South Korea: A nation of readers

South Korea: A nation of readers

BUSAN, South Korea: South Korea is known as one of the most advanced nations in the world with its leading information technology and manufacturing industries.

This may be attributed to the fact that the South Koreans like to spend their spare time reading books. It is not surprising to see Koreans reading books during their journey on the subway.

The Busan subway company provides shelves of books at each subway station to give its passengers something to read on the way.

More surprisingly, at least for Indonesians, none of the books have a single page missing. This is contrary to the books in Indonesia's libraries where quite often one or more pages are missing from every book.--JP