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Korean is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent. [a] [1] [3] It is the national language of both North Korea and South Korea.In the north, the language is known as Chosŏnŏ (North Korean: 조선어) and in the south, its known as Hangugeo (South Korean: 한국어).
Talks to agree upon a unity government for Korea failed, and in 1948, two separate Korean states were created: the Republic of Korea (South Korea) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). The United States established diplomatic relations with the new South Korean government, but did not recognize North Korea.
The traditional culture of Korea is the shared cultural and historical heritage of Korea before the division of Korea in 1945. Since the mid-20th century, Korea has been split between the North Korean and South Korean states , resulting in a number of cultural differences that can be observed even today.
In South Korea, a variety of different Asian people had migrated to the Korean Peninsula in past centuries, however few have remained permanently. South Korea is a highly homogenous nation, but has in recent decades become home to a number of foreign residents (4.37%), whereas North Korea has not experienced this trend.
Hyeonjong was born in 1641 as the first son of King Hyojong as Yi Yeon, while his father was still in China as a captive of the Qing dynasty; thus he was born at Shenyang before the Qing dynasty officially moved its capital to Beijing after defeating Ming dynasty in 1644, which made him the first and only monarch of Joseon to be born abroad.
It was the first private television network in South Korea. The second commercial television system, MBC-TV, made its debut in 1969. The advent of MBC-TV brought significant development to the television industry in Korea and after 1969 the television industry was characterized by furious competition among the three networks.
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS; Korean: 해외문화홍보원; Hanja: 海外文化弘報院) is an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism [1] of the South Korean government and runs 32 Korean cultural centers in 27 countries.
The Korean Wave, or Hallyu (Korean: 한류; Hanja: 韓流; RR: Hallyu; lit. flow/wave of Korea; listen ⓘ), is a cultural phenomenon in which the global popularity of South Korean popular culture has dramatically risen since the 1990s.