The foundation for the country's culture and arts is the Korean identity: a combination of traits associated with continental and island peoples.

Throughout many millennia, Korea has interacted with the predominant continental cultures of Asia despite its peripheral location in the northeast. Remarkably, while accommodating major religions and traditions of other Asian regions, the country has developed a truly distinct culture in many aspects, which some people call the “centrality of the Korean culture.”

Korea has one the most dynamic and strongest economies in the world.

Koreans have always enjoyed a variety of sporting activities. The impressive national economic growth in recent years has given people increased leisure to indulge their passion in sports.

On a national level, the most noteworthy accomplishments include the successful hosting of Asian Games in 1986 in Seoul City, which led to the successful organization of the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games and co-hosting of the 2002 FIFA World Cup with Japan. As well as the Winter Olympic Games in 2018 Pyeongchang.

Korea has also successfully hosted two Summer Asian Games Busan 2002, where for the very first time in history North and South Korea delegation joint together at the Opening Ceremony under the Korean Peninsula Unification flag. In 2014 Incheon City hosted 17th Asian Games. Korea hosted 4th Winter Asian Games in 1999 Kangwon. 

The most popular sports in Korea is archery, taekwondo, baseball, softball, football and handball. 

Temperature in the winter ranges from -7C to 1C in the capital Seoul with the summer bringing a range of 22C to 29C.

Although winter temperatures are less harsh along the southern coast than in the capital, they are subject to typhoons in the late summer.

Annual precipitation levels vary by around 4 inches, with an average of 58 inches in Busan to the south and 54 inches in Seoul to the north.