSUNG, Hyundai, Kia Motors, and LG Electronics come from.
The area located below the 38th parallel north was occupied by the United States. As a result of hostilities during the Korean War, the borderline between the countries has changed slightly, but it still runs close to the 38th parallel.
It is the largest city in South Korea, located quite close to the North Korean border. Seoul is home to over 10 million people and has many tourist attractions dating back to the early Middle Ages. Seoul is also a very important Asian education center and the largest academic center in Korea.
Almost 52 million Koreans live in such a small area.
Although the name suggests otherwise, this flower comes from China and Taiwan and gained its name thanks to the fact that it reached Europe with Syrian traders around the 16th century.
Under the armistice, hostilities ceased and a demilitarized zone "DMZ" operates in the area 2 km south and 2 km north of the so-called "Kansas-Wyoming" line, where the front stabilized in 1951. The DMZ area stretches for 150 kilometers.
Apart from hundreds of different types of cosmetics, according to research from 2020, about 20% of young Korean women undergo plastic surgery.
The age of a person born in Korea is counted from one, not from zero as in our country. This is because Koreans include the fetal period in life expectancy. Moreover, with the new year, all citizens automatically age one year, unlike the rest of the world, where we add 1 to our age on our birthday. If you are born on December 31st, you will be 2 years old the next day!
About 70% of South Korea's terrain is mountains, although they are not as high as those in North Korea.
It is a shield volcano with a height of 1.947,06 m above sea level. It is located on Jeju Island located south of the Korean Peninsula. Hallasan is an active volcano, although it is estimated that its last eruption took place about 5000 years ago. According to volcanological classification, however, active volcanoes are those that erupted within the last 10.000 years.
It can reach a diameter of 2 kilometers and a depth of up to 100 meters. The slopes of Hallasan are covered with many smaller cones that once released lava and pyroclastic material. Such small cones on the slopes of a large volcano are called parasitic cones.
According to estimates (apart from the pandemic, of course), flights between Jeju International and Seoul Gimpo airports serve almost 1.3 million passengers per month.
There are some doubts about whether the verdict was influenced only by aesthetic values or also by financial arguments. There is no doubt about one thing - it is worth visiting this volcanic island where there are as many as 90 taxa of endemic plants.
Kimchi is fermented or pickled vegetables. The first kimchi was created in Korea in the 6th century when people were looking for a way to preserve turnips over the winter. Although it originates from the poor, today it is served even in the best restaurants around the world.
