What are the characteristics of Korea?

In South Korea, Internet users account for 82.7% of the total population, and smartphone users also reach 78.5%. Among the young people aged 65,438+08 to 24, 97.7% are using smart phones. People can not only chat with applications such as Naver Line or Ka Kao on smart phones, but also pay shopping bills, watch real-time TV programs on the subway or scan QR codes in virtual supermarkets.

2. The popularity of credit cards

According to the data of Bank of Korea, two years ago (20 1 1), Korea became the largest credit card country in the world. In that year, Americans made an average of 77.9 credit card transactions, Canadians 89.6, and Koreans 129.7. According to Korean law, no matter how high the transaction amount is, any merchant can't refuse the customer's credit card request, and even taxis are equipped with credit card machines.

3. Desperate workaholic

Among more than 30 OECD countries, Koreans have the highest education rate. 98% Koreans have received secondary education and 63% Koreans have received higher education. In 20 12, the data released by the Ministry of Planning and Finance of Korea showed that Koreans had to work an average of 44.6 hours per week, while the average working time in OECD countries was 32.8 hours.

4. Commercial wine culture

In 20 13, Lu Zhen shochu, the first brand of shochu in Korea, became the best-selling liquor brand in the world for 1 1 year in a row, with Koreans as the main consumers. True dew sells more than Smirno vodka, the world's best-selling foreign wine. In 20 13, this vodka sold 37.48 million bottles, ranking second.

5. Professional Star Player

In South Korea, starcraft players are a legal profession, and players can earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in addition to signing fees. According to the statistics of Korea National Information Center, this cultural environment makes nearly 65,438+04% of children aged 9 to 65,438+02 addicted to the Internet.

6. Universal blind date link

Blind date is very common in Korea. Duo is the largest matchmaking agency in Korea. Its statistics show that the average time for single office workers from the first meeting of blind date to marriage is 10.2 months, during which there will be an average of 62 dates.

7. First-class cosmetic surgery

The doctor of Seoul National University Hospital told the reporter on the right platform: "It costs about 1 10,000 US dollars (about 60,000 yuan) to do an ordinary and not very good face-lifting operation in the United States. It only costs $2,000 to $3,000 to do the same operation in South Korea. " South Korea's plastic surgery is relatively cheap.

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