KOREA

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KOREA
CULTURE BUSINESS
LANGUAGE
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People

• The Mongolian
• race
• Population
• - South Korean
• 50,000,000
• - North Korean
• 20,000,000

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Official language

• Korean,
• English widely
• taught in
• middle school
• and high school

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Land and climate

• Capital city Seoul
• Han Gang River
• 70 percent mountainous)
• 3,000 islands
• Jeju island
• semi- tropical
• Four distinct seasons

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Korean national flag (Tae-guk-gi)
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History

• 5,000 years history
• Japanese occupation
• (1910-1945)
• Korean War (1950)
• South Korea
• Democratic Government
• North Korea
• Communist Regime
• (DPRK)

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Food and drink

• Rice
• Kimchi
• Bulgogi

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Housing

• Traditional straw
• or tile-roofed
• houses
• Ondol

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Money

• Korea's currency is the won (?)
• ex) ? 1 ? 1,870
• Coins 1 won, 5won, 10 won, 50 won,
• 100 won, 500 won
• Notes 1,000 won,
• old 5,000 won,
• new 5,000 won,
• 10,000 won

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Religion

• Buddhism
• Confusianism
• Christianity

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Education

• Primary school six years
• Middle school three years
• High school three years
• Those who pass the national exam go on to 4-year
  colleges or universities.

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Clothes

• Hanbok
• traditional costume
• Rubber shoes

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Tae-kwon-do
(self defense martial
art)

• Taekwondo is an
• Officially acknowledged
• international sport that
• originated in Korea

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Jinseng

• Ginseng is
• a medicinal plant
• with wondrous
• powers.
• Goryeo ginseng

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Sorak-san ( mountain)

• With its high craggy
• peaks, boulder-strewn
• streams of crystal clear
• water, large waterfalls,
• unusual rock formations,
• and forests of pine and
• hardwood.

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Korean holidays

• Solar
• New Year's-January 1st and 2nd
• Independence Movement Day- March 1
• Arbor Day- April 5
• Children's Day- May 5
• Memorial Day- June 6
• Constitution Day- July 17
• Liberation Day- August 15
• Foundation Day- October 3
• Christmas Day-December 25
• Lunar
• New Year's (Seol-nal)- 1st day of an year.
• Buddha's Birthday (Seokka Tanshin-il)- 8th day of
  4th month
• Harvest Moon Festival (Chuesok)- 14-16th days of
  8th month

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Culture

• Drinking
• (Confucian ethics)
• Group Consciousness rather than individualism

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Business and social culture

• Confucianism
• Personal relationship
• Vertical social structure
• Respect, Age, Both hands

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Korean business etiquette (Do's and Don'ts)

• Do maintain an element of modesty and humility
• Do refrain from being overly impatient.
• DONT address a Korea by his or her given name
• DONT display criticism in public

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Formal introduction

• Always have business cards
• Forms of address
• Gift giving
• Contact, shaking hands

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Quiz- true or false

• The number 4 is considered to be unlucky in
• Korea. Therefore, one must never give a gift made
  up of 4 items.

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Quiz- true or false

• When entering a group meeting in Korea, the
• senior member of your party should enter the
  room first, then the next highest ranking
• person and so on. Koreans will also be seated
  according to rank.

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Quiz- true or false

• The colour red symbolises prosperity and
• happiness in Korea. Writing a persons name in
  red ink means they will have success in the
• future.

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Quiz- true or false

• When visiting a Korean family home it is vital
• to take off your shoes when first entering the
  house in order not to offend your host.

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Quiz- true or false

• When entering a Korean home, remove your
• shoes.

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Some important tips

• Never force your Korean Counterpart to lose
• face
• Don't be too pushy
• Be sure that you've been understood

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Korean cultural businessetiquette

• DO maintain an element of modesty and humility
• DO refrain from being overly impatient
• DONT display criticism in public
• Dont talk or laugh loudly

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• Eating or drinking etiquette
• Body language
• Meeting
• Greeting
• an nyung ha se yo.
• (????? How are you?, Hi,)

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Korean Alphabet (Han-gul)
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Consonant ? (g)
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Consonant ? (n)
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Consonant ?(m)
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Consonant ?(s)
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Consonant ? ( )
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• ? ( the flat land)
• ? ( the image of a standing man
• ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

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Hello

• ?????.
• an nyung ha se yo.

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• ?????
• gam sa hab ni da
• Thank you.

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• ?????
• Mi an hab ni da
• I am sorry

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• ?????
• ul ma ye yo?
• How much is it?

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• ??? ?????
• hwa jang sil ? di ye yo?
• Where is a toilet?