Interesting Facts about South Korea

South Korea, country in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The country is bordered by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to the southeast it is separated from the Japanese island of Tsushima by the Korea Strait. South Korea makes up about 45 percent of the peninsula’s land area. The capital is Seoul (Sŏul).

Facts about South Korea

• Average height of a female Korean is 5′4′ (~162cm)
• Average height of a male Korean is 5′9′ (~175cm)
• Nearly 1/3 of Korean women undergo at least one cosmetic surgery
• “Gangnam Style” is still the highest ranking K-Pop song ever on Billboard

• Korea has the lowest obesity rate in the world
• You can get your drink on just about anywhere you want
• Korea’s Internet speeds are some of the fastest on Earth
• Shopping and eating can be done at virtually any time of day or night

• It is common to force criminals to recreate their crime for the press, for public humiliation.

• The fertility rate is so low that South Korea’s population could go extinct by the year 2750. Extinct

• 6 out of 10 families use professionals to find a name for their kids. names
• You have to have a doctor’s license to legally give someone a tattoo. tattoo
• South Koreans drink twice as much alcohol as Russians. liquor
• North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea. Fax

• On average a high school student studies for 8 hours a day. study