Modern technology makes it possible to find out how a visitor reached your site. Search engines are the main generators of internet traffic. In our country, Yandex and Google lead the way. It's even possible to find out the specific queries that brought the visitor to your site. After reviewing the list, we discovered, along with the mundane ones ("South Korea," " Seoul ," "Korean tours," " Busan "), original, funny, and interesting queries that we wanted to comment on and, if possible, provide useful information not available on our site. Perhaps the surfer didn't find the answer on other sites dedicated to South Korea. Therefore, we decided to create a special section dedicated to such unusual queries from our visitors. For completeness, we have preserved the spelling and punctuation in the queries. We will add new queries to the top of the list to make it easier for regular visitors to read. Let's go...

Query: " North or South Korea? Which is better ?"

The question is certainly interesting... I don't think it could have arisen in every country in the world. But if you think about it, it's not as simple as it seems at first glance. After all, if the entire North Korean population were 100% convinced that the South was better off, no ideology would be able to survive, and the unification of Korea would be a fait accompli. We can't speak for ourselves, as we haven't been to North Korea ourselves yet. Unfortunately, North Korea, unlike the South, doesn't promote tourism in its own country.

The argument that South Korea is better off is supported by the following: 1) South Korea provides significant economic aid to North Korea, and North Korea accepts this aid despite hostile relations. 2) The standard of living (material) in South Korea is much higher than in North Korea. 3) Despite unprecedented border security, defectors from North Korea to South Korea have been registered. We know nothing about defectors in the opposite direction (the reader is welcome to correct us if this is incorrect).

The very existence of this state speaks more strongly in favor of the North. It possesses a strong army (almost twice as large as South Korea's ) and even its own nuclear weapons and delivery systems. So, decide for yourself which is better. It's more a matter of faith, one that will only be fully resolved after the unification of the two Korean states.

Query: " Mountain in South Korea starting with the letter ё"

At first, the query is surprising. But then you remember the existence of crosswords and scanwords, and the surprise disappears. There is, however, one nuance. The sound "Yo" can also be pronounced as "Yo." Moreover, the names of mountains in Korea are usually written beginning with "Yo." We know of ten such mountains: Yongbongsan, Yongdusan, Yongyeopsan, Yonginsan, Yongmasan (Gyeonggi-do), Yongmasan (Jecheon), Yongmunsan, Yeochwisan, Yongchuksan, and Yonghwasan. Judging by the Yandex suggestion for the search query "mountain in South Korea crossword puzzle on VKontakte," the searcher was looking for Mount Yongdusan, or Yongdusan if the name begins with the letter Ё. This mountain (it's not very high, you could even call it a hill) is located in the city of Busan and is home to the famous Yongdusan Park , which you can read about on our website in the " Attractions " section.

Query " Korean food "

The key here is the capital letter in the word "Korean." Grammatically, it's unnecessary, but emotionally, it's just right. Korean food is designed in such a way that you start remembering it, you start craving it, and finally, you start dreaming of returning to Korea to eat it. There are even persistent rumors that cunning Koreans add special additives to their food to create an "addiction," hooking unsuspecting tourists on this very food. Don't believe it! It's simply delicious (for those, of course, who can even understand the taste of food unfamiliar to them since childhood).

Query: " Who will be born between a Russian and a Korean ?"

I declare with full responsibility, based on my own experiments, that a Russian-Korean hybrid will be born. What this hybrid will be, what it will be capable of—that's a great mystery... Only a long-term experiment can provide the answer.

Query: " Education on Jeju Island "

Here, of course, the second "O" in the word "education" is crucial. Jeju Island has excellent school education, as does the rest of Korea. But it's detrimental to students' health. According to eyewitnesses, these same students wake up every day at 6 or 7 a.m. and don't get home until 8 or 9 p.m. And they still have homework!

And so it goes, day after day. Think hard about whether you, already "educated," should pursue further education on Jeju Island.

Query: " hexagonal rocks in Africa "

In Korea, as elsewhere in the world, local tour guides everywhere try to emphasize the uniqueness of the surrounding sites, "forgetting" to mention their global counterparts. On Jeju Island, too, you'll likely be told that the hexagonal rock pillars along the coast are something unique, something scientists can't explain. Don't believe it! Such formations exist in many places on Earth (including Africa!), and scientists have already explained the origins of these structures. Incidentally, the most famous of these aren't in Korea or Africa, but in Scotland—the so-called "Giant's Causeway."

Query: " The Republic of Korea borders "

The request is very specific and requires a specific answer. The Republic of Korea shares a land border only with North Korea. By sea, it shares a border with China and Japan. Only North Korea shares a border with Russia, and the border is very short—about 30 km.

Query: " The stench of the Republic of Korea "

Wordplay. The currency of South Korea is called "Won." The soft sign at the end of the word is your personal guess, which is incorrect. Banknotes in denominations of 1000, 5000, 10000, and 50000 won and coins in denominations of 1, 5, 10, 50, 100, and 500 won are in circulation. 1- and 5-won coins are rare; rounding to the nearest 10 won is permitted. The won was introduced in 1962, replacing the hwan, and the first won coins appeared in 1966. The exchange rate in 2010 was approximately $1 = 1100 won.

Query: " Korean characters "

It's interesting that someone is looking for something that doesn't exist in the world, yet still ends up on our website. Korean writing uses letters, not hieroglyphs. It's just that the way they form words is unusual for us: letters can be written on top of each other, resulting in shorter words. That's why some people think they're hieroglyphs, but they're actually Hangul, the Korean script.

For a continuation of the topic of requests, see HERE ...