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