South Korea is located in East Asia, bordering North Korea and China. Grains have historically been an important part of the Korean diet. While South Korea had never won a World Cup match until co-hosting in 2002, they went on to reach the semi-finals after defeating Poland, Portugal, Italy and Spain, ultimately losing to Germany. Their best World Cup performance remains the 2002 tournament where they finished fourth.

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3. INFORMATION
INFORMATION
•South Korea ,officially the Republic of Korea, is a
country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of
the Korean Peninsula.
• The name Korea is derived from Goryeo, a dynasty
which ruled in the Middle Ages.
•It shares land borders with North Korea to the north,
and oversea borders with China to the west and
Japan to the east.
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4. SIGHTS
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5. Grains have been one of
the most important
staples to the Korean
diet. Early myths of the
foundations of various
kingdoms in Korea
center on grains!!!!!
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6. FIFA World Cup history
Despite being Asia’s most frequent visitors to world
football’s showpiece event, Korea Republic had never won a
match at the finals until they co-hosted Korea/Japan 2002.
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7. They got off to a winning start with victory over Poland before
defeating Portugal to reach the second round for the first time.
The Taeguk Warriors went on to reach the semi-finals at the
expense of Italy and Spain, only to lose to Germany in the last
four. In 2010, they made history again by reaching the knockout
stage for the first time on foreign soil, before going down at the
hands of Uruguay in the Round of 16.
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9. •Current coach: Hong Myungbo
Best performance in a FIFA competition: FIFA World
Cup Korea/Japan 2002 (Fourth place)
Former stars: Cha Bumkun, Hong Myungbo, Park
Jisung
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