KoreaontheKoreanPeninsulageographicallyoccupyveryimportantposition.NorthwestandChinanext,eachwithJapanacross.1960seconomicgrowthpoliciescreatedKorea,"Hanmiracle"thatthealarmingeconomicdevelopment.ChinaandSouthKoreaestablisheddiplomaticrelationsin1992,aftergrowingeconomicandtraderelationsandcommercialactivities,followingtheUnitedStatesafterChinabecameKorea'ssecondlargestinvestmentdestination.Now,onlyoneinShanghai,therearetwolonglivetheKorean30,000people,andbetweenKoreaandShanghaiCommercialactivitiesintheKoreanwasup50,000.KoreanlanguagehasrapidlygrownintoapopularHushangpeoplekeentolearnforeignlanguages,andisexpectedtoreplacetheJapaneseinthe21stcenturybecomethemostcompetitivetwoforeignlanguages. 　　以上是韩国英文介绍 　　韩国介绍韩半岛在地理位置上占有非常重要的地位.西北与中国比邻,隔海与日本相望.1960年代的经济增长政策造就了韩国“汉江奇迹”之称的惊人的经济发展.1992年中韩建交,之后经贸关系和商业活动不断增长,中国继美国之后成为韩国的第二大投资对象国.现在,仅在上海一地,长住的韩国人就有两三万多人,而往返于沪韩之间从事商业活动的韩国人则多达五六万人.韩国语也迅速成长为沪上人士争相学习的热门外语,并有望在21世纪取代日语成为最有竞争力的第二外语. 　　以上是中文 　　AnIntroductiontoKorea 　　Koreaisabeautifulcountywithahistoryofover5,000years.ItishardasanAmericantocomprehendaculturethathaslastedthatlongwhenourhistoryasacountryonlygoesbackafewhundredyears.Allofthehistoricalsiteshavebeenpreservedforfuturegenerations.Thesebuildings,stonepagodasandlanterns,andotherpiecesofsculptureareknownasNationalTreasuresandarenumbered.SevensiteshavebeenselectedasUNESCOWorldHeritageSites.TheKoreantreasuresincludedintheWorldHeritageListareBulguksaTempleandnearbySeokguramGrotto;HaeinsaTemple'sChanggyongp'ango(depositoriesfortheTripitakaKoreanaWoodblocks);JongmyoShrine;ChangdeokkungPalaceComplex;HwaseongFortress;Kochang,HwasunandKanghwaDolmenSites;andGyeongjuHistoricAreas.MoreinformationabouttheWorldHeritageSitescanbefoundubeachofthesite'sinformationandintheTeacherActivities. 　　Evenwiththisrichhistoryfromthepast,Koreacanbeseenasaprogressiveandmoderncountry.Themodernbuildingsofthebigcitiesrivalthoseofanyothermoderncountry,yetscenesfromthepastcoexistwiththenew. 　　ThepeopleofKoreaareveryfriendlyandlovingandareexcitedtotrytheirEnglish.AlloftheyoungerchildrenarelearningEnglish.TheyknowthattheirfuturedependsuponbeingabletospeakEnglish.AtthistimeonlythebiggerhotelshavesomeonewhocanspeakEnglishbutthiswillchange.TheKoreanpeoplewantforeign 　　investorstocometoKoreatohelptheireconomy.KoreawillbecomeamajortouristdestinationasAmericansbegintolearnaboutthebeautyofKorea. 　　Koreaisaverymountainouscountrywitheverysquareinchofflatgroundbeingusedforagricultureorforthecities.Withnearly50millionpeople,thepopulationisverydense.Seoul,thecapital,hasover10millionpeopleinaverysmallarea. 　　MostKoreansliveinapartmentsintheolderpartsofthebigcitiesortheyliveinnewhigh-riseapartmentswhichalllookthesamenomatterwhereyouareinKorea. 　　Ifthereareopenspacestheyareusedforagriculture.Alloftheflatlandisusedforgrowingrice. 　　Mostoftheapartmentsare20storieshighandexactlythesamedesign.Theonlywayyoucantellyourapartmentfromanotherisbythedesignsthatarepaintedonth