South Korea By: Damien South Korea South Korea is officially known as Taehan Min’guk (Republic of Korea). This country is in northeastern Asia and occupies the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. South Korea is bounded on the north by North Korea; on the east by the East Sea (Sea of Japan); on the south bye the Korea Strait, which also separates it from Japan; and on the west by the Yellow Sea. It …showed first 75 words of 1410 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1410 total…Korean masters of all martial arts understandings met and decided to call their nations unified art Tang-So-Do, and in 1955 changing it to Kong-Soo-Do; both of these groups failing to maintain full support. In 1959 the Korean masters met again and decided to call their nation unified art Tae-Soo-Do, and in 1964 the Korean masters agreed upon the final name for their new form of Korean martial art, Tae-Kwon-Do, the fighting art of hand and foot. Word Count: 1431