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8B South Korea Naksh E-Network Healing Initiative Leadership Linkage (HILL)……A Student Linkage Magazine Country: KENSRI Editor: Country Editor: Country Asst. Editor SYMBOLS & SIGNIFICANCE National Flag National Animal National Bird National Sport National Emblem Tiger Magpie Taekwondo National Flower National Tree Currency Coin Stamp Hibiscus Syriaces Hibiscus Syriaces Won Won Official language: Korean Current issue Capital: Seoul Government: Republic SEOUL — Population:50.6 million South Korean President Park Geun-hye defended her decision to deploy the THAAD missile defense system and put new emphasis on North Korean human rights violations during her address to the nation Monday. Music with a cause Art Sports By 1951, Korea was split into the Taekwondo, a popular martial sport is Democratic People's Republic of Korea or often claimed to have historical origins North and the Republic of Korea or South on the Korean peninsula with origins said to have been traced as far back as Korea, from which emerged two different the 1st century BCE[1]. However, such approaches historical claims are difficult to to music. Korean traditional music includes empirically verify and separate from the kinds of both folk and classical, influences of neighboring counties. The courtly music. Folk includes genres like sport rose to prominence following the end of Japanese occupation with the sanjo, pansori and nongak. end of WWII. Leader Park Geun-hye is the eleventh and current President of South Korea. Park is the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea, and is serving the 18th presidential term. Park is the first female president of a Northeast Asian nation. Environmental Sustainability Other issues include water pollution from sewer discharge and industrial effluents,acid rain, drift net fishing, and wasteful packaging of consumer goods. Transboundary pollution concerns spurred the creation of a joint commission among South Korea, Japan, and China to address environmental problems. Learning from the past and present for the future The history of South Korea formally begins with its establishment on 17 August 1948, although Syngman Rhee had officially declared independence two days prior. In the aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Korea which ended with Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel north in accordance with a United Nations arrangement, to be administered by the Soviet Union in the north and theUnited States in the south. The Soviets and Americans were unable to agree on the implementation of Joint Trusteeship over Korea. This led in 1948 to the establishment of two separate governments, each claiming to be the legitimate government of all of Korea. .
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