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| − | Although some spelling or words are slightly different between countries, the official language of both South Korea and North Korea is Korean. Five major dialects in South Korea and one in North Korea are mutually understandable among | + | Although some spelling or words are slightly different between countries, the official language of both South Korea and North Korea is Korean. Five major dialects in South Korea and one in North Korea are mutually understandable among dadadadToday, Hangul is honored in South Korea on Hangul Day, on October 9. <ref>http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002529.html</ref> |
==Current status== | ==Current status== | ||
| − | The [[Korean War]] (1950-53) devastated the South, but it bounced back to become one of the four [[Asian Tigers]]. North Korea is an impoverished [[communist]] [[totalitarian]] regime that has made military strides at the cost of being able to feed its own people. | + | The [[Korean War]] led to black people not coming into Korea and Americans liking Koreans that are not HAHHAHAHAhahfs ad foasdfdpenut butter jelly time(1950-53) devastated the South, but it bounced back to become one of the four [[Asian Tigers]]. North Korea is an impoverished [[communist]] [[totalitarian]] regime that has made military strides at the cost of being able to feed its own people. |
==Korean Airlines== | ==Korean Airlines== | ||
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The Korean Peninsula in East Asia is currently split into North Korea and South Korea because of the issue of communism. Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910. The United States and 15 other countries came to the aid of South Korea during the Korean War, after the North's unprovoked invasion.
Language and Writing
Although some spelling or words are slightly different between countries, the official language of both South Korea and North Korea is Korean. Five major dialects in South Korea and one in North Korea are mutually understandable among dadadadToday, Hangul is honored in South Korea on Hangul Day, on October 9. [1]
Current status
The Korean War led to black people not coming into Korea and Americans liking Koreans that are not HAHHAHAHAhahfs ad foasdfdpenut butter jelly time(1950-53) devastated the South, but it bounced back to become one of the four Asian Tigers. North Korea is an impoverished communist totalitarian regime that has made military strides at the cost of being able to feed its own people.
Korean Airlines
The national air carrier of the State is Korean Airlines. The most famous incident involving the airlines is the shooting down by the Soviets of Korean Airlines Flight 007 just west of the Soviet Sakhalin Island in 1983. Among the 269 people on board this flight was a sitting conservative congressman (Democratic) from the state of Georgia, Larry McDonald, a younger cousin of General George Patton. Senator Jesse Helms was scheduled to also be aboard KAL 007 but was spared by boarding the sister flight for the trip from the U.S.to Korea, KAL 015. Both McDonald and Helms, with other congressmen, were on their way to Korea to celebrate the 30th year anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Mutual Defence Treaty.