South Korea

Park Student Profile

So Hee Jin
Hometown: Seoul, South Korea

So Hee describes life in Seoul:

Seoul is the central business district of South Korea, where the main big businesses are. Lots and lots of buildings form high to low. One of the reasons why there are mostly tall buildings than regular houses is: Seoul is very overpopulated, so you will find lots of people around the streets, lots of cars. Because of the overpopulation there are few people who owns cars because we have public transportation and also parking areas are very limited.

I live in an apartment building with my family. It is fun to live in Seoul because there are lots of people around where I live. Young people mostly go shopping or to the movies for entertainment. At times both young and old will go hiking and mountain climbing. You can't live in my country without our favorite food, Korean barbeque and rice; we eat rice in every meal and it is prepared differently than the rice that we have in the States. It is so nice to live in my city because everything I need is there. Off course Seoul is very different from here, but I am enjoying my time at Park. Park is the best place to be.

For more information about my community: http://english.seoul.go.kr/

About South Korea

Government: Republic
President: Moo-hyun Roh
Geography: Eastern Asia, Southern of Korean Peninsula Boarding the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea.
Population: 48,422,644
Capital city: Seoul
Official language: Korean

For more information on South Korea, visit www.korea.net 

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