South Korea is the home to almost forty nine million
people, of whom majorities are Korean aborigines, and around twenty thousand of the total population is from Chinese origin. Language of
South Korea people is Korean, though English is also one of the widely spoken languages among the educated class of the society.
Religions followed by
South Korean people are Buddhism (45 %), Christianity (45 %) and the rest of 10 % follows Confucianism. South Korea is probably the rare secular state that is accommodated by more than ninety percent of the Korean people, except a few Chinese natives.
People of South Korea belong to the East Asian ethnicity, is believed to be the successor of the Proto-Altaic or Altaic tribes who were connected with Turks or Mongolians. History demands that the Proto-Altaic tribes were settled in southern parts of Korea from the Neolithic age to the ages of Bronze.
Since its inception, Korea has always been a homogeneous land. Though for several reasons in various times, people from different parts of world (western lands, China, Japan) has come to South Korea, but none of them has settled down over here. Thus the concept of a multi-cultural or multi-linguistic country is neither supported nor understood by the
Koreans.
In case of marital associations, the South Korean Government follows an ancient custom till date. The nation neither suggests nor approves a conjugal involvement between the Korean regions or with other countries. This is the reason why the highway between 'Gyeongsangbuk-do' and 'Jeollanam-do' has not been completed, and neither traveling linkage between the regions is encouraged, so that no connection can ever be established between the provinces.
Thus in one line it can be said
Korean people are from school of old thoughts and is not ready to accept novelty.
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