South Korea Country Info - Asia

Description and Basic Information

South Korea with its capital Seoul is located in Asia (Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea). It covers some 98,481 square kilometres (slightly larger than Indiana) with 48,422,644 citizens. Korean and English are the the languages commonly used by the people in South Korea. North Korea is a bordering country.

South Koreais a country in East Asia. In recent years, a phenomenon known as the Korean Wave (or Hallyu) in which the popularity of South Korean film, television, music, food and other culture aspects has swept most of Asia and many other parts of the world has brought increased attention to the country.

Pictures from Capital (Seoul)

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About South Korea

The landscape features mostly hills and mountains and wide coastal plains in west and south. The average density of population is about 491 per km². The climate in South Korea can be described as temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter. Potential threats by nature are occasional typhoons bring high winds and floods or low-level seismic activity common in southwest.

To reach someone in South Korea dial +82 prior to a number. There are 19,289,000 installed telephones. And there are 47,944,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".kr". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 220V - 60Hz. The following list are the 16 regions/states in South Korea we know off.

Demographic Statistics

In the year 2010, the total Korean population grew at a rate of 0.26% (or by 124,995 citizens). With 299,112 deaths and 424,107 babies born, the natural increase rate lies at 0.26%. 0 persons more in total immigrated to the country than emmigrated.

An overview of age distribution in South Korea: Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Based on content from wikitravel.org. The original article can be found here based on the work of these users.
Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.