"The White-naped Crane (Grus vipio) is a bird of the crane family. It is a large bird, 112–125 cm (44–49 in) long, approximately 130 cm (4 ft) tall and weighing about 5.6 kg (12 lbs) with pinkish legs, grey and white striped neck, and a red face patch.
The White-naped Crane breeds in northeastern Mongolia, northeastern China, and adjacent areas of southeastern Russia where a program at Khinganski Nature Reserve raises eggs provided from U.S. zoos to bolster the species. Different groups of the birds migrate to winter near the Yangtze River, the DMZ [DORIN's note: not TMZ] in Korea and on Kyūshū in Japan. They also reach Kazakhstan and Taiwan. Only about 4,900 and 5,400 individuals remain in the wild."
a red face patch....
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| "Republic of Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 Daehanminguk | ||||||
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| Motto: 홍익인간; 弘益人間 Benefit all mankind (unofficial) | ||||||
| Anthem: Aegukga (애국가; 愛國歌) ("The Patriotic Song") | ||||||
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| Capital (and largest city) | Seoul 37°35′N 127°0′E | |||||
| Official language(s) | Korean | |||||
| Official scripts | Hangul | |||||
| Ethnic groups | Korean (100%) | |||||
| Demonym | South Korean, Korean" | |||||
i/ˌsaʊθ kəˈriə/, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK, Hangul: 대한민국, Hanja:大韓民國, pronounced [tɛːhanminɡuk̚] (
listen)), is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China (Mainland China) to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China (Taiwan) to the south. South Korea lies in a humid continental and humid subtropical climate region with a predominantly mountainous terrain. Its territory covers a total area of 99,392 square kilometers[5] and has a population of almost 50 million. The capital and largest city is Seoul, with a population of 10,421,782." |
| View of Seoul's Gangnam district in 2009. |
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| Albert HUBO, developed byKAIST, can make expressive gestures with its five separate fingers. |
"Education in South Korea is regarded as crucial to financial and social success, and competition is consequently fierce, with many participating in intense outside tutoring to supplement classes. In the 2006 results of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment, South Korea came first in problem solving, third in mathematics and seventh in science.[115] South Korea's education system is technologically advanced and it is the world's first country to bring high-speed fibre-optic broadband internet access to every primary and secondary school nation-wide. Using this infrastructure, the country has developed the first Digital Textbooks in the world, which will be distributed for free to every primary and secondary school nation-wide by 2013."
"South Korea is one of the most ethnically homogeneous societies in the world, with more than 99% of inhabitants having Korean ethnicity.[122] Koreans call their society 단일민족국가, Dan-il minjok guk ga, "the single race society"."
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| A taekwondo practitioner demonstratingdollyo chagi technique. |
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