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It is a country in northern South America , bordering Guyana , Brazil , and French Guiana, and has territorial disputes with them .[3] The capital is Paramaribo . The land area is approximately 163,821㎢, which is smaller than the area of ​​the Korean Peninsula and 1.6 times larger than the area of ​​South Korea.[4] The population is 586,348 as of 2020 , with two-thirds of the population living in and around the capital Paramaribo. Although it is the smallest country in South America , this is because South American countries are very large.

The etymology of the country's name is the name that a British explorer took from Surinen, the name of an indigenous Indian tribe that lived in the area, and in Dutch , it sounds similar to 'Shirinamer'.

The flag of Suriname was established at the same time as independence in 1975. Red represents love and progress, white represents justice and peace, green represents national fertility, and yellow stars represent unity among the various races of Suriname .

Since blacks , Indians , and Muslims who migrated to provide labor force during the early colonial period formed the mainstream , it is classified as an African - Indo - Muslim cultural zone in South America along with neighboring Guyana and French Guiana .

It is the only country in South America that does not border a Spanish-speaking country. Guyana is English-speaking, Brazil is Portuguese-speaking, and French Guiana is a French-speaking region.

The forest cover of 94.9% of the country is the highest in the world and ranks first among independent countries.[5] Tropical rainforest covers most of the country . For this reason, the uninhabited area is 98%, and only 2% of the area is inhabited. The inland Central Suriname Nature Conservation Area has been recognized for its value by UNESCO It is registered as a World Natural Heritage . Due to its dense forests and low population density, it is the only country along with Bhutan that absorbs more carbon than it emits .

It is located in the Guiana Highlands near the equator , so it has a tropical rainforest climate . The capital Paramaribo's average annual temperature is 27℃, annual precipitation is 2,220mm, and the average monthly precipitation is around 90 - 290mm throughout the year, with no distinct dry season.

It was one of the world's leading producers of bauxite , along with neighboring Guyana to the west . However, in 2017, Alcoa, an American company that operates bauxite mines in Suriname, closed its mines and smelters in response to falling international raw material prices, taking a huge hit economically # . Gold is currently the largest export commodity.

Moreover, most of the southern Atlantic Ocean consists of mud marshes and mangrove forests, making it very difficult to build a large-scale port.

Originally, Suriname (formerly Dutch Guiana), Guyana (formerly British Guiana), French Guiana , Guayana of Venezuela (Spanish Guiana), and Brazil 's Amapa Province (Portuguese Guiana) were all called the Guiana region since ancient times. It was one area. The Dutch Empire owned it along with Guyana .[6] Britain , which occupied Guyana, also took over Suriname.[7] It was later taken over by the Dutch Empire, and was greatly influenced by the Netherlands during its colonial period . When it was a Dutch dependency , it was called ' Netherlands -Guiana'. 1954 From December 15, it gained autonomy and became a member of the Netherlands under the name Suriname , and in 1975 It became independent from the Netherlands on November 25 .[8]

Due to the failure of the economic policies of the first Prime Minister Henck AE Arron (1973-1980), unemployment reached a peak and approximately one-third of Suriname's population immigrated to the Netherlands . Eventually, Aaron was overthrown in a coup on February 25, 1980.[9] During the Cold War , under the leadership of Bauterser, who took power through a coup d'état in 1980 , he took steps that were close to pro-communism, and at this time, the United States directly planned to overthrow the Suriname government. The South Korean military tried to cover up the US intervention. There are also testimonies that there was an attempt to mobilize special forces .[10] In the memoir 『Turmoil and Triumph』, former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz says, 'In the early 1980s, when Bauterser, the dictator of the Republic of Suriname in Latin America, planned to turn Suriname into a Cuban- style communist state , 50 to 175 Koreans based in Venezuela It introduces the secret story that Schultz himself resolutely stopped the CIA 's plan to mobilize and eliminate special forces . Article link , Google book link However, it was not put into practice. Instead of Suriname, the target of the anti-communist plan led by Reagan was Grenada , which was relatively small, had a coup at the right time, and had a clearer justification because Cuba was behind it .

Bouterser did not actually take office as president after a coup in 1980 , but he conducted dictatorship as the real power, illegally executed opponents in Fort Zeelandia, suppressed a rebellion by blacks (Maroons), and carried out dictatorship in the village of Moibana. They committed acts of oppression of human rights, although on a small scale, such as massacres of civilians . Bouterser stepped down in 1992, but won the 2010 election and became president again, and in 2020 He served as President of Suriname until 16 July . In 2019, a Surinamese court sentenced President Bauterser to 20 years in prison for massacre # , and President Bauterser appeared at the court in military uniform to appeal.

In the general elections held in May 2020, the ruling National Democratic Party (NDP) was defeated by the opposition Progressive Reform Party ( PRP). The government was replaced by the election of Santoki as vice president and Ronnie Brunsbeek, a former Maroon rebel. #

Based on the Surinnam Constitution, which was enacted in 1987 , there is a DE NATIONALE SEORE ASSEMBLée, and a candidate who gained more than two -thirds of votes for presidential elections will be elected president . If there is no candidate for more than two -thirds, an integrated people's meeting consisting of parliament and all local councils will be elected as president. And he forms a cabinet and serves as head of the head of the state and the government.

The main political parties are the Progressive Reform Party , the People's Democratic Party, and the Surinamese People's Party .

The parliamentary elections originally implemented a proportional representation system for each region. However, in the 2020 general election, even though the small party A20 had sufficient votes due to the distribution of seats in the constituency, which was not proportional to the population, the constitutional petition was made in 2022, and the Constitutional Court made an unconstitutional ruling on the current election law. As a result, the Election Act was amended and the national proportional representation system was introduced from the 2025 general election.

The Surinam Army is the armed forces of Suriname, and was created after the withdrawal of Dutch troops following Suriname's independence from the Netherlands in 1975. The size is about 2,000 people inside.

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There are many Christians (48.4%) in South America , but there are also many Hindus (23.1%) and Muslims (13.9%) . For this reason, it is also a member of the Islamic Cooperation Organization . This is the Netherlands In colonial days, Indonesians in East India This is because workers have embraced a large number of Indian immigrants in British India during the British colonies. For this reason, society is still differentiated into Christian white, black, Hindus, Muslims , and indie native people, and multicultural culture that smoothly integrates it is an important national task. That's why Islamic holidays, Id Alpitre , Id Aldha , and Hindu holiday, Diwali, are also holidays with Christmas and Easter .

Most of the Surin -nam's population is black[11] , Black and white mixed race . And about 30%are Indians and 10% are Java . The proportion of Chinese residents is less than 1%, but they account for about 6 to 7/7 of the economy of the Surinity. The reason why they had economic power was that they were from tenant farmers who had suffered all kinds of hardships because they had no land in the past. Chinese -Chinese politics There is a party that operates based on Chinese people .[12] And there are so many black-Chinese mixed race . The majority are guests and Guangdong .

Today, the number of Surinames living in mainland Suriname and the population living in the Netherlands is 5:3.

There is a drug problem caused by drug cartels , which is common in Central and South America . There are many cases of people being caught collaborating with the Dutch mafia , Penose , to smuggle drugs into Europe .[13] Former President Desi Wouterser , who led the military regime in the 1980s, was sentenced in absentia in the Netherlands in 1999 to 11 years in prison for drug trafficking, but instead of going to prison, he continued to work as a politician in Suriname and served as president from 2010 to 2020. In 2019, during his administration, 2,300 kg of cocaine was intercepted at the Port of Paramaribo while being smuggled from Suriname to Europe. # Current Suriname vice president Ronnie Brunsbeek, who participated in rebel activities against Bauterse during the Suriname civil war in the 1980s and 1990s, is also suspected of engaging in large-scale drug dealing to fund the organization.

There is also the true story of Cho Bong-haeng, a Korean-Surinamese who was called the drug lord of an international drug trafficking organization that trafficked drugs from Suriname to the Netherlands on a large scale . # , # Suriname (drama) based on this anecdote was released through Netflix . As the drama became popular, some Surinamese people and the Surinamese government expressed their displeasure.

In fact, according to the responses of Korean residents, security was unstable until the 1990s, but now it is said to be stable. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs data also introduces Suriname as generally safer than other Latin American countries thanks to the government's active tourism promotion policy . Suriname is relatively free from wars and civil wars caused by cartels and rebels. However, foreign tourists need to be aware of pickpockets , robberies , and sex crimes .

The official language is Dutch . Despite the fact that the Netherlands once built a global empire, the only former colony where Dutch is still spoken is Suriname (aside from Afrikaans ). As you can see in the photo below, the signs are written in Dutch. Dutch is the native language of 60% of the population of Suriname, and the rest speak Dutch as a second language. Suriname is a member of the Dutch Language Union .



Sranan Tongo, a Dutch-influenced Creole based on English , is the most widely spoken language developed by black slaves. While Dutch is the upper-class language used widely in education and public activities, Sranan Tongo is widely used in everyday conversation. There are other Creole languages ​​developed by a group of runaway slaves called Maroons whose language development process is similar to Sranan Tongo, such as Saramaccan, Ndyuka, Aluku, Paramaccan, Matawai, and Kwinti, but none of them are widely used nationwide like Sranan Tongo. Among these, Njuka is unique as a Creole in that it was developed around 1910 with a writing system consisting of 56 syllabaries called the Afaka alphabet , and Samarrakkan is also the only Creole language in which the proportion of African languages ​​exceeds 50% and has high and low tones. Also, depending on the ethnic group that immigrated to Suriname, there are Hindi , Javanese , etc.[14] , Malay is commonly used within the ethnic group, and although a very small proportion, the indigenous people speak Native American languages. In addition, English , Portuguese , Spanish , and Chinese are known to exist. Geographically, it is close to the Spanish-speaking world and very close to Brazil , so Spanish and Portuguese are often taught, as in Guyana. And the Spanish and Portuguese taught in Suriname are South American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese. Also, French is widely taught because it borders French Guiana.

romance It was more influenced by Caribbean culture than by Latin or Germanic cultures. In fact, in South America, Mercosur is an associate member along with Guyana, but in the case of Caricom , it is a full member. Freedom of residence and movement is recognized only for high-level technicians, like other Caricom countries. Also, unlike other Latin American countries, it is a country with a large influence of Asians such as Indonesia, India, and China.

In terms of food culture, Suriname's own food culture is highly developed and the recipes are diverse. What is unusual is that chicken and lamb are mainly used in cooking rather than pork, and vegetarian diets are developed, which is due to the local religious situation in Suriname. In the case of the Netherlands, Surinamese and Indonesian food culture is more developed than its own food culture, and you can taste Surinamese food anywhere in a big city. Representative dishes include Saoto soep, pandang koekje, fernandes, ajam opor, and moksie alesie. A lot of sweet peanut sauce is used in cooking, and spicy dishes are also developed a lot.

The song Na Wan Ray , known in Korea as Mondergreen , "Please come out" and "Nawarai Nawarai Nawaraiyo" is a song by Sangrapu, a Surinamese band.

In football , he is a South American country and is not a South American football federation , but also a member of the North Korean Caribbean Football Federation . The level difference is too different from the remaining South American countries, so he joined the North -Central America. However, it is the lowest on the basis of North and Central America. For more information about the national team, see the Surin -Nam National Team . However, apart from its national team, Dutch national soccer players, as well as the legend of the Dutch national football team , Ludwitrit , Edga David , Frankray Cart , Clarens Sedorf , Patrick Clawer Bainnal Doom , and Virgil Van Dike Many people are in the descendants .[15] Most of the blacks of the Dutch nationality can be said to be from Surinnam.[16]

In martial arts, Zairzinho Rosenstruk is of Surinamese descent, while Remy Bonjaski , Ernest Hoost and Melvin Manhoff are Surinamese-Dutch.

It is a country with poor sports environment, but it is also the motherland of Anthony Nesti , the first black gold medalist in Olympic history and the 100m butterfly 100m gold medalist at the 1988 Seoul Olympics, who stopped Matt Byondi of the United States from winning six gold medals. The medals Suriname has won in Olympic history are one gold medal and one bronze medal, all won by Nesti alone. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago on November 25, 1967, but immigrated to Suriname at a young age.

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In Korea, videos set in Suriname were produced based on the true story of drug lord Jo Bong-haeng .

A representative example of a movie set in Suriname is The Road Home, which is based on the anecdote of a person who was tricked into being a drug dealer .

On September 9 , 2022 , the Netflix drama Suriname starring Ha Jung-woo and Hwang Jung-min , based on the same incident, was also released. Suriname did not hide its discomfort with the drama, to the extent that the Minister of Foreign Affairs even hinted at legal action against the drama. Although it is based on a true story, it is a natural response since an overseas drama is being aired in the name of one's own country and depicts it as an evil country . Meanwhile, Suriname coach Yoon Jong-bin said in an interview that he would not comment. 'Suriname' director Jong-bin Yoon "Based on a true story... I don't think it's a virtual country" Suriname's protest is 'no comment' [N Interview] ①

In fact, there is almost no chance of winning, because there are already a significant number of works depicting certain countries negatively in the mass media, but there are many cases where no action has been taken. There are many cases of protests against negative portrayals of their countries in creative works, such as Slovakia in <Hostel> , Kazakhstan in <Borat> , and the Dominican Republic in < Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest > , but most of them were in vain. In the case of North Korea , they expressed their displeasure at the caricature of their leader in <Interview> , and when that did not work, they even committed hacking. In fact, it may be unpleasant, but it is true that if you do not respond physically in that way, you cannot legally respond in any way. Also, strictly speaking, the drama is about a Korean criminal running around in Suriname.[17] , like other works mentioned as examples, there is not much room for criticism because it is not about Surinamese locals harming Koreans.

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