1. NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA
By: Grecia and Wicho

3. SOUTH KOREA
The capital is Seoul.South Korea has a free republic. About
49,779,000 people live in South Korea and 20% are
Buddhist.South Korea has allot of green sites.They have
mountains,rivers,bamboo forests,etc. The Han River is
a major river in South Korea and the fourth longest river
on the Korean peninsula

5. NORTH KOREA
The capital is Pyongyang. North Korea has about 24,451,285
people. Mount Kumgang wich is an important mountain, is
located there. Yalu River is the longest river on North
Korea and the border between North Korea and China.

7. HISTORY
 For a long time,Japan and china have fought for the peninsula.
They both dominated it until the end of World War 2.
 Korea got separated in the year 1945.The north part got a
Communist Government because of the soviet union, and the
South part,with help from the U.S got a free republic.
 When the U.S troops left,North Korea invaded,That caused the
Korean War (1950-1953).With the help of American and UN
forces,the invaders left.Since that South Korea has a large army
to defend from communist aggressions from the north.

8. US and UN
troops helping
South Korea

9. RELIGION
 NORTH KOREA  SOUTH KOREA
Buddhism and Confucianism are 58% have no religion.
the main religions. When the 20% are Buddhist
Europeans arrived, there has
12% are various Christian types
been a Christian minority.
1% other
That means the main religion is
Buddhism

11. CLOTHING
Koreans don’t have a different type of clothing,
they dress like everyone else. They wear shoes,
Slippers,shirts,pants,dresses,etc.

13. FOOD
Traditional Korean foods are noted by the amount of side
dishes.
The common ingredients used are sesame oil, soy
sauce, salt, garlic, ginger, pepper flakes,bean paste and
red chili paste
They also have Meats (like fish,chicken,etc.) and rice
http://www.trifood.com/food.asp

15. MUSIC
Traditional Korean Folk Music: metal, string, bamboo, animal skin, wood,
clay, gourd, and stone are the 8 groups that the original instruments are
divided in. There are over 70 instruments used to play this type of music.
This was the first Korean music.
K-Pop: K-pop is just like pop music from here, but it is in Korean. The most
famous video around the world is Gangman Style, which is a K-Pop song.
There aren't any rare instruments for k-Pop, they are the same ones we
know like guitars, drum sets,bass,piano,etc.

17. HOLIDAYS
 SolarSolar New Year's-January 1st
 Independence Movement Day- March 1
 Children's Day- May 5
 Memorial Day- June 6
 Liberation Day- August 15
 Foundation Day- October 3
 Christmas Day-December 25

LunarNew Year's -1st day of 1st lunar month,
 Buddha's Birthday -8th day of 4th lunar month
 Harvest Moon Festival - 14-16th days of 8th lunar month
Memorial Days -Solar New Year's (second day)-January 2nd
 Arbor Day- April 5
 Constitution Day- July 17

19. ALPHABET
The Korean alphabet is called Hangul and it has 24 letters, they are hard to be
translated into English letters
ㄱ
ㄴ
ㄷ
ㄹ
ㅁ
ㅂ
ㅅ
ㅇ
ㅈ
ㅊ
ㅋ
ㅌ
ㅍ
ㅎ
ㅏ
ㅑ
ㅓ
ㅕ
ㅗ
ㅛ
ㅜ
ㅠ
ㅡ
ㅣ