Creative Proverbs from Korea, South

Creative Proverbs from...
Korea, South

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Brief Overview of this Country

Location: Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea

Population: 47,470,969 (July 2000 est.) - Capital: Seoul

Ethnics Groups: Homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)

Languages: Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school

Religions: Christian 49%, Buddhist 47%, Confucianist 3%, Shamanist, Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way), and other 1%

Proverbs from Korea, South

	A nobleman's calf does not know how a butcher kills.
	Even a sheet of paper is lighter when two people lift it.
	A hunter's knife cannot carve its own handle.
	Remember, even monkeys fall out of trees.
	If there is a rich man in the area three villages are ruined.

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