Korea

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Korea

• By Ginny Boyd

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Location of Korea

• The Republic of Korea is located on the Korean
  Peninsula which arches a little over 600 miles
  southward and slightly eastward from the
  southeastern corner of the Asian continent.
• Korea is bordered by Manchuria and Russia to the
  north, China to the west, and Japan to the east
  and south.

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Basic Indicators and Facts

• Population- 22,268 (thousands)
• Annual number of births- 392 (thousands)
• Infant mortality rate- 23 (per 1,000 live births)
• Under 5 mortality rate- 30 (per 1,000 live
  births)
• Annual number of under 5 deaths- 12 (thousands)

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Land Use in Korea

• Arable land- 14
• Permanent crops- 2
• Forests and woodland- 61
• Permanent pastures 0
• Other- 23

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Natural Hazards in Korea

• Late spring droughts
• Severe flooding
• Typhoons in the early fall
• The nation of Korea faces its 7th year of food
  shortages because of weather related problems.

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Korean Agriculture

• Consists of rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans,
  pulses cattle, pigs, pork and eggs.
• The country does 520 million in exports and 960
  million in imports.

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Korean Food Guide Pyramid

• Pagoda shape
• Consist of 5 sections grains, vegetables and
  fruits, milk, meat, fat and sugar
• grain group- 4-5 servings
• vegetable and fruit group- 6-7 servings
• meat group 4-5 servings
• fats and sugars- limited
• milk group- 1 serving

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Malnourishment and Healthcare

• Following the recent drought and two tropical
  storms, Korea is suffering its worst food
  shortage since 1997.
• The UN has said that at least 810,000 tons of
  food are needed to prevent a disaster.
• Up to 8 million people are at risk, and some
  420,000 children under age 7 already suffer from
  moderate to acute malnutrition.

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• Many basic health programs have been suspended or
  drastically curtailed because of the natural
  disasters and economic problems which have now
  affected the country.
• The result is a decrease in immunization
  activities and an increase in child malnutrition.

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• Korea reports 10,000 tuberculosis cases per year.
• There is no tuberculosis control program and the
  country lacks most tuberculosis drugs.
• It is also evident that there is an acute
  shortage of most common drugs in hospitals and
  clinics.

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Poverty in Korea

• There is no official poverty line.
• A family is considered poor if its income or
  expenditure falls below the minimum cost of
  living.
• 31 million people- including 12 million children-
  live in households that experience hunger or the
  risk of hunger.

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Korean Food

• Traditional diets include 3 meals (breakfast,
  lunch, and supper) plus snacks.
• Diets include steamed rice, noodles, and broth
  garnished with shellfish, meat and/or vegetables.
• Fresh fruit, soybean products, legumes, and nuts
  are consumed.

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• Beverages include ginseng tea and barley water.
• Milk and other dairy products are not part of the
  Korean diet.

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Korean Meals

• Koreans like to eat together.
• When they sit down to eat, they just eat most
  conversation is saved until after the meal.
• Food is served once instead of in courses.
• At home, all 3 meals are basically the same with
  differing side dishes.

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• Rice is the meal- all else is secondary.
• A bowl of rice is always accompanied by an
  individual serving of soup, and pnachan (side
  dishes) which are put out for everyone at the
  table.
• Panchan includes various types of kimchI,
  seasoned vegetables, fish and meat.

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• Breakfast and dinner are the main meals lunch is
  light.
• Breakfast often includes a fried egg, while
  dinner includes meat, stew, or extra fish.
• There are no desserts, but a meal may end with
  fruit.
• Sweets are also absent except on traditional
  holidays.

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• Koreans use metal, bamboo, or plastic chopsticks,
  in combination with a long handled, shallow spoon
  to eat their meals.
• Knives are strictly for food preparation in the
  kitchen, so food is pre-cut into bite size pieces
  or soft enough to be pulled apart with chopsticks.

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References

• )Adams, Edward. Korea Guide. Seoul Seoul
  International Publishing House, 1995.
• )www.disasterrelief.org
• )www.fas.usda.gov
• )www.findarticles.com
• )Han, Suzanne. Notes on Things Korean. New
  Jersey Hollym Corporation Publishers, 1995.

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References Continued

• www.unicef.org
• )www.usc.edu
• )www.wfp.org
• )www.who.int

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References Continued

• )Nilsen, Robert. South Korea Handbook.
  California Moon Publications Inc., 1997.
• )www.odci.gov
• )www.rice.edu/projects/topics/globalization/food-k
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• )www.rice.edu/projects/topics/globalization/food-s
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• )www.salt.claretianpubs.org

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References Continued

• www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/Alcohol/alcohol.cfm?Su
  bjectculture
• )www.lifeinkorea.com/ricecake/ricecake.cfm?subject
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• )www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/kimchi/kimchi.cfm
• )www.lifeinkorea.com/culture/tol/tol.cfm
• )www.lifeinkorea.com/Food/index.cfm

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References continued

• )Jin, Kim Seong. A Handbook of Korea. Seoul
  Korean Overseas Information Service, 1979.
• )Lee, Y., Painter, J., and Rah, J. (April).
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