a.k.a. South Korea

The Republic of

Korea

Known as “Tae Kuk”

Red and blue divisions of the circle represents duality (good & evil, night & day,

etc.)

The upper left trigram represents heaven

Lower right = Earth

Upper Right = Water

Lower Left = Fire

Flag

South Korea is a republic. The powers are shared between the president, legislature, and the courts.

3 Branches Executive – President and Prime Minister Legislative – unicameral Nation Assembly Judicial – Supreme and Constitutional Court

Government Picture of the current

President of South Korea, Lee Myung-Bak, with President Obama

Religion

No Religion

-- 46.5% Christian

--29.2%

Buddhist --22.8%

Electronics, Telecommunications Automobile production Chemicals Shipbuilding Steel

Major Industri

es

$ 17, 074

Average Income

Natural Resources

CoalTungstenGraphitemolybdenumLeadhydropower potential.

The capital city Seoul

At another glance…

Population of

48,754,657

Holidays & Festivals•New Years (Seol-nal)- 1st day of 1st lunar month, plus

the day before and after

•Buddha's Birthday-(Seokka Tanshin-il)- 8th day of 4th lunar month (festival shown in the picture)

•Harvest Moon Festival Chuesok)- 14-16th days of 8th lunar month

• Solar New Year’s January 1st • Independence Day - March 1 • Children's Day- May 5 • Memorial Day- June 6 • Liberation Day- August 15 • Foundation Day- October 3 • Christmas Day-December 25

감사합니다Kam-sa-ham-nida

The End by Coral Serrano

Translation: Thank you