7 Fun Facts of South Korea

1. There are 250 Kinds of Kimchi - "Kimchi" is a spicy pickled or fermented mixture containing cabbage, onions, and sometimes fish. 

 

2. Koreans eat seaweed soup on their birthdays.

3. Adultery was illegal until a few months ago. 

4. Koreans cheer the High school students taking the national exam by giving them candy.

5. Koreans believe in the influence of blood types for personalities.

6. Korea's flag is highly conceptual

 7. Half the population has identical surnames.

The official report by the National Statistical Office (NSO 1985) revealed that, among a total 275 surnames, each of 44 surnames was reported by less than 100 people. As of the 1985 population of 40,410,000 people, 5 surnames were reported by more than one million: 8,780,000 were owned by those who had the last name of Kim, 5,980,000 of Lee (or Yi or Rhee), 3,400,000 of Park, 1,910,000 of Choi (or Choy), and 1,780,000 of Chung (or Jung).