  Please read!  K.W. Lee  Jeannie Park Executive editor, People
magazine  Angela Oh Activist and attorney  Shinae Chun Women’s
Bureau, U.S. Dept. of Labor      Photo credit: Hugh Tallsman
Photo credit: Hugh Tallsman        Korea is a small country in
Asia, surrounded by China to the west and north, Russia to the
north, and Japan to the east. Since the end of the Korean War in
1953, the mountainous peninsula of Korea has been divided into
two countries, the People’s Republic of Korea to the north and
the Republic of Korea to the south. They are also known today as
simply North Korea and South Korea.  Korean history is rich in
cultural and artistic achievements. For example, Koreans
invented the movable type printing press using woodblocks around
700 A.D. They invented metal-movable type printing around 1200,
which was 200 years before Johannes Gutenberg printed his famous
Bible.  Korea is also known throughout the world for its
distinctive celadon pottery, found in museums across the
continents.  While Korea h