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Cultures in Korea   Korea is a small peninsula located on the far east side of Asia. It is located between China and Japan. Korea is connected to mainland Asia in the North whereby it is separated from China and Korea by the Yalu River and the Tuman River. Korea is divided into 2 sovereign states with different political ideologies which are Republic of South Korea and Democratic People’s Republic of North Korea.  Hangul is the name of the Korean alphabet whereby Korean is the official language of both South Korea and North Korea. It stacks sounds into blocks that represent syllables, and its consistency makes it easy to be picked up. Syllables always begin with a consonant followed by a vowel. It could stop there, or could be another vowel, consonant or both. There are 5 major dialects in South Korea which are Seoul dialect, Chungcheong, Gyeongsang, Jeolla, and Jeju. Furthermore, 24 letters of the Hangul alphabet are usually arranged in blocks for each syllable, which s...