People have been living on the Korean peninsula for about half a million years. Archeologists have found ancient evidence of stone chopping tools, axes and old pottery in digs in Central Korea . Farming most probably started in the Bronze Age, around 3,500 years ago. Carbonized rice grains and farming tools dating from this period of history have been found at many archeological digs.
Geography
Geographically, the Korean Peninsula points southward from the northeastern corner of the Asian continent and is surrounded on three sides by large expanses of water. Although Japan is not far from Korea , the peninsula has been affected far more by the civilizations on the Asian continent than by those in Japan .
Korea 's geography was a major factor in shaping its history; including the manner in which the inhabitants of the peninsula emerged as a common people wanting to belong to a unified nation called Korea .
Folklore & History
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The fall of Communism in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe and the unification of Germany raised expectations in Korea that unification could be achieved. Some progress in promoting trust and cooperation between the two halves of the Peninsula was made in recent years (Caraway, 2001) .
KOREAN CULTURE:
Korea has a long and distinguished cultural history. It culture has blossomed during her long history. Owing to its geo-historical dependencies, Japan has adopted many Korean ideas and customs. Korea has also spawned some great inventions: its ancient printing systems, the first ever iron-clad battleship, and the Korean alphabet, devised by a group of 15th century scholars, remains largely unchanged today.
The reasons behind Korea 's rapid economic development can be found in this innate creativity.
Components of Korean