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What culture does Korea have?

There are festivals and food cultures such as Mid-Autumn Festival, Liberation Day, Seoul Festival, Korean Language Festival, Korean kimchi, and bibimbap.

The Republic of Korea (Korean:; English: Republic of Korea, South Korea), referred to as "South Korea", is located in the southern part of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with a total area of ??approximately 103,290 square kilometers (accounting for 45% of the area of ??the Korean Peninsula). Korean is widely spoken and the total population is about 52 million. The capital is Seoul.

South Korea’s information technology industry has been a leader in the industry for many years. The manufacturing and technology industries are developed. In addition to its world-famous high-speed Internet services, flat display devices such as memory, liquid crystal displays and plasma displays, and mobile phones All have leading positions in the world market.

Tourism

South Korea’s tourism industry is relatively developed. In recent years, the Korean government has identified tourism as a strategic industry and actively encourages and develops tourism by promoting the "Korean Wave" culture to the outside world, simplifying entry procedures in hot tourist areas, improving the domestic tourism market, improving domestic tourism hardware facilities, and improving related services. level to attract foreign tourists.

According to South Korean statistics, the number of foreign tourists visiting South Korea in 2017 was 13.34 million. From January to October 2018, 12.67 million foreign tourists visited South Korea.