South Korea has a three-branch government system and is a constitutional democracy. Popular sports include taekwondo, baseball, archery, and various martial arts. South Korea has experienced rapid economic growth in shipbuilding, automobiles, and construction. It maintains relationships with many countries including the United States, North Korea, China, and Japan.
South Korea has a three-branch government system and is a constitutional democracy. Popular sports include taekwondo, baseball, archery, and various martial arts. South Korea has experienced rapid economic growth in shipbuilding, automobiles, and construction. It maintains relationships with many countries including the United States, North Korea, China, and Japan.
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South Korea has a three-branch government system and is a constitutional democracy. Popular sports include taekwondo, baseball, archery, and various martial arts. South Korea has experienced rapid economic growth in shipbuilding, automobiles, and construction. It maintains relationships with many countries including the United States, North Korea, China, and Japan.
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GOVERNMENT • Divided into 3 branches- Executive, Judicial, and Legislative. • Executive and Legislative branches operates at the national level. • Judicial branch operates at the national and local level. • South Korea is a constitutional democracy. SPORTS • Martial art taekwondo originated in Korea; it came an official Olympic sport in 2000. • Other martial arts are taekkyeon, hapkido, tang soo do, kuk sool won, kumdo and subak. • Baseball was introduced in 1905. • In the 2008 Olympics they won the gold medal in baseball. • They also perform archery, shooting, table tennis, badminton, short track speed skating, handball, hockey, freestyle wrestling, baseball, judo, ECONOMY • South Korea had the world's second fastest growing economy from 1960 to 1990. • They are the world's largest shipbuilder and one of the world's top five automobile manufacturing nations. • They also major in crude oil imports, refined oil exports, and the building construction industry. FOREIGN RELATIONSHIPS • South Korea maintains a sensitive relationship with approximately 170 countries. • Some of the big countries they are in relation with are USA, North Korea, China, and Japan. • • • NORTH KOREA BY: The COOL CATS FACTS • North Korea, known officially as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. • Its population is 23 million people. • All religion has been effectively prohibited since the 1950s. • North Korea uses the Won for their currency (money). • They speak Korean. • SPORTS • The most well-known sport in North Korea is Arirang. • They also play soccer which they call football. • And they also participate in the Olympics. • They also do boxing, freestyle wrestling, and weightlifting. • LOCATION • North Korea is located in east Asia on the northern half of the Korean peninsula. • They share borders with China, Russia, and South Korea. • CLIMATE • They have four seasons. • They also have natural hazards including late spring droughts, flooding, and occasionally typhoons. • The winters are long and very cold. • The summers are short hot and humid. Religions • They practice Buddhism and Confucianism. • Buddhism is they guy with the bid belly. THE