. . "\"Republic of Korea\" in Hangul and Hanja scripts."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Korea-Haeinsa-Tripitaka Koreana-01.jpg"@en . . . . "2.436E12"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Hongik Ingan\" (de facto)" . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . "border|85px|"@en . . . . . "0.3"^^ . . . . . . . "+9"@en . . . "The Daegu Metro Line 3 monorail"@en . . . . . . "1919-04-11"^^ . . . . . . "Republic of Korea"@en . . . . . "north"@en . "c. 7th century BCE"@en . . . . . . . "Land controlled by the Republic of Korea shown in dark green; land claimed but uncontrolled shown in light green."@en . "19.7"^^ . . . . "1991-09-17"^^ . . . . . . . . "Incheon International Airport's Maglev station"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "34.5"^^ . . . "Bank of Korea 20070103.jpg"@en . . . . "2019"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "56.1"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Lotte World Tower in Songpa-gu, Seoul, is the tallest building in South Korea and the 5th tallest in the world."@en . . . . . . . . . . "right"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Namhan"@en . . "Namhan"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "December 2017"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2021"^^ . "2021"^^ . ""@en . . . . . . . "507.0"^^ . "Namjoseon"@en . . "34.5"^^ . . . . "300"^^ . . . . . . "Flag of South Korea.svg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "constitutional republic"@en . . . . . . . "Namchos\u014Fn"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "0.916"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "0.916"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Joseon"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2019"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . "Centered taegeuk on a white rectangle inclusive of four black trigrams"@en . . . . . "History of Korea-Inter-country Age-830 CE.gif"@en . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . "Republic of Korea"@en . . . . "South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. About 25 million people, around half of the country's population of 51 million, live in the Seoul Capital Area."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1.00362e+11"^^ . . . . . ""@en . . . ""@en . . "Balhae and Silla , circa 830 CE"@en . . . "100363"^^ . . . . . . . "51709098"^^ . "DodgerBlue"@en . . . . . . . . "no"@en . . "100363.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "DarkOrchid"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "yes"@en . "khaki"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . "Black"@en . . "36.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "Emblem"@en . . . . . . . . . . "The Tripitaka Koreana \u2014 the Buddhist canon carved onto roughly 80,000 woodblocks and stored at Haeinsa, also a UNESCO World Heritage Site"@en . . . . "capital"@en . . . . . . . . "15.5"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "yyyy. m. d."@en . . . . . . "1.806E12"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . "0.3"^^ . . . . "Related articles"@en . . . "The Samsung headquarters in Samsung Town, located in Seocho-gu, Seoul"@en . . . . . . . "47027.0"^^ . . . . . "13"^^ . . . . . . . "South Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Chos\u014Fn"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "SelectedTeachingsofBuddhistSagesandSonMasters1377.jpg"@en . . . . "Incheon Airport Maglev.jpg"@en . . "yyyy\uB144 m\uC6D4 d\uC77C"@en . . . . . . . . . . "Taehan Min\u2019guk"@en . . . . "250"^^ . . . . . . . . . "DarkRed"@en . . . . . . . . . "Korean"@en . . . . . "1948-08-15"^^ . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . "23.0"^^ . . . "220"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Centered taegeuk on a hibiscus syriacus surrounded by five stylized petals and a ribbon"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Hongik Ingan\""@en . . . . . "27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . "ko4, ko3"@en . . "Religion in South Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "7.9"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "right"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "34866.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Hanguk"@en . . . . . . . . "14"^^ . "10"^^ . . . . . "28"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "28"^^ . . . . "South Korean"@en . . "KRW"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "128.0"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "2019"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Irreligious"@en . . . . "Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Emblem of South Korea.svg"@en . . . . . "South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. About 25 million people, around half of the country's population of 51 million, live in the Seoul Capital Area. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Silla and Balhae in the late 7th century, Korea was ruled by the Goryeo dynasty (918\u20131392) and the Joseon dynasty (1392\u20131897). The succeeding Korean Empire was annexed in 1910 into the Empire of Japan. Japanese rule in Korea ended following the former's surrender in World War II, after which Korea was divided into two zones; a northern zone occupied by the Soviet Union and a southern zone occupied by the United States. After negotiations on reunification failed, the latter became the Republic of Korea in August 1948 while the former became North Korea. In 1950, a North Korean invasion began the Korean War, which saw extensive United States-led U.N. intervention in support of the South, while China intervened to support the North with Soviet assistance. After the war's end in 1953, the country's economy began to soar, recording the fastest rise in average GDP per capita in the world between 1980 and 1990. The June Struggle led to the end of authoritarian rule in 1987 and the country is now considered among the most advanced democracies in Asia, with the highest level of press freedom. However, corruption and political scandals have become growing problems in recent years; all three living former South Korean presidents have been sentenced to prison for various crimes ranging from abuse of authority to bribery and embezzlement; with two still currently serving their sentences. South Korea is a developed country and is ranked as the seventh-highest country on the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Asia and Oceania region. Its economy ranks as the world's tenth-largest by nominal GDP. Its citizens enjoy one of the world's fastest Internet connection speeds and the densest high-speed railway network. The country is the world's fifth-largest exporter and eighth-largest importer. South Korea was in 2017 the world's 7th largest emitter of carbon emissions and the 5th largest emitter per capita. Since the 21st century, South Korea has been renowned for its globally influential pop culture, particularly in music (K-pop), TV dramas and cinema, a phenomenon referred to as the Korean Wave. It is a member of the OECD's Development Assistance Committee, the G20, and the Paris Club."@en . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Other"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "KRW" . . . . . . . "left"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "27"^^ . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "38750"^^ . . . "1.00363e+11"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The Bank of Korea, the central bank of the South Korea and issuer of the South Korean won"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Front view of Seokguram from front chamber.jpg"@en . . . "(Korean:" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Admitted to the UN"@en . . . . "4.9"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "(English: \"To broadly benefit the human world\")" . . . . . . . "507.0"^^ . . . . . . "US administration of Korea south of the 38th parallel"@en . . . . . . . . . "+82" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1055847970"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Daegu Metro Line 3.jpg"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1988-02-25"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Seokguram Grotto from the Silla era, a UNESCO World Heritage Site"@en . . . . . . "+9" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Aegukga\""@en . . . . . . "107"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Han\u2019guk"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "507"^^ . . . . . . . "282251"^^ . . . . "South Korea Product Exports .svg"@en . . . . . . "51709098"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "100362.03927552"^^ . . . "Helicopter view of Seoul.jpg"@en . . ")" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "decrease"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Daehan Minguk"@en . . . "2018"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ""@en . . . . . . . . . "1107"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Republic of Korea"@en . . . "1919-03-01"^^ . . . . . . . . "Surrender of Japan"@en . "South Korea"@en . . "Republic of Korea .svg"@en . "The oldest surviving metal movable type book, the Jikji, was printed in 1377, and Goryeo created the world's first metal-based movable type in 1234."@en . . . . . . . . . . "South Korea developed the HEMU 430X high-speed train, which can travel at over 430 km/h , making South Korea the world's fourth country after France, Japan and China to develop a high-speed train running above 420 km/h on conventional rails."@en . . "right"@en . . . "Yellow"@en . . "vertical"@en . . . . "Samsung headquarters.jpg"@en . . "0.8"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "95.1"^^ . . . "HEMU-430X Test run.jpg"@en . "1945-08-15"^^ . . . . . . . "36.0 128.0" . "1945-09-08"^^ . . . . . . . . "2015"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "27019"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Graphical depiction of South Korea's product exports in 28 color-coded categories"@en . . . . "increase"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .