I re wrote the intro today changing passively voiced sentences to the active voice adding some details from the early to mid 20th century toning down the worst of the superlatives and generally tidying it up I still think Land of the Morning Calm should be removed from the intro as it has a boastful tone Korea s not widely known by this name except among Koreans and it s a misnomer as Korea is not a quiet country An analogy the article on the United States doesn t say Also known as the Land of the Free Some terms such as full democracy are also not widely used in English The sources show that they are in fact terms only used by individual bodies such as The Economist magazine I left most of these things in as I didn t want my edits to be too controversial Comments welcome