Korea Fact No.15: Koreans Are the Most Widely Dispersed People In the World.

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A recent study showed that Koreans are the most widespread diaspora in the world as of 2011, the Korea JoongAng Daily reported.

Korea had over 7.26 million people settled in 175 countries across the globe, according to the Overseas Korean Foundation. While China had a significantly larger diaspora, 45.4 million people, they were spread across just 130 countries.

The release of the study coincided with the 110th anniversary of the first batch of Koreans immigrating to the United States.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the past four decades, the number of people emigrating overseas from Korea has increased by almost 10 times. In 1972, only 728,000 people had left Korea to settle in another country, but by 2011 the number jumped to 7.3 million people.

China has been the most popular destination for Koreans looking to leave the motherland and the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs estimates that 2.7 million Koreans live in China. The second most popular country for Koreans is the United States with 2.18 million people.

It has been 150 years since the first group of Korean emigrants crossed into Russia and settled there. The group consisted of 13 farming families from the northernmost border of Korea around Kyonghung County in North Hamgyong Province.

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Author: Young Rae Kim

 

Korea Fact No.14: Korea, worlds second hard working nation.

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The map shows the countries that work hard and the ones where they like to relax
The more red or orange a country is, the harder it works. So, countries like South Korea and Mexico get the work-ethic prize.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-countries-that-work-hard-2013-9#ixzz2fz7AH760
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/map-of-countries-that-work-hard-2013-9

Korea Fact No.13: Soju ranked #1 in world sale records of diluted alcohol in 2002.

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Korean Soju Advertisement Collection

Soju (Hangul 소주; Hanja 燒酒) is a distilled beverage native to Korea. Jinro and Lotte soju are the first and third top selling alcohol brands in the world.[1] Its taste is comparable to vodka, though often slightly sweeter due to sugars added in the manufacturing process. It is usually consumed neat.

Most brands of soju are made in South Korea. It is traditionally made from rice, wheat, barley, but modern producers of soju use supplements or even replace rice with other starches, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, or tapioca.

Soju is clear and colorless. Its alcohol content varies from about 16.7%, to about 45% alcohol by volume (ABV) for traditional Andong soju,[2] with 20% ABV being most common. However, by usingfreeze distillation,[3] ABV can be increased to desired percentage. There are two different ways to produce Soju; Classic way of distilled Soju that use single distillation method and modern way of dilutedSoju that use chain distillation method.[4] Distilled Soju usually have higher ABV of 30~35% than diluted Soju with ABV of 21~30%. As distilled Soju tend to have higher ABV, it has stronger smell than diluted Soju. It is widely consumed, in part, because of its relatively low price in Korea. A typical 375mL bottle of soju costs the consumer 1,000 to 3,000 South Korean Won in South Korea (roughly $1 to $3 Canada Dollars). In Canada, it costs substantially more – $5.50 ~ $6.25 (depends on brand) [5] as tariff and profitability add onto its original cost price. Now Soju is exporting to 80 countries and in top market share of diluted alcohol market.

Source: Wikipedia

 

Korea Fakten: Nr.12 – Meist frequentierte Flugverbingung

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Die weltweit meist frequentierte Flugverbindung 2012 mit ueber 10 Millionen Passagieren, war die von Seoul nach Jeju-Do.
Jedu-do ist eine Insel vulkanischen Ursprunges im Sueden Sued-Koreas. Sie ist gleichzeitig mit ihrem tropischen Klima die groesste Insel Koreas und hat mit dem Vulkan Halla-San auch die hoechste Erhebung Sued Koreas.

Die Insel ist seit langem das beliebteste Urlaubsziel Koreas.