Culture, Economy and Society

Economy, Science and Society

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Which currency, introduced in 1962, replaced the hwan in South Korea?
In which year was the Bank of Korea founded?
Which phrase is used for South Korea's rapid industrial growth from the 1960s to the 1990s?
In which year did South Korea launch its first Five-Year Economic Development Plan?
What is the Korean term for a large family-controlled business group such as Samsung, Hyundai or LG?
In which year did the Gyeongbu Expressway, linking Seoul and Busan, open?
In which year did KTX high-speed rail service begin between Seoul and Busan?
Who founded the trading company that became the Samsung group in Daegu in 1938?
Who founded the Hyundai group, beginning with a construction company in 1947?
Which products made South Korea's Samsung Electronics and SK hynix leaders of the world market?
For how many years is schooling compulsory in South Korea?
In which month does the school year begin in South Korea?
What is the national university entrance exam, taken on one day each November, called?
What are the private after-school academies that many Korean students attend called?
Which holiday on 3 October marks the legendary founding of Gojoseon by Dangun?
Which instrument, introduced in 1441 under King Sejong, was an early device for measuring rainfall?
Which medical encyclopaedia, finished by Heo Jun in 1613, was inscribed on UNESCO's Memory of the World register in 2009?
Which obligation applies to nearly all able-bodied South Korean men?
In which year did South Korea extend national health insurance to its whole population?
Which index tracks the share prices of the largest firms on the Korea Exchange?
Which Korean company launched the country's largest search portal in 1999?
In which year did the first line of the Seoul subway open?
Which 1965 agreement restored diplomatic relations between South Korea and Japan?
Which company opened a shipyard at Ulsan in 1972 and became one of the world's largest shipbuilders?
Which institute, founded in 1971 in Seoul and later moved to Daejeon, was South Korea's first research-oriented science and engineering university?

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