Republic of Korea
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Capital and largest city | Seoul 37°33′N 126°58′E / 37.550°N 126.967°E |
Official languages | Korean English Korean Sign Language |
Ethnic groups | Predominantly Korean, no official statistics |
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Demonym(s) | |
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
Moon Jae-in (문재인 ; 文在寅) | |
Kim Boo-kyum (김부겸 ; 金富謙) | |
Park Byeong-seug | |
Kim Myeong-soo | |
Yoo Nam-seok | |
Legislature | National Assembly |
Establishment history | |
c. 7th century BC | |
1 March 1919 | |
11 April 1919 | |
• Independence from Japan | 15 August 1945 |
• US administration of Korea south of the 38th parallel | 8 September 1945 |
15 August 1948 | |
25 February 1988 | |
• Admitted to the UN | 17 September 1991 |
Area | |
• Total | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (107th) |
• Water (%) | 0.3 (301 km2 / 116 mi2) |
Population | |
• 2019 estimate | 51,709,098 (27th) |
• Density | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1850: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). (13th) |
GDP (PPP) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $2.418 trillion (14th) |
• Per capita | $46,451 (29th) |
GDP (nominal) | 2020 estimate |
• Total | $1.626 trillion (12th) |
• Per capita | $31,246 (27th) |
Gini (2016) | ▼ 35.7 medium · 93rd |
HDI (2018) | 0.906 very high · 22nd |
Currency | Korean Republic won (₩) (KRW) |
Time zone | UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time) |
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Mains electricity | 220V–60 Hz |
Driving side | right |
Calling code | +82 |
ISO 3166 code | KR |
Internet TLD |
South Korea | |
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Hangul | 남한 |
Hanja | 南韓 |
Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Namhan |
McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Namhan |
North Korean name | |
Hangul | 남조선 |
Hanja | 南朝鮮 |
Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Namjoseon |
McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Namchosŏn |
Korea | |
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Hangul | 한국 |
Hanja | 韓國 |
Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Han(-)guk |
McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Han’guk |
North Korean name | |
Hangul | 조선 |
Hanja | 朝鮮 |
Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Joseon |
McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Chosŏn |
Republic of Korea | |
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Hangul | 대한민국 |
Hanja | 大韓民國 |
Revised Romanization | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Daehan Min(-)guk |
McCune–Reischauer | <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">Taehan Min’guk |
South Korea is a country in the southern part of the Korean peninsula, in the north east region of Asia. The capital city is Seoul. The official name of South Korea is the Republic of Korea in English, 대한민국 (Daehan Minguk) in Korean writing (Hangeul), and 大韓民國 in Chinese characters (Hanja). About half of the country's people live in its capital city, Seoul, or near the city in the metropolitan area. Korea's Seoul metropolitan area is one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. In fact, some sources say it is the second most populous after Tokyo, Japan. Recently, South korea has become a significant cultural power, largely due to bands like BTS, korean drama, as well as its economic miracle.
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