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(My homework about Korea)

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Hi, my name is Darío.

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You caught me doing my homework.

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This week at school I was assigned

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to do a project about Korea.

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I have to confess

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that I didn't know much about this country.

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Well, actually I do know something,

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the K-pop music stuff.

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What was that?

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Well, never mind.

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The point is that to learn more about Korea

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I went to the library.

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And I also searched on the internet.

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Now I can say that I know a lot about Korea

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and I really liked

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getting to know such a beautiful country

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with so many interesting things.

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If you stay a moment, I'll tell you.

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There is a chair there,

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if it's enough for everyone, that's great for me.

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Korea has thousands of years of history.

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Much older than the castles

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and stories of knights.

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Koreans have always been a

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proud and combative people,

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fighting many wars to defend themselves.

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They say they even invented ships

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that looked like turtles.

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Korea is a peninsula like Spain,

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well, like the Iberian Peninsula

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where Portugal is too.

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Actually, Korea is not just one country,

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but two,

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North Korea and South Korea.

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And it has incredible nature, there's everything:

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national parks, very high mountains,

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snow, ski resorts

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and even beaches for summer.

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But it's also a very modern country

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with the most top technology.

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With the most futuristic buildings
and the fastest transport.

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But let's take it one step at a time.

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With what I've been working on,

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I've discovered some interesting things about Korea.

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On Jeju Island there are some amazing female divers

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who hold their breath a long time

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to search for mollusks underwater.

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In Boryeong they celebrate every year

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a mud festival.

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Thousands of people go just to get dirty
and have a great time.

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They also have a lake on top of a mountain

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inside a crater.

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Their traditional villages, the Hanok

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are super beautiful

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with wooden houses and very cool roofs.

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In Seoul they have an ancient palace
with a great name,

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the Palace of Shining Happiness.

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But now we have to talk

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about a very important matter regarding Korea.

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We can't hide it anymore.

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The kimchi!

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Kimchi is a traditional Korean dish.

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It's made by fermenting vegetables like cabbage

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seasoned with spices.

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It's a delicious and healthy dish.

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Kimchi is a very important part

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of Korean culture.

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In fact, it's so important

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that to smile in photos,

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instead of cheese,

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they say kimchiiii!

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And do you know which is the most common surname?

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Kim!

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Everything is full of Kims,
Kims here, Kims there.

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In Korea I would be called Darío Kim.

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Well, Kim Darío,

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since names are reversed.

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I've discovered that Koreans are,

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on one hand, hospitable and optimistic.

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Cheerful, kind and calm people.

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But on the other hand, it seems they don't think

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too much about happiness

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and that in their jobs they obsess

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over being super competitive.

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Koreans love eating out.

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They have a lot of markets with stalls

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selling delicious things to snack on.

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The capital of South Korea, Seoul, is amazing.

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It looks like a city from the future

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with skyscrapers that get lost in the clouds

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and streets full of lights.

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Busan is a coastal city with huge beaches

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and an incredible neighborhood

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with all its colorful houses
climbing up the mountain.

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And this is a secret,

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but I think that on the train to Busan...

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there are zombies!

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In the end, the more I researched,

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the more I liked Korea,

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its nature, its technology,

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the people, its traditions.

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It's an amazing country!

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Anyway, with this school project
I've become a super fan.

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I hope I can visit Korea someday.

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And well, to convince my parents to go to Korea,

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imagine what I've prepared for them.

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Yes, indeed.

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Kimchiiii!