(1) Adultery as a crime - Korea is one of the few countries that legally prohibit extramarital sexual relations. However, an increasing number of people are calling for abolishment of this law. (2) Beating the…

In Korea green and white are the best. Green in Korea symbolizes a fresh start, youth, new energy and more. White means purity and innocence, it is unthinkable for a Korean bride to wear anything…

Worshipping pollack, [myeongtae in Korean] is an old tradition.They believes that pollacks symbolize the fish god. Koreans to this day follows the old tradition of hanging a dried pollack, or a symbol of the fish…

The Choson Kingdom recruited civil servants by national civil service examinations called kwago. The examinations fell into two broad categories of mungwa, or literary examinations to select administrative officials, and mugwa, or military examinations for…

Koreans write their surname(family name)first, followed by their given name. Korean women retain their maiden surname after they get married. Children usually use the surname of their father.