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To an outsider Korean religious structures can be confusing. While fans have the belief in Confucian penetrate small numbers, the ethical standards of Confucianism all aspects of Korean society. This goes back to the early days of the Yi Dynasty, 600 years ago.
Korea neighbor's religion is Chondogyo, which combines various aspects of Buddhist and Confucian beliefs Tao. Buddhism in Korea is of the Mahayana lineage, which will initially be about 1700 yearsbefore.
In South Korea, Christianity is the predominant religion, although a late arrival on the peninsula. More than 200 years, Jesuit missionaries working in China through Korea, to bring their version of Catholicism to the people. The Koreans did the enthusiasm for the faith of the Yi dynasty feel threatened, so that a campaign of persecution launched against the Jesuits in life. Protestant missionaries came in 1800, their faith through practical methods, such as schools and foundationHospitals.
Officially, North Korea has no religion, as contrary to Communist ideology. However, as noted in other communist countries, this is not a barrier to keep the people of their faith. Buddhism, which can be practiced individually and in private is the strongest religion in the North.
The people of North and South Korea are mainly of a homogeneous background Korean. The development of the Korean people is 9000 years with little inputother racial and cultural groups. The strongest influence came from China and the Mongols, who held both the rule of the Korean peninsula at various times over the centuries. Although there was a large population of Japanese in Korea during the Japanese occupation 1910-1945, this had minimal impact on Korean culture.
Nobody knows exactly how the Korean language, which is unique in the Korean peninsula, developed. The most closely related to spoken KoreanJapanese, although there is, has many significant differences. The syntax is similar to Chinese but not using it to detect tones meanings is a Chinese. Korean fonts began 13,000 years ago, but Chinese instead initially used a uniquely Korean. Hangul, the Korean phonetic alphabet, was invented about 500 years ago. To an outside observer Korean scripts tend to be less complicated than that of Japan or China.
Daily life is very different for Koreansdepending on which side of the 38th latitude in which they live. The average North Korean lives a rather sad as a ruthless communist dictatorship. Where once North Korea has been quite self-sufficient, is now widespread hunger and malnutrition. agricultural workers live in communities of collectivized farms. Everyone working on food for the rest of the population to produce. non-agricultural work centers primarily on heavy industry, mining and military service. The Statecontrols all aspects of life. South Korea is a completely different, with a private market economy, albeit with some state intervention on several levels. The average South Korean worked a full day from Monday to Friday and on Saturday a half day.
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