2. Korea is a peninsula connected to mainland Asia in the North.
Between Korea and Japan is the East Sea (Sea of Japan).
Between Korea and China is the West Sea (Yellow Sea).
Korea is roughly 1,000 kilometers in length.
3. The aftermath of World
War II left Korea
partitioned along the
38th parallel, with the
north under Soviet
occupation and the
south under the
occupation of other
allied countries.
Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, a
Soviet-style socialist
regime is now North
Korea.
Republic of Korea, a
Western-style republic,
is now South Korea.
4.
5. Korean, a.k.a:
Hangungmal 한국말
Hangukeo 한국어
Joseonmal 조선말
is the official
language
of Korea, in both
South
and North.
Hangul 한글 is the Korean
alphabet
6. Most Koreans profess to have no religion.
About 29.2% are Christian (Protestant and
Catholic)
7. Hanjeongsik, a full-course Korean meal with a
varied array of banchan (side dishes).
8. Sujeo, a set of Korean
eating utensils.
Dolsot, stone bowl
• Ex: dolsot bibimbap
Bowls
25. Samsung Group
- comprises numerous
subsidiaries and
affiliated businesses,
most of them united
under the Samsung
brand, and is the
largest South Korean
chaebol.
- Samsung Electronics
- Samsung Life
Insurance
- Samsung C&T
Corporation
- Samsung Fire and
Marine Insurance
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
Samsung Town
26. LG Group
(2nd largest chaebol)
- LG produces
electronics,
chemicals, and
telecommunications
products and
operates subsidiaries
like LG Electronics,
LG Display, LG
Telecom and LG
Chem in over 80
countries.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
27. SK Group
(3rd largest chaebol)
- business mainly based on
chemical, petroleum and
energy industries, it also
provides services in
construction, shipping,
marketing, local telephone,
mobile phone, high-speed
Internet, wireless
telecommunications (SK
Telecom), and wireless
broadband service WiBro. SK
has recently further broadened
its range of business to
semiconductors, merging
Hynix into SK Hynix.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
28. Daewoo Group
- Prior to the Asian Financial
Crisis of 1998, Daewoo
was the second largest
conglomerate in Korea
after Hyundai Group,
followed by LG Group
and Samsung Group.
There were about 20
divisions under the
Daewoo Group, some of
which survive today as
independent companies.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
29. Hyundai Group
- The company spun off
many of its better known
businesses after the 1997
Asian financial crisis,
including
- Hyundai Automotive
Group
- Hyundai Department Store
Group
- Hyundai Heavy Industries
Group.
- The Hyundai Group now
focuses on elevators,
container services, and
tourism to Mount Kumgang.
Korean Companies (Chaebol)
As of March 2007, Hyundai
Engineering and Construction
is the main shareholder of
Hyundai Merchant Marine,
which is the de-facto holding
company of Hyundai Group.
30. KEPCO
- Korea Electric Power
Corporation, is the largest
electric utility in South
Korea, responsible for the
generation, transmission
and distribution of
electricity and the
development of electric
power projects including
those in nuclear power,
wind power and coal.
- KEPCO is responsible for
93% of Korea's electricity
generation.
Korean Companies
31. POSCO
- Pohang Steel Company
(formerly Pohang Iron
and Steel Company)
- a multinational steel-
making company
headquartered in Pohang,
South Korea. It had an
output of 35.4 million
tonnes of crude steel in
2010, making it the
world's fifth-largest
steelmaker by this
measure.
Korean Companies
32. KT Corporation
- formerly Korea Telecom
- integrated wired/wireless
telecommunication service
provider.
- KT has an information &
communications business,
and has the largest portion
of the South Korean local
telephone and high-speed
Internet business.
Korean Companies
33. Kia Motors
- second-largest
automobile
manufacturer, following
the Hyundai Motor
Company
- with sales of over 1.4
million vehicles in 2010
- The company is partly
owned by the Hyundai
Motor Group, the fourth
largest automaker in the
world based on annual
vehicle sales in 2010 after
Toyota, General Motors,
and Volkswagen AG.
Korean Companies
34. Ssangyong
- fourth largest South
Korean automobile
manufacturer
- SsangYong's 70%
share was acquired by
India's Mahindra &
Mahindra Limited in
February 2011
Korean Companies
35. Kookmin Bank
- KB Kookmin Bank or
KB is the largest bank
by both asset value
and market
capitalization in South
Korea.
Korean Companies
36. Shinhan Financial
Group
- financial holding
company
- As of 2007, Shinhan is
the largest financial
company in Korea
- Shinhan Bank, its
main subsidiary, is
the first among banks
Korean Companies
37. Korea Exchange Bank
- KEB is a specialized
foreign exchange bank in
South Korea
- It is the fifth largest bank
measured in assets
- the largest foreign
exchange bank in South
Korea, providing the
largest range of foreign
exchange products
Korean Companies
