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“South Korea,officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. It has a population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu.”

“In 1950, a North Korean invasion began the Korean War, which saw extensive American-led United Nations intervention in support of the South, while China intervened to support the North, with Soviet assistance. After the war’s end in 1953, the country entered into a military alliance with the U.S., and its devastated economy began to soar, recording the fastest rise in average GDP per capita in the world between 1980 and 1990. Despite lacking natural resources, the nation rapidly developed to become one of the Four Asian Tigers based on international trade and economic globalization, integrating itself within the world economy with export-oriented industrialization; currently being one of the largest exporting nations in the world, along with having one of the largest foreign-exchange reserves in the world.^[9] The June Democratic Struggle led to the end of authoritarian rule in 1987 and the country is now considered among the most advanced democraciesin Asia, with the highest level of press freedom on the continent.^”

The South Korean flag is a ‘good flag’ as defined by Vexillological standards.

“The flag’s field is white, a traditional color in Korean culture. White was common in the daily attire of 19th-century Koreans, and it still appears in contemporary versions of traditional Korean garments, such as the hanbok. The color represents peace and purity.

The circle in the flag’s center symbolizes balance in the world. The blue half represents the sky, and the red half represents the land.

Together, the trigrams represent movement and harmony as fundamental principles. Each trigram (hangeul: 괘 [gwae]; hanja: 卦) represents one of the four classical elements.”

We have always had a love and respect for our Asian sisters and brothers, daughters and sons. At the risk of sounding trite, we have fallen in love with a TV show that originates in South Korea. In our search for a quality story to watch we came across, on Netflix, ‘Extraordinary Attorney Woo’.