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I am half Korean. My father is originally from South Korea. My mother is also from South Korea. And I lost the bottom half of my body in a car accident.

by cringeyjokesman June 30, 2022, 9:01 pm

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TIL that in South Korea, Spam is considered a luxury food and is often used as a gift.

by whatilearned June 30, 2022, 2:52 am

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TIL during Japanese invasions of Korea in 1590s, Ming Dynasty sent military support to Korea, which included 300 monkeys that were trained to ride horses; used as confusion tactics to run towards Japanese army to leave them dumbfounded (sorry, couldn’t find any translations in English)

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 3:40 pm

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TIL that vehicles in North Korea are marked with a star for each 50,000km travelled incident-free.

by whatilearned June 17, 2022, 9:58 am

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32yr old man from north korea

by CopyPastaArchive June 17, 2022, 7:47 am

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TIL Chaebols are a large industrial conglomerate run and controlled by an individual or family in South Korea. A chaebol is controlled by a person or group whose power over the group often exceeds legal authority. The term first appeared in English text in 1972. Hyundai is an example.

by whatilearned June 13, 2022, 11:31 pm

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TIL MLB (“Major League Baseball”) is a popular fashion brand in Korea

by whatilearned June 9, 2022, 3:34 pm

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Better Korea

by CopyPastaArchive June 5, 2022, 3:53 pm

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What’s the difference between North Korea and EA?

by cringeyjokesman May 5, 2022, 8:59 pm

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TIL about the Ryugyong Hotel, which North Korea has been trying to open since 1987

by whatilearned May 5, 2022, 6:19 pm

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TIL about the Horse, Sergeant Reckless. A Horse who served with the marines in Korea. She was able to haul ammunition by herself without a handler, would seek a bunker or lay down when under fire and received two purple hearts as well as other medals for her service in the Korean war.

by whatilearned May 4, 2022, 12:25 pm

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TIL that the Korean War never ended. Although the fighting between North and South Korea and their respective allies ended in July 1953 when the Korean Armistice Agreement was signed, no peace treaty was ever signed, and the two Koreas are technically still at war, engaged in a frozen conflict.

by whatilearned April 28, 2022, 5:29 pm

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