INTERESTING DETAILS ABOUT SOUTH KOREA
Added on: 11th Nov 2016
A MISCONCEPTION KNOWN AS THE FAN DEATH
IS COMMON IN SOUTH KOREA. MANY SOUTH
KOREANS BELIEVE THAT LEAVING AN
ELECTRIC FAN ON OVERNIGHT MAY KILL THE
PERSON SLEEPING BELOW IT. THE GENESIS OF
THE MISCONCEPTION IS UNCLEAR BUT FEARS
ABOUT ELECTRIC FANS DATE ALMOST TO THEIR
INTRODUCTION TO KOREA IN THE 1920'S
SEOUL’S METROPOLITAN AREA KNOWN AS THE
SEOUL CAPITAL AREA IS HOME TO MORE THAN
25 MILLION PEOPLE, CURRENTLY MAKING SEOUL
THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST CITY
SOUTH KOREANS LOVE KIMCHI, A TRADITIONAL
FERMENTED KOREAN SIDE DISH MADE OF
VEGETABLES. FROM CABBAGE KIMCHI AND
RADISH KIMCHI TO CUCUMBER KIMCHI, THERE ARE
ABOUT 250 DIFFERENT TYPES OF THIS DELICACY
WITH MORE THAN 11 SHOTS OF LIQUOR PER
PERSON PER WEEK, SOUTH KOREA TOTALLY
DOMINATES LIQUOR CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA.
RUNNERS-UP RUSSIANS, NOTORIOUS FOR THEIR
DRINKING HABITS, DRINK “JUST” 5 SHOTS PER
PERSON PER WEEK
ALTHOUGH SOUTH KOREA HAS VERY HIGH LIVING
STANDARDS, SUICIDE IS A SERIOUS AND
WIDESPREAD PROBLEM. IN FACT, SOUTH KOREA
HAS THE SECOND-HIGHEST SUICIDE RATE IN THE
WORLD ACCORDING TO THE WORLD
HEALTH ORGANIZATION
DESPITE BEING LOCATED RIGHT NEXT TO NORTH
KOREA, AN INFAMOUS AGGRESSOR, SOUTH
KOREA IS ONE OF THE SAFEST AND MOST
PEACEFUL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD. IT HAS
AN EXTREMELY LOW CRIME RATE AND VERY
STRICT GUN POLICY
TAXIS IN SOUTH KOREA ARE COLOUR CODED
ACCORDING TO THE LEVEL OF SERVICE OFFERED.
AN ORANGE OR SILVER TAXI IS A BASIC CAR,
WHILE THE BLACK CABS ARE LUXURY CARS
MANY SOUTH KOREANS SUFFER FROM TETRA
PHOBIA – FEAR OF THE NUMBER 4. THE FLOOR
NUMBER 4 IS ALMOST ALWAYS SKIPPED IN
HOSPITALS AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS. IN OTHER
BUILDINGS, THE FOURTH FLOOR IS SOMETIMES
LABELLED "F" INSTEAD OF "4" IN ELEVATORS.
APARTMENT NUMBERS CONTAINING MULTIPLE
OCCURRENCES OF THE NUMBER 4 (SUCH AS 404)
ARE ALSO LIKELY TO BE AVOIDED
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