Tell some facts about South Korea ?

One interesting fact about South Korea that often gets confused is when to use names or titles. Korean culture is very hierarchical, much of it based on age.

Singapore is the only country on earth whose citizens don’t need a Visa to enter South Korea.

Incheon Airport has consistently held one of the top tier positions for the world’s best airports for many years straight since it opened. With world class passenger terminals, shopping complexes, rest and relaxation facilities, and food options across multiple levels, it leaves little to be desired by any passenger fortunate enough to pass through it.

One interesting fact about South Korea that often gets confused is when to use names or titles. Korean culture is very hierarchical, much of it based on age.

South Korea’s Yoido Full Gospel Church has the biggest congregation in the world. As of February 13, 2014, the Seoul-based Pentecostal Christian church had close to 1 million members.

The airport itself was placed third at the Skytrax World Airport Awards in 2017. It’s recently added a brand new passenger terminal (Terminal 2) to the airport, and across this terminal, you will be able to peruse through 130 brands of alcohol, tobacco, and packaged foods, 110 brands of cosmetics and fragrances, and 170 fashion and accessories labels, all across the three major duty-free shopping centres located in the terminal. The restaurants in this terminal also offer Korean, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese cuisines for those after a taste of Asia.

This is also the case for home and family life. Getting the titles right is critical, and can be a point of strife if family members don’t recognize rank. The good news is that these situations make for great drama storylines.

An Irish woman was denied for a teaching job in South Korea, citing the “alcoholism nature” of Irish people as a reason for rejection

On any given Sunday, 200,000 faithful will attend 1 of 7 services and an additional 200,000 to 300,000 will watch on TV and in satellite churches.

An Irish woman was denied for a teaching job in South Korea, citing the “alcoholism nature” of Irish people as a reason for rejection

Just when you thought that discovering your long-lost twin brother while battling through amnesia wasn’t enough, you get some bonus conflict!

All the above, and we haven’t even begun to dig into the airport’s cinema complex, laundry service, ice skating rink, multiple Cultural Centres, medical facilities, observation deck or even the apt Sky Garden yet. Incheon International Airport is definitely worth all the hype.

Baseball in South Korea is called yagu, and teams are named after corporations like Samsung and KIA. The Korean Baseball Organization was established in 1981 as a way for people to let off steam by Dictator General Chun Doo Hwan, who tried to improve his image by throwing out the first pitch at every game.

In case you’re not up on your phobia lingo, tetraphobia means to avoid the number four. As in other parts of Asia, 4 is an unlucky number in Korea.

In many western countries, gaming (i.e. playing videos games on any platform) is seen as a leisure activity; something that traditionally only kids and teenagers do in their spare time (although in more recent years, adults have begun to openly master the gaming scene across many platforms), whilst simultaneously living their life outside of playing games.

In the 70’s South Korea discovered 4 tunnels from North Korea, believed to be incursion routes capable of accommodating 30,000 men per hour. It is believed that there is up to 20 more, undiscovered.

Shortly after the Korean War, there were few refrigerators or protein-dense foods. Koreans would barter with American troops for the canned delight and came up with a recipe called bujae jiggae (army stew)

South Koreans are automatically classified at birth according to their blood type, which is a custom that originated in Japan but has become very important in South Korean culture and may even determine who gets to marry whom

Families preach the notion that when you ‘grow up’, following the path of studying, finding a job, starting a family are all inherently and obviously the primary priorities to playing video games. However, in many parts of Asia, none more predominantly than South Korea, this could not be further from the truth.

Adopting is considered taboo in Korea and because of this, South Korea’s orphans are almost never adopted unless a foreigner adopts them

South Koreans have long led the world in professional computer gaming. They’re consistently taking out world titles across many of the popular global games such as League of Legends, Overwatch, and Starcraft. Their players are often coined by other country’s players as being on ‘another level’, with disciplinary standards much higher than the average gamer.

As Korea continued to develop, Spam turned into a staple food and now occupies a warm place in the hearts of Koreans. Since Spam has become a comfort food, it is often a common gift that is given during Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).

South Koreans love sweet potatoes so much that there is every possible dish flavored with sweet potato, including main courses, desserts, chips, latte, bread, salads, and sweet potato-topped pizza.

In South Korea, there is a day called Black Day (April 14), where single people eat noodles to lament their loneliness. This is in opposition to Valentine’s Day and White Day, the days for couples.

As Korea continued to develop, Spam turned into a staple food and now occupies a warm place in the hearts of Koreans. Since Spam has become a comfort food, it is often a common gift that is given during Chuseok (Korean Thanksgiving).