Korean Republic
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Republic of Korea
대한민국 大韓民國 Daehan Minguk |
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Motto: "홍익인간 (弘益人間)" (Korean) (de facto)
"Benefit broadly in the human world/Devotion to the Welfare of Humanity" |
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Area controlled by the Republic of Korea shown in dark green; claimed but uncontrolled regions shown in light green.
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| Capital and largest city |
Seoul 37°33′N 126°58′E / 37.550°N 126.967°E |
| Official languages |
Korean Korean Sign Language |
| Official script | Hangul |
| Ethnic groups | No official statistics |
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| Demonym | |
| Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic |
| Moon Jae-in | |
| Lee Nak-yeon | |
| Chung Sye-kyun | |
| Yang Sung-tae | |
| Legislature | National Assembly |
| Formation | |
| c. 7th century BC | |
| 18 BC | |
| 698 | |
| 918 | |
| 1392 | |
| August 29, 1910 | |
| March 1, 1919 | |
| April 13, 1919 | |
| August 15, 1945 | |
| August 15, 1948 | |
| February 25, 1988 | |
| Area | |
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• Total
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100,210 km2 (38,690 sq mi) |
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• Water (%)
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0.3 (301 km2 / 116 mi2) |
| Population | |
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• 2017 estimate
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51,446,201 (27th) |
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• Density
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507/km2 (1,313.1/sq mi) (23rd) |
| GDP (PPP) | 2017 estimate |
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• Total
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$2.029 trillion (13th) |
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• Per capita
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$39,446 (28th) |
| GDP (nominal) | 2017 estimate |
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• Total
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$1,498 trillion (11th) |
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• Per capita
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$29,114 (27th) |
| Gini (2015) | 29.5 low |
| HDI (2015) |
 0.901very high · 18th |
| Currency | South Korean won (₩) (KRW) |
| Time zone | Korea Standard Time (UTC+9) |
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| Drives on the | right |
| Calling code | +82 |
| Patron saint | St. Andrew Kim Taegon |
| ISO 3166 code | KR |
| Internet TLD | |
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Website
www |
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| South Korea | |
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"South Korea" in Hangul (top) and Hanja (bottom) scripts.
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| Hangul | |
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| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Hanguk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hanguk |
| Republic of Korea | |
| Hangul | |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Daehan Min-guk |
| McCune–Reischauer | Taehan Min’guk |
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