South Korea
South Korea (officially Republic of Korea) is a country in Eastern Asia, with its capital at Seoul, and is home to roughly 51.8M people.
Korean is the official language; the currency in circulation is South Korean won (₩); people from here are called South Korean.
- »South Korea has among the fastest average internet speeds in the world.
- »Around 70% of the country is mountainous.
South Korea has exactly one neighbour: North Korea to the north.
Seoul has been the capital for over 600 years, since the Joseon dynasty. Its name simply means 'capital' in Korean.
97,153 km² (37,511 sq mi), 106th largest of 198 countries and territories on file, almost exactly the size of Liberia.
Population 51,751,065, 29th of 198 on file. That averages 533 per km² (1,380 per sq mi).
The Taegukgi is unusually philosophical: the central circle is the taeguk, balance of opposing forces, and the four trigrams at the corners represent heaven, earth, fire and water.