"For such a small country it ranks 109th in the world for total area, right behind Iceland, South Korea sure is in the news a lot. Occasionally that news is grim something to do with a troublesome cousin across the border. Sometimes it's pure mainstream pop a bunch of cute singers taking down Lady Gaga on the world stage. Sometimes it's just plain astonishing no one throws out the first pitch at a baseball game with as much panache as South Koreans." (Quoted from article)