Coping with Korea

Useful and entertaining information ranging from the geography, currency, transportation, language, food and culture to customs, rituals and protocol are considered in this guide. A special section on the 1988 Olympic Games is included.

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Home of the Hyundai and site of the 1988 Summer Olympic Games, this obscure, mountainous country divided by politics and ideology is on the verge of an explosion in tourism. This guide explains the customs of this most unfamiliar country. Anyone curious about such oddities as Kimchi and Bulgogi in the Land of the Morning Calm will find much useful and entertaining information here. Among the numerous topics considered in detail are the geography, currency, transportation, language, food and culture of South Korea. In addition, this invaluable resource provides a special section on the 1988 Summer Olympic Games and focuses particular attention upon social mores and other cultural proprieties, including the rituals of greeting and departure, and protocol in social situations. If you are concerned about whether you will have to remove your shoes upon entering your host's house or whether you can sing in public, let "Coping with Korea" assuage your concerns. The book is aimed at tourists and business visitors to Kore. the Olympics in 1988.