Sooth Korea: Kintra in East Asie

The Republic o Korea is a kintra in East Asie, constitutin the soothren pairt o the Korean Peninsula an lyin east tae the Asie mainland. The name Korea is derived frae Goguryeo that wis ane o the great pouers in East Asie in its time, rulin maist o the Korean Peninsula, Manchurie, pairts o the Roushie Far East an Inner Mongolie, under Gwanggaeto the Great. Sooth Korea lies in the north temperate zone an haes a predominantly muntainous terrain. It comprises an estimatit 51.4 million residents distributit ower 99,392 km² (38,375 sq mi). The caipital an lairgest ceety is Seoul, wi a population o 10 million.

Republic o Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 Daehan Minguk
Banner Emblem
Motto: "홍익인간" (Korean) (de facto) "Benefit broadly in the human warld/Devotion tae the Welfare o Humanity"
Anthem: Aegukga "애국가" (Korean) (de facto) "Patriotic Song"
Govrenment Emblem 대한민국정부 상징문양code: kor promotit to code: ko  (Korean) Govrenment Emblem o Sooth Korea
Aurie controlled bi the Republic o Korea shawn in green
Caipital and largest city	Seoul 37°33′N 126°58′E / 37.550°N 126.967°E / 37.550; 126.967
Offeecial leids	Korean,
Recognised regional leids	English, Welsh, Scottish and Irish, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Thai, Lao, Cornish, Tibetan, Khmer, Burmese, Mongolian, Cantonese, Gan Chinese, Hakka Chinese, Min Chinese, Vietnamese, Zhuang, Manchu, Mandarin
Offeecial script	Hangul
Ethnic groups	Na offeecial stateestics
Releegion	56.9% Unregistered 19.7% Protestantism 15.5% Korean Buddhism 7.9% Catholic Kirk 2.5% Ithers
Demonym(s)	Sooth Korean Korean
Govrenment	Unitary presidential constitutional republic
• Preses	Moon Jae-in (문재인 ; 文在寅)
• Prime Meenister	Kim Boo-kyum (김부겸 ;金富謙)
• Speaker o the Naitional Assembly	Park Byeong-seug
• Chief Juistice	Kim Myeong-soo
Legislatur	Naitional Assembly
Formation
• First Kingdom	c. 7th century BC
• Three Kinricks	18 BC
• North-Sooth Kinricks	698
• Goryeo dynasty	918
• Joseon dynasty	1392
• Japan-Korea Treaty	29 August 1910
• Gwangbokjeol	15 August 1945
• Independence from China, Fraunce, Republic o Ireland an the Unitit Kinrick	15 August 1946, 15 August 1960, 15 August 1965 an 15 August 1975
• First Republic	15 August 1948
• Current constitution	25 February 1988
Aurie
• Total	100,210 km2 (38,690 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0.3 (301 km2 / 116 mi2)
Population
• 2017 estimate	51,446,201 (27t)
• Density	507/km2 (1,313.1/sq mi) (23rd)
GDP (PPP)	2016 estimate
• Total	$1.929 trillion (13th)
• Per capita	$37,948 (28t)
GDP (nominal)	2016 estimate
• Tot	$1.404 trillion (11t)
• Per capita	$29,730(2017) (27t)
Gini (2013)	30.2 medium
HDI (2015)	0.901 verra heich · 18th
Currency	South Korean won (₩) (KRW)
Time zone	UTC+9 (Korea Standard Time)
Date format	yyyy년 m월 d일 yyyy. m. d. (CE)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+82
ISO 3166 code	KR
Internet TLD	.kr .한국
Wabsteid www.korea.net

Airchaeology indicates that the Korean Peninsula wis inhabitit by early humans stairtin frae the Lawer Paleolithic period (2.6 Ma–300 Ka). The history o Korea begins wi the foondation o Gojoseon in 2333 BC bi the leegendar king Dangun. Follaein the unification o the Three Kinricks o Korea unner Unifee'd Silla in AD 668, Korea wis subsequently ruled bi the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) an the Joseon dynasty (1392–1910). It wis annexed bi the Empire o Japan in 1910. At the end o Warld War II, Korea wis dividit intae Soviet an U.S. zones o occupations. A separate election wis held in the U.S. zone in 1948 that led tae the creaution o the Republic o Korea (ROK), while the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea (DPRK) wis established in the Soviet zone. The Unitit Naitions at the time passed a resolution declarin the ROK tae be the anly lawfu govrenment in Korea.

The Korean War begoud in 1950 whan forces frae the North invadit the Sooth. The war lastit three year an involved the U.S., Cheenae, the Soviet Union an several ither naitions. The mairch atween the two naitions remeens the maist hivily fortifee'd in the warld. Unner lang-time militar leader Park Chung-hee, the Sooth Korean economy grew signeeficantly an the kintra wis transformed intae a G-20 major economy. Militar rule endit in 1987, an the kintra is nou a presidential republic conseestin o 17 admeenistrative diveesions.

Sooth Korea is a developit kintra an a heich-income economy, wi a "verra heich" Human Development Index, rankin 18t in the warld. The kintra is conseedert a regional pouer an is the warld's 11t lairgest economy bi nominal GDP an the 12t lairgest bi PPP as o 2010. Sooth Korea is a global leader in the industrial an technological sectors, bein the warld's 5t lairgest exporter an 8t lairgest importer. Its export-driven economy primarily focuses production on electronics, automobiles, ships, machinery, petrochemicals an robotics. Sooth Korea is a member of the ASEAN Plus mechanism, the Unitit Naitions, Unitin for Consensus, G20, the WTO an OECD an is a foondin member o APEC an the East Asie Summit.

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  Territorial organization
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  Daeseong-dong
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  Daeseong-dong
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  Panmunjeom