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

	Cross even a stone bridge after you've tested it.
	The bad plowman quarrels with his oxen.
	Where there are no tigers, a wildcat is very self-important.
	The deeper the waters are, the more still they run.
	Power lasts ten years; influence not more than a hundred.

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