INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SOUTH KOREA

SOUTH KOREAN MEN ARE LITERALLY OBSESSED

WITH COSMETICS. THEY SPEND A TON OF MONEY ON

COSMETICS PRODUCTS (PARTICULARLY MAKE-UP) IN

ORDER TO IMPROVE THEIR APPEARANCE. IN FACT,

SOUTH KOREAN MEN ARE THE WORLD'S TOP

PER-CAPITA CONSUMERS OF SKINCARE PRODUCTS,

WITH FOUR TIMES THE PURCHASES OF

RUNNER-UP DENMARK

TALKING ABOUT APPEARANCE AND BEAUTY,

SOUTH KOREA ALSO HAS THE HIGHEST RATE OF

PLASTIC SURGERY PER CAPITA IN THE WORLD.

FOLLOWED BY BRAZIL, THAILAND AND THE

UNITED STATES

SOUTH KOREANS HAVE A VERY UNUSUAL APPROACH

TO AGE. EVERY SOUTH KOREAN CHILD IS CONSIDERED

TO BE ONE YEAR OLD WHEN IT IS BORN, AND IT WILL

TURN TWO ON THE NEXT LUNAR NEW YEAR.

FURTHERMORE, 100 DAYS AFTER THE BIRTH, A HUGE

CELEBRATION IS HELD FOR THE BABY.

SOUTH KOREA IS ONE OF THE WORLD´S MOST

URBANIZED AND DENSELY POPULATED COUNTRIES,

BUT IT ALSO BOASTS ASTONISHING NATURAL

BEAUTIES. DECLARED A WORLD HERITAGE SITE,

THE JEJU ISLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IS HOME TO

STUNNING ROCK FORMATIONS AND

BREATH-TAKING FLORA

SOUTH KOREA IS THE WORLD LEADER IN INTERNET

CONNECTIVITY, HAVING BY FAR THE WORLD'S

FASTEST AVERAGE INTERNET CONNECTION

SPEED. ABOUT 92.4% OF THE POPULATION

ARE INTERNET USERS

THE ICONIC SONG "GANGNAM STYLE" BY THE SOUTH

KOREAN MUSICIAN PSY BECAME THE FIRST YOUTUBE

VIDEO TO REACH 1 BILLION VIEWS. WITH MORE

THAN 2.54 BILLION VIEWS NOW, IT HAS BEEN

YOUTUBE'S MOST WATCHED VIDEO SINCE NOVEMBER

2012, WHEN IT SURPASSED "BABY" BY JUSTIN BIEBER.

THE PHRASE "GANGNAM STYLE" REFERS TO A

LUXURY LIFESTYLE ASSOCIATED WITH THE

GANGNAM DISTRICT OF SEOUL

SOUTH KOREANS ARE FAMOUS FOR THEIR SPECIFIC

CUISINE THAT IS HEAVILY BASED ON SEAFOOD BUT

FEW PEOPLE KNOW THEY HARVEST MORE THAN 90%

OF THE WORLD’S SEAWEED CONSUMPTION

SOUTH KOREA IS FAMOUS FOR ITS PRACTICE OF

“CRIME RE-CREATION.” CITIZENS SUSPECTED OF

CRIMES SUCH AS RAPE OR MURDER ARE LED BY

THE POLICE IN HANDCUFFS TO THE SCENE OF THE

CRIME AND ORDERED TO PUBLICLY RE-ENACT THE

CRIME. TO MAKE THE RE-ENACTMENT EVEN MORE

HUMILIATING, MEDIA IS ALSO INVITED TO TAKE

PICTURES AND PUBLISH DETAILS ABOUT THE CRIME

MOST SOUTH KOREAN RESTAURANTS (INCLUDING

FAST FOOD LIKE MCDONALD´S) OFFER FOOD

DELIVERY VIA MOTORCYCLE DRIVERS WHO ARE

NOTORIOUS FOR SPEEDING THROUGH TRAFFIC

TO DELIVER THE FOOD ON TIME. AFTER YOU ARE

DONE EATING, YOU CAN JUST PUT YOUR DIRTY

DISHES OUTSIDE YOUR DOOR AND THE DELIVERY

GUY WILL COME FOR THEM LATER