EAST ASIA

C H I N A

Population: 1,343,239,923
Capital: Beijing
Government Type: Communist State
President: Xi Jinping
Currency:  Renminbi
FUN FACTS:
 The Chinese New Year celebration lasts for 15 days.
In China, every year is represented by one of 12
animals.
 China’s Bailong Elevator carries visitors more than
300m up a cliff’s edge.
You can buy green-bean-flavoured ice pops in
China!
 K O R E A (South)

Population: 51,164,435
(2018)
Capital: Seoul
Government Type: Republic
President: Moon Jae-in
Currency: Won
Fun Facts:
 South Korea is the plastic surgery capital of
the world.
Seoul is often considered to be one giant
shopping mall.
Koreans eat kimchi at nearly every meal.
An unmarried person is called a "Big Baby"
in Korean slang.
 K O R E A (North)

Population: 25,610,672
Capital: Pyongyang
Government Type: Dictatorship,
Republic, Unitary State, etc.
Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-Un
Currency: North Korean Won
Fun Facts:
Kim Jong Un ordered all male citizens to copy his
haircut.
They call Americans "big noses.“
North Korea has no taxes.
North Korea is one of the world’s leading exporters
of seafood.
 J A P A N
Population: 127,185,332
Capital: Tokyo
Government Type: Constitutional
Monarchy, Parliamentary
Prime Minister: Shinzo Abe
Currency: Japanese Yen
Fun Facts:
Japan has a ‘suicide forest’. Called ‘the perfect place to die’,
the Aokigahara forest has the unfortunate distinction of the
world’s second most popular place to take one’s life. 
 In Japan there is a ‘crying sumo’ contest where wrestlers
compete to see who can make a baby cry first.
  Animated Japanese films and television shows
(i.e.: Anime) account for 60% of the world’s animation-
based entertainment. So successful is animation in Japan, that
there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the country.
 M O N G O L I A
Population: 3,121,772
Capital: Ulaanbaatar
Government Type: Republic,
Unitary State, Parliamentary, Semi-
Presidential
Prime Minister: Khaltmaagiin Battulga
Currency: Mongolian tögrög
Fun Facts:
It’s known as “Land of the Eternal Blue
Sky”
30% of Mongolia’s population is
nomadic
 The Mongolians are the world’s best
horsemen
Mongolia’s biggest celebration is the
Naadam Festival
 T A I W A N
Population: 23.57 million
Capital: Taipei
Government Type:
Democracy
President: Tsai Ing-Wen
Currency: New Taiwan
Dollar
Fun Facts:
 Never give someone a clock as a gift
The number four is unlucky.
It's not polite to open gifts in front of
the gift-giver.
July is their "Ghost month"
East Asian Literature
•Chinese Literature
•Japanese Literature
•Korean Literature