KOREA

Hyemin Lee

Hyemin Lee is a writer based in Korea. Lee covers travel, food and culture stories for Stripes Korea. Follow her to learn about great destinations near and far on the Peninsula that you and your whole family will enjoy.

Did you know?: Han, symbolic word of Korean Identity

While Korea is becoming more multicultural today, it has long been one of the world’s most homogeneous nations. Its identity is captured in one word: Han (韓), a character traced back to Korea’s ancient Three Han confederacies.


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