How to Distinguish
- Language is Korean
- Cars drive on the right
- Like Taiwan, utility poles have yellow-and-black diagonal stripes
- Warning signs are orange
Signs you can find
Representative Companies
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Understanding Modern Korea (3rd ed.)
East Asia is changing rapidly, and Korea is at the center of current tensions. This book explains what Korea is, its geography, historical formation, economic shifts, social issues, and culture.
Amazonで見るNarrow down state/region
- Mountain ranges in the northeast and southwest; roads sometimes run between hills
- Jeju Island is volcanic and has the highest peak in the center
- Ondol floors were more common in the north, wood floors in the south (参考文献 Hanok - traditional Korean houses (JP))
There are mountain ranges inland in the northeast and southwest
By Sadalmelik - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link
An oval-shaped volcanic island; like the volcanic Canary Islands, the soil is often dark, and it has many pampas-grass fields like Kyushu. There is only one highest peak in the center, so you won’t see a tall mountain flanking a road. Smaller hills (tens of meters to about 100m) are common .
It is hard to see inside homes, so this is not very useful. The images below show ondol floors, but I have not seen them in Street View.
A southern-style house; in practice you almost never see inside the walls.
- Area codes help narrow down the region (参考文献 Phonecard › Telephone Area Code). The numbers on the map are the area codes.
Narrow down city/town
Representative companies
| Company | Code | Description | Earnings | Dividend history |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POSCO | PKX | Korea's largest steelmaker; crude steel production ranked 6th globally (as of 2016). After normalization of Japan–Korea relations in 1965, it expanded with Japanese financial aid and technical support from Nippon Steel. | - |