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1. How many children did your grandparnets have? What about your parents? How many children do you want to have?

My parental grandparents had 5 sons and daughters, but one of them was died when he was a child. So now they have only 4 sibilngs. For mathernal grandperents have only 3 sibilngs.

And I have only 1 sibling who is a girl.

Maybe.. because I've grown up in a small family without big relatives and big family events, i want to have really big family. 4 sons and daughters i wish. If I can, i will adopt one baby.

2. what is the population of your country? what impact does the population have on the quality of life there?

South Korea's population is 49,024,737, 24th in the world. North korea's population is 23,301,725, 48th in the world.(wekipedia, 2007 research)

To add both populations of South korea and north korea's it becomes 18th in the world.

I didn't realized the impact before coming to canada, before meeting people who come from other countries. Foreigners did not rush like korean. They are more kind. I think because we have so many people in small land, we are more competitive, and rush to get something before others get no matter what it is.

3. Has there been a significant population shift in your country from rural areas to urban areas? IF yes, what are the consequeces?

Yes, we have it. Ever since Korean War, people have moved to capital, Seoul. Seoul has one out of four population of South Korea.

It becames center of economic, administration, politics, even entertainment, everything. AS a result, buildings and land in seoul are so expensive, so that habitants are moving into suburb.
It caused severe congestion everyday. Every single person suffer to commute to work, and school.