Worth knowing
South Korea
The divers of Jeju Island are called haenyeo. They work about ten metres down, holding each breath for around a minute, and their way of life is on UNESCO's list of living heritage.
Where its story happens
Jeju Island, at 33.38°N, 126.53°E. It's the place the game marks on the globe once the country is found. See it on a map.
Five things to know about South Korea
In Geodar these are the five clues to this country, and it counts as one of the easy countries. The game asks the hardest clue first. Here the easiest comes first.
- Where it is. It's South Korea, the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, across the sea from Japan. See South Korea on a map.
- K-pop, kimchi and Samsung all come from here.
- Taekwondo comes from here, and its capital hosted the Summer Olympics in 1988.
- Its alphabet was invented in the 1440s by a king who wanted ordinary people to be able to read and write.
- On one of its islands, women, some in their eighties, dive ten metres down for shellfish without breathing gear.