South Korea

South Korea

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia. It extends over the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and includes the adjacent islands. It borders North Korea to its north along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul metropolitan area, the world's ninth most populous metropolitan area; its other major cities are Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early seventh century BC. From the mid first century BC, various polities consolidated into the rival kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla. The latter eventually unified most of the peninsula for the first time in the late seventh century CE, while Balhae succeeded Goguryeo in the north.

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• Entity:  Infobox

• Capital:  Seoul
• Official languages:  Korean (Pyojuneo), Korean Sign Language
• Religion:  51% No Religion, 31% Christianity, 20% Protestant, 11% Catholic, 17% Buddhism, 2% Other
• Demonym:  South Korean, Korean
• Currency:  Korean Republic Won (₩)
• Legislature:  National Assembly
• Wikidata description:  Country In East Asia
• Wikidata label:  South Korea
• Wikidata aliases:  South Korea, Republic Of Korea, Rep. Korea, S. Korea, Korea Republic, Hanguk, Daehan Minguk, Daehanminguk, Korea (South), Choson, Silla

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