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Taekwondo Cuisine Kimchi (Korea’s national dish of chili South Korea Taekwondo is South Korea’s pickled cabbage) national sport. It is a Korean Korean BBQ martial art that originated from a Bibimbap (mixed rice) traditional sport called Taekkyeon. Samgyeopsal (grilled pork belly) Seoul Border with Japchae (stir fried noodles) Capital of South Korea North Korea Taekwondo training generally Yangnyeom tongdak (Korean fried includes a system of blocks, kicks, chicken) punches, and open-handed strikes Seongnam Mount Seorak and may also include various N Seoul take-downs, sweeps, throws, Tower and joint locks. The Taekwondo belt system has eight colours: white, yellow, green, blue, red, brown, red/black, and Incheon black. However, the belt system differs slightly between the different 언어 taekwondo associations. Language Suwon The Flag Pyeonchang Korean language uses an alphabet named Hangul. Unlike many other Winter Olympics 2018 The national flag of South Korea Han River Asian languages that are comprised of is known as the Taegukgi. It has thousands of characters, Hangul has three parts: a white background, a only 24 letters. Hangul was created by red and blue Taeguk (circle) in the King Sejong the Great as a simplified centre, and four black trigrams on writing system that allowed all Korean each corner of the flag. The white people to learn how to read and write background represents purity, the – not just the wealthy and educated. Hangul was introduced in 1446. circle symbolises the harmony of the Yuseong Hot Springs Yin and Yang and the four trigrams each represent the sky, earth, water and fire. Daejeon Population Big Mac Index The population in South Korea Daegu is over (NZ$) As of Jan 2017 K-Pop 50 million How much for a Big Mac? Korean popular music, or K-Pop, Ulsan people. New Zealand South Korea covers many forms of music, including Mount Jiri dance-pop, techno, rock, hip hop, R&B and much more. The majority of South Koreans live $ 6.00 $ 5.61 Yangdong Village in urban areas with 1 in 5 people Gwangandaegyo Bridge Many people outside of Korea first living in the capital city Seoul. heard of K-Pop through the immensely Gwangju popular single Gangnam Style, by Gangnam Style increased the profile the singer Psy. Released in 2012, of K-Pop idol groups such as TVXQ, On the Map Gangnam Style thrust K-Pop onto Super Junior, Big Bang, Wonder Girls Busan the world stage. The song topped the and many more. music charts in dozens of countries and by the end of 2015 had been Changwon viewed almost 2.5 billion times on YouTube. Greetings English Korean Pronunciation Numbers Jeju Hello Annyeong haseyo An-nyeong-ha-se-yo Two sets of numbers are used in English Korean English Korean Goodbye Anyeonghi gyeseyo An-nyeong-hi-gye-se-yo Korea: the native Korean system (when you are leaving) and the Sino-Korean system. 1 하나 hana 6 여섯 yeoseot Annyeonghi gaseyo An-nyeong-hi-ga-se-yo The native Korean system is JEJU ISLAND (when you are staying) used for counting from 1-99 2 둘 dul 7 일곱 ilgop and age, while the Sino-Korean How are you? Jal jinae shutsuyo Jal-ji-nae-syut-sso-yo? system (which is based on the 3 셋 set 8 여덟 yeodeol (formal) Chinese characters) is used for dates, money, addresses, 4 넷 net 9 아홉 ahop I’m fine thank you Ne jal jinaetsuyo Ne, jal-ji-nae-sso-yo phone numbers, and numbers www.asianz.org.nz above 100. 5 다섯 daseot 10 열 yeol Thank you Kamsahamnida Kam-sa-ham-ni-da [email protected].