English 101
5 February 2005
Hankuk and English
The Republic of Korea is a country located in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula, and is only bordered by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the north; the rest is surrounded by the Japan Sea to the east, the Yellow Sea to the west and the East China Sea to the south.
Because of the Chinese influence the people of Korea were using Chinese characters and they did not have an official language. …
