1. New Experience in the most ‘Dynamic’ country Heeeun Kang (South Korea)

2. Name : Heeeun Kang Country: South Korea Career : Government Official of South Korean ‘Ombudsman’ Institution Learning about Ombudsman at ‘Iowa Ombudsman Office’ for 2 years

3. Purpose: The USA as ‘a melting pot’ (the most developed) The world as ‘a global village’ ( IT, CT, TC) Table of Contents - Overview (location, climate, size, population, ‘Taegeuki’) - History and Education - Politics and Economy - Society and Culture (family, clothes, food, sports, religion,etc.)

4. Location : ‘East Asia’ (between China and Japan) Climate : ‘Temperate’ (spring, summer, autumn, winter) Size : ‘2/3’ of Iowa & ‘1/100’ of the USA Population: 50 million (’16’ times of Iowa & ‘1/6’ of the USA) - Seoul (capital): 10 million (like NYC) 20 National Park, Jeju Island (Hawaii of South Korea) Flag : “Taegeukgi”

5. 2333 BC: Foundation (about 4,300 yeras ago) AD 1377:“Jikji” (the oldest movable metal type printing press) AD 1446: “Hangul” (its letter, by King Sejong the Great) AD 1910: Colonization (by Japan, until 1945) AD 1945: Liberation (by the USA & Russia) AD 1950: Korean War (by North Korea, until 1953) AD 2011: from 2 nd poorest to 12 th largest economy - OECD, G-20, ‘1988 Summer Olympic’, ‘2002 World Cup’ - Koreans’ enthusiasm for Education

6. Education means “Everything” - According to ‘OECD PISA’, South Korea is 2nd Kindergarten (2 yrs), Elementary (6), Middle (3), High (3), University/College (4, 80%) 2 Semester and 3 Vacations (80 days) American style uniform (trousers/skirts, shirts ) English, Math, other Foreign Language - $30,000 & 43,000 English Teachers

7. Presidential Republic (Legislative, Executive, Judicial) President (“Lee Myung-bak”) 16 Administrative division - 9 Provinces, 6 Metropolitan cities, 1 Special city (Seoul) Seoul: Capital, 10 million, Top 10 global city - ‘1988 Olympic’, ‘2002 World Cup’, ‘2010 G-20 Summit’ - 220 mph train (KTX), Subway (the 3 rd largest, 200 million) - Incheon International Airprt (the best airport in the world)

8. “The Miracle of the Han River” Market economy with 12 th GDP OECD, G-20, UN, WTO, etc. “ Samsung ”, “ LG ”, “ Hyundai-Kia ” Over 5% economic growth, Low state debt, high fiscal reserve The Fastest Internet Industrious, Hard-working, Creative

9. Family : ‘Nuclear Family’ Birth rate : ‘Very Low birth rate’ (1.2 babies) Clothes : ‘Hanbok’ & American style suit Food : Rice, “Kimchi” (spicy and hot), “Bulgogi” Residence: Apartment Complex (25-story or so) Hobby : Reading books, Music, Art

10. Soccer : Semi-final in 2002 World Cup Baseball : Gold medal in 2008 Olympic Figure Skating: Gold medal in 2010 Olympic Short track : The best country Golf : Many women golfers in LPGA Taekwondo : Korea’s martial arts

11. Christianity (Protestant: 18.3%, Catholic: 10.9%), - Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul (1 million saints) - Buddhism (22.8%), Confucianism, etc. Freedom of Religion (No state religion) Highly cultural and peace-loving Country

12. What I brought from Korea - English – Korean / Spanish - Korean Reference Book - English - Korean / Spanish - Korean Dictionary - English - Korean Bible / Conversation Book - Traditional Fan / Wind Shield - Korean Ombudsman Annual Report in English - Laptop Computer

13. Ban Ki-moon: UN Secretary-General - ex Secretary of State in South Korea Your future : Excellent and Respectable Leaders - the USA is the best leader country in the world

14. The End Thank you so much! (heeeun.kang@legis.state.ia.us)