Han guk eo

한국어
Korean Language

CASI DOMINGO
Instructor
 한국어
Han guk

한국
KOREA
카시미로도밍고
Instructor
 Welcome to Korea
Han guk e on geot eul hwan yeong ham ni da

한국에 온것을 환영합니다

Basic Facts About South Korea

✓ Republic of Korea (ROK)

✓ Capital: Seoul

✓ Currency:Korean Won
(KRW)

✓ 70% of South Korea is

Mountainous
8 Provinces of south Korea
Gangwon

Gyeonggi
N. Chungcheong

S. Chungcheong
N. Gyeongsang
N. Jeolla

S. Jeolla S. Gyeongsang

Jeju
Seoul is a HUGE City

✓ 3rd largest city in the

world.

✓ ranked 6th highest cost

of living globally.

✓ Fortune 500 Global

companies. Samsung, LG,
Hyundai etc.

✓ more than 25 million

people live.
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President

✓Moon Jae In
(2017 -present)

✓ Born: January 24, 1953

✓ 19th President of South

Korea
Facts About South Korea
1. Already 1 year old when they are born

✓ known as "East Asian

age reckoning"

✓ the baby is in the

mother’s womb for 9
months, which is about 1
year
2. Valentine’s day is all for guys

✓ Korean’s celebrate it
differently in terms of
gift-giving. In Korea,
women give chocolate
to men on Valentine’s
day .
3. March 14th is a romantic day for women

✓ Known as "White Day"

✓ men are expected to

give gifts to their
girlfriends or wives.

✓ at least 3 times the

price of the gift they
received!
4. Plastic surgery is quite normal

✓ South Korea is the

plastic surgery capital
of the world

✓ around 25-35% of
women in Seoul aged
between 19-29 have had
plastic surgery.
5. Over 20% of men use makeup

✓ it is okay for men to use

make up.
5. World’s best internet

✓ Both home and mobile

Internet speeds are
incredible.
6. There are over 200 types of kimchi

✓ Kimchi can be made

from many other
vegetablesthough,
including other varieties
of cabbage and radish,
onions, and cucumbers
and others.
7. Largest drinkers in Asia

✓ WHO: South Koreans

consume an average of
12.3L of alcohol per year.

✓ Soju is usually around

19% alcohol content and
is commonly drunk with
main meals in South
Korea.
8. Fan death is a superstition

✓ Because of these beliefs,

automatic shutoff
timers on fans in South
Korea are seen as a life-
saving feature.
9. Tetraphobia

✓ Tetraphobiameans to
avoid the number four.

✓ 4 is the Scariest Number

✓ The number “four” in

Korean is 사[sa], which
also means “death”.
10. Games are bigger than K-pop

✓ Korea makes more

money from exporting
computer games .

✓ in 2019, Korean games

were worth almost 10
timesmore than K-Pop
11. Taekwondo

✓ In 2002 taekwondo was

officially adopted and
recognized as an Olympic
sport.

✓ “art of the fist and foot”

HISTORY OF HANGEUL
King Sejong

✓ "Sejong the Great"

✓ 4th king of the Joseon

dynasty of Korea.

✓ He invented "Hangeul"
Korean alphabet (1443)

✓ DOB: May 7, 1397

✓ DOD: May 18, 1450
HISTORY OF HANGEUL

✓ Korean Language

✓ Han geul(K. script)

✓ hangukmal (K. speech)
✓ hangugeo(K. language)

✓ hanguk= Korea
Sun/ Heaven ✓ Geul = script
Ground/ ✓ eo= language
earth Man