1. The 'de-militarized' zone between North and South Korea is the world's most militarized zone.
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  2. Sympathizing with Kim Jong-un, leader of North Korea, is an illegal act in South Korea. Even blogging can land you in jail.
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  3. In the last 60 years, over 23,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea. Only two South Koreans have gone to the North.
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  4. South Koreans
    drink twice
    as much alcohol
    as Russians.
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  5. At their current birth rate, South Koreans will go extinct by 2750.
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  6. Marital infidelity was punishable with jail in South Korea until 2015.
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  7. 60%
    of South Korean families use professionals to find a name for their babies.
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  8. The first cloned dogs, six Canadian Labradors, started to work for South Korea's customs service as sniffers in 2009.
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  9. In order to legally give someone a tattoo in South Korea, one must obtain a doctor's license.
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  10. South Koreans are required by law to use Internet Explorer for online shopping and banking.
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  11. Unit 684 was a South Korean black-ops team of 31 convicted criminals whose mission was to kill North Korea's premier Kim Il-sung. They mutinied, hijacked a bus, and were shot by the army or committed suicide.
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  12. More than half of U.S. troops overseas are stationed in just 4 countries: Japan, Germany, South Korea, and Italy.
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  13. In 2016, a man blaming a game company for "ruining his life" with game addiction, crashed a car into their head office in South Korea.
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  14. North Korea, independent since 1948, is not recognised by Japan and South Korea.
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  15. North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
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  16. Kenny G, the American saxophonist, used to be South Korea's tourism ambassador.
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  17. South Korean soap operas are popular in Cuba.
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  18. In 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded with US$100,000 by the U.S.
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