Physiotherapy in Korea

Korea is an ancient land, with a proud history of civilisation stretching back 43 centuries. It is a very beautiful country and its Japanese name "Chosun" or "Land of the Morning Calm" conjures up pictures of the morning mist floating down the narrow, winding terraced valleys, the rugged peaks above clear in the crisp, brilliant morning light. But it is also a tragic country as much of its history is of war - between Korea and her powerful neighbours, China and Japan, or between China and Japan, with Korea merely the battlefield. Intensely oriental, she is reaching to the West for all the advantages of modern civilisation which she was denied by the Japanese during their occupation from 1911-1945. Fiercely nationalistic, she is torn apart by the tragic division into North and South, along the 38th parallel, the result of the Korean War of 1949-1952.