Imagine South Africa

National Flag:

White with a red (top) and blue yin-yang symbol in the center; there is a different black trigram from the ancient I Ching (Book of Changes) in each corner of the white field.

Capital: Seoul

Langauges: Korean (official), English widely taught in junior high and high school

Currency: South Korean won

Main Industries:

Did You Know?

• Since the 1960s, South Korea has achieved an incredible record of growth and global integration to become a high-tech industrialized economy. Four decades ago, GDP per capita was comparable with levels in the poorer countries of Africa and Asia. In 2004, South Korea joined the trillion dollar club of world economies, and currently is among the world’s twenty largest economies.
• Besides a booming economy, the exchange rate for the South Korean won to a US Dollar is still around 1,296.88 to 1

adidas 2002 Japan and South Korea Fevernova The official match ball of the 2002 World Cup in Japan/South Korea was the first World Cup match ball since 1978 without the Tango design. COVER: The 2002 Fevernova has a cover that consists of a combination of a special synthetic polyurethane and natural rubber. The Fevernova has a three-layer, knitted chassis that creates a more precise and predictable ball flight. This includes one special foam layer that has small gas-filled balloons imbedded in a syntactic foam. Imported.