When you travel to Korea it is good to know more about the lifestyle, food, weather, and other information about it first. Here you will find the information you need to know about Korea so you are prepared before you travel. People - The people you will meet in Korea are friendly and willing to help you around if needed. Many are curious about the English language and find it intriguing to watch anyone tha ...

FOR years, Japan was Asia’s richest and most powerful economy. It was the first Asian economy to industrialise, and the emerging Asian tigers—Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and later China—merely followed in its tracks. Now, however, Japan is steadily being overtaken. China’s economy is now bigger than Japan’s, but less noticed is the fact that Asia’s so-called newly industrialised economies (NIE ...

Few years ago a Chinese woman lost her 74-year-old grandfather when they were in Korea and touring the Dongdaemun area in Seoul. He was not able to board the tour bus after Dongdaemun shopping. The problem got compounded as he had no money plus he did know the local language. Listening to her plea, around 6 employees from the Dongdaemun Tourist Information Center set out to help and locate her missing grand ...

Here is a beautiful video about South Korea. But in my opinion, it could also work as a 5 min pitch by the Korean Inc. to the world out there. It very nicely puts together some important highlights of Korea: The Republic of Korea is filled with people driven by dreams and aspirations for a better life Koreans have come a long way over the past century and their achievements are impressive We strive to wakeu ...

South Korea (Republic of Korea) lies between North East China and Japan has minor influences of both Chinese and Japanese culture because of its history. South Korea has a market economy which ranks 14th in the world by nominal GDP and 12th by purchasing power parity (PPP), identifying it as one of the G-20 major economies. It is a high-income developed country and is a member of OECD. It is the most indust ...

Here are the top 10 things I like about Korea(n)s #10 - Koreans like to work hard and party even harderrrr.. They are very hardworking and you would find them working late till night in their office. And come weekend you will find all the clubs n pubs n restaurants in Korea completely packed :) #9 - Koreans are very punctual. Infact extremely punctual. If you are working in Korea you are not allowed to reac ...