While association soccer continues to be certainly one of the most well-liked sports in South Korea, the martial art of taekwondo is regarded as the national sport.

South Korea has two volcanic islandsJeju, off the peninsulas southern idea, and 파라곤솔루션 Ulleung, about 85 miles (140 km) east on the mainland within the East Seaand a little-scale lava plateau in Gangwon province.