What do you think about a trip to Korea? Does Korea have any known natural landscapes like the Grand Canyon? Does Korea have any world heritage like the pyramids? Korea doesn’t seem too different from China or Japan. There is no specific image of Korea in my mind. Koreans look sullen and unfriendly. 2010 International Tourist Arrivals: 940 million Number of foreign tourists in Korea: 8 million Only 1% of foreign tourists came to Korea in 2010. France: 78.95 million [...]
The country with the fastest internet speed The country with the highest broadband penetration rate among OECD nations “IT Powerhouse, Korea” “Give me a lever long enough and a place to stand, and I will move the world.” – Archimedes In the 21st century, young Koreans are given the lever: the internet. Internet pen-pal is a cyber diplomatic activity that can bring changes to the world. Let us present our international experiences through our pen-pal friends Would you like to [...]
朋友 [pengyou] ともだち [tomodachi] Friend [frend] Freund [froynt] Shamwari [shamwari] 친구 [chin-gu] We Koreans want to be friends with people all across the five oceans and six continents. Land size: 0.07% of the world’s total land area. Population: 1% of the world’s total population Our country is so small. How can we make friends with people all over the world? Big things start small. Assume that one Korean will make five foreign friends. Then, 10 Koreans will be able to [...]
What comes to your mind first when traveling in unfamiliar places overseas? A historic church? A mystic temple? Grandiose Mother Nature? New people? Relaxation? There is a Korean proverb that says, “Even Mount Geumgang can be appreciated only on a full stomach”, equivalent of the English proverb “A loaf of bread is better than the song of many birds”. This means a traveler must eat well and be healthy however fabulous the trip may be. If you’ve tasted cheese and [...]
The biggest difference between Westerners and Easterners lies in the tool each uses to eat food. The culture of using two sticks to pick up and eat food is regarded as unique charm of the East by Westerners. Chopsticks serve multiple purposes. Some women use them as a hair pin to hold hair in a bun while legendary masters of martial arts used them as lethal weapons. Not to mention those who use them to catch a fly. And, these [...]
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