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♥One of the most beautiful groups of people on the planet are Koreans.

Korea is one of the most ethnically homogeneous nations in the world (mainly due to its geographical isolation and endogamous culture in the past). However, South Korea is rapidly becoming a multicultural society.

Genetically and linguistically Koreans (Altaic) are different from Chinese (Sino-Tibetan). Genetically Japanese are mainly half Korean and half Chinese, and their language shares the same root with Korean. Chinese are also made up of many different ethnic groups. However, Koreans are one of a kind.

♥Koreans are the tallest people in Asia:

Average male height
Korean: 174.2 cm (5' 8.6")
Turkish: 173.74 cm (5' 8.4")
Japanese: 171.51 cm (5' 7.5")
Chinese: 170.2 cm (5' 7.0")
Indian: 164.5 cm (5' 4.8")

Average female height
Korean: 163.3 cm (5' 3.2")
Turkish: 161.4 cm (5' 3.5")
Chinese: 158.6 cm (5' 2.5")
Japanese: 155.04 cm (5' 0.1")
Indian: 152.0 cm (4' 11.9")

♥Koreans are also the smartest people:

South Korea has the highest national IQ in the world. Also with the world's highest scientific literacy and 2nd highest mathematical literacy, naturally South Korea is the world's technology superpower with a high-tech and futuristic infrastructure. (South Korea was the 1st country in the world to provide high-speed internet access to every primary, junior, and high school, and is No.1 country in terms of innovation.)

♥Koreans are the best athletes of Asia:

The population of South Korea is No.25 in the world, yet it ranked No.7 at the 2008 Olympics. Most of the top 6 countries have by far larger population than that of Korea. (It ranked No.2 among Asian countries at the 2008 Games, second only to China. Especially at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, Korea was the only Asian, and the only non-subpolar zone and non-Alpine country to be among the Top 5, beating even China.) Taekwondo, the world's most popular martial art, also originated in Korea.

♥Koreans are also the most moral, global-minded, broad-minded, hard-working, democratic, and peace-loving peoples in Asia:

Since ancient times Korea has been known as "Eastern Nation of Decorum (東方禮儀之國)" by Chinese. Koreans now make up the largest group of foreign students in the US. (For example, Harvard University has more Korean students than students from any foreign country except Canada and the UK.) Nowadays around 30% of the population are Christian, and 23% are Buddhist. (It is the 2nd largest missionary sending nation on earth, after the US.)

Koreans performed "Miracle on the Han River" and transformed South Korea from the poorest country in the world (after the Korean War) into one of the wealthiest in one generation. (With very little natural resources, South Korea is a member of the "Trillion Dollar Club", and one of the world's top 10 exporters. Its Gyeongsang Province, for example, is the richest region in Asia.) South Koreans enjoy an exceptionally high living standard in Asia and have a higher life expectancy than the Americans, British and Germans, for example.

Only South Korea has a "fully functioning modern democracy" with balanced left-wing liberals and right-wing conservatives in Asia.

♥♥Because of all above, South Korean mainstream culture is highly popular throughout Asia, and increasingly in North and South Americas, Europe, and the Middle East in a phenomenon called "the KOREAN WAVE (aka Hallyu 한류 韓流)":

South Korea is one of only three countries in the world to watch more domestic films than imports. (The other two countries are the US and India.) BoA is the only non-Japanese and one of only two artists in Japan to have first six consecutive No.1 albums on the Oricon charts in the history of Japan. South Korean programs on Chinese government TV networks account for more than all other foreign programs combined.

CNN: "'James Dean of Asia': Korean Idol Lee Byung-Hun Makes Waves Overseas" (November 26, 2008)

Harvard University Gazette: "Friendly Wave Hits Asia: The cultural 'Korean Wave' is analyzed, enjoyed at the Kennedy School" (February 22, 2007)

The Washington Post: "Japanese Women Catch the 'Korean Wave'" (August 31, 2006)

The New York Times: "China's Youth Look to Seoul for Inspiration" (January 2, 2006)

The International Herald Tribune: "A Rising Korean Wave: If Seoul Sells It, China Craves It" (January 10, 2006)