Annyeong haseyo!

Annyeong haseyo! This is blog is part of an assignment for school and I would like to look into culture and traditions of South Korea. Hopefully, this is will be a great platform for you to have a deeper understanding with South Korea.

Enjoy your time here!

-Jane-

Let start off with a little basic information on South Korea! The following is a flag of South Korea:

The national flag, T’aegukki, is a unique symbol. The flag of T'aeguk ("Supreme Ultimate"), symbolizes the basic ideas of East Asian cosmology shared by the peoples in the Chinese culture area.

In the middle is a circle divided horizontally in two by an S-shaped line. The upper portion in red represents the yang, and the lower portion in blue symbolizes the yin depicting the yinyang principle of a universe in perfect balance and harmony.

The four trigrams at the corners of the flag also express the ideas of opposites and balance.

The three unbroken lines in the upper left corner represent heaven while the three broken lines placed diagonally in the lower right corner represent the earth. The trigram in the upper right corner represents water, while the one placed diagonally at the lower left corner represents fire.

South Korea is also known as the Republic of Korea and Seoul being its capital. South Korea is a fast emerging economic power and a developed country with a high standard of living, having a trillion dollar economy that is the 4th largest in Asia and 13th largest in the world. Also, South Korea is a trend setting country in Asia, exerting strong cultural influence over the continent in a phenomenon known as the Korean wave!