74 Facts About Korea Republic

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with North Korea.

Japanese rule ended following the former's surrender in World War II, after which Korea Republic was divided into two zones; a northern zone occupied by the Soviet Union and a southern zone occupied by the United States.

South Korea Republic is a highly developed country and is ranked as the fifth-highest country on the Human Development Index in the Asia and Oceania region.

The modern name of Korea Republic, appears in the first Portuguese maps of 1568 by Joao vaz Dourado as Conrai and later in the late 16th century and early 17th century as Korea Republic in the maps of Teixeira Albernaz of 1630.

Conversely, the official name of North Korea in English, the "Democratic People's Republic of Korea", is a direct translation of the Korean name.

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South Korea Republic was formally invited to become a member of the United Nations in 1991.

Korea Republic's election was significant given that he had in earlier years been a political prisoner sentenced to death.

Korea Republic won against the backdrop of the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, where he took IMF advice to restructure the economy and the nation soon recovered its economic growth, albeit at a slower pace.

South Korea Republic saw another milestone in 2012 with the first ever female president Park Geun-hye elected and assuming office.

Korea Republic's tenure saw an improving political relationship with North Korea, some increasing divergence in the military alliance with the United States, and the successful hosting of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang.

That same year, South Korea Republic recorded more deaths than births, resulting in a population decline for the first time on record.

South Korea Republic can be divided into four general regions: an eastern region of high mountain ranges and narrow coastal plains; a western region of broad coastal plains, river basins, and rolling hills; a southwestern region of mountains and valleys; and a southeastern region dominated by the broad basin of the Nakdong River.

South Korea Republic's terrain is mostly mountainous, most of which is not arable.

The easternmost islands of South Korea Republic include Ulleungdo and Liancourt Rocks, while Marado and Socotra Rock are the southernmost islands of South Korea Republic.

South Korea Republic has 20 national parks and popular nature places like the Boseong Tea Fields, Suncheon Bay Ecological Park, and the first national park of Jirisan.

South Korea Republic has four distinct seasons; spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Green-based economic strategy is a comprehensive overhaul of South Korea Republic's economy, utilizing nearly two percent of the national GDP.

In 2017, South Korea Republic was the world's 7th largest emitter of carbon emissions and the 5th largest emitter per capita.

South Korea Republic had a 2019 Forest Landscape Integrity Index mean score of 6.

South Korea Republic is a member of the Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity Treaty, Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, and Whaling.

South Korea Republic is ranked 45th on the Corruption Perceptions Index, with a score of 57 out of 100.

Major administrative divisions in South Korea Republic are eight provinces, one special self-governing province, six metropolitan cities, one special city and one special self-governing city.

In practice the population density in much of South Korea Republic is higher than the national one, as most of the country's land is uninhabitable due to being used for other purposes such as farming.

Regardless of the ethnicity, there are 28,500 US military personnel serving in South Korea Republic, most serving a one-year unaccompanied tour, according to the Korea Republic National Statistical Office.

South Korea Republic has the steepest decline in working age population of the OECD nations.

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South Korea Republic is one of the top-performing OECD countries in reading literacy, mathematics and sciences with the average student scoring 519, compared with the OECD average of 492, placing it ninth in the world.

In 2014, South Korea Republic ranked second worldwide in the national rankings of students' math and science scores by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

The top three universities in South Korea Republic, often referred to as "SKY", are Seoul National University, Korea Republic University and Yonsei University.

South Korea Republic still uses some Chinese Hanja characters in limited areas, such as print media and legal documentation.

South Korea Republic is the second-largest missionary-sending nation, after the United States.

Today, South Korea Republic has about 7 million Buddhists, most of them affiliated to the Jogye Order.

Suicide in South Korea Republic is the 10th highest in the world according to the World Health Organization, as well as the highest suicide rate in the OECD.

Life expectancy has been rising rapidly and South Korea Republic ranked 11th in the world for life expectancy at 82.

South Korea Republic maintains diplomatic relations with more than 188 countries.

In November 2009, South Korea Republic joined the OECD Development Assistance Committee, marking the first time a former aid recipient country joined the group as a donor member.

South Korea Republic hosted the G-20 Summit in Seoul in November 2010, a year that saw South Korea Republic and the European Union conclude a free trade agreement to reduce trade barriers.

South Korea Republic went on to sign a Free Trade Agreement with Canada and Australia in 2014, and another with New Zealand in 2015.

North and South Korea Republic are still technically at war and share the world's most heavily fortified border.

The Republic of Korea broke off official relations with the Republic of China upon gaining official relations with the People's Republic of China, which does not recognize Taiwan's sovereignty.

South Korea Republic is China's 4th largest trading partner, with $93 billion of Chinese imports in 2016.

The situation was largely resolved by South Korea Republic making significant military concessions to China in exchange for THAAD, including not deploying any more anti-ballistic missile systems in South Korea Republic and not participating in an alliance between the United States and Japan.

European Union and South Korea Republic are important trading partners, having negotiated a free trade agreement for many years since South Korea Republic was designated as a priority FTA partner in 2006.

South Korea Republic is the EU's tenth largest trade partner, and the EU has become South Korea Republic's fourth largest export destination.

EU trade with South Korea Republic exceeded €90 billion in 2015 and has enjoyed an annual average growth rate of 9.

In 1967, South Korea Republic obliged the mutual defense treaty, by sending a large combat troop contingent to support the United States in the Vietnam War.

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The US has over 23,000 troops stationed in South Korea Republic, including the US Eighth Army, Seventh Air Force, and US Naval Forces Korea Republic.

Consequently, South Korea Republic has the world's seventh largest number of active troops, the world's highest number of reserve troops.

From time to time, South Korea Republic has sent its troops overseas to assist American forces.

South Korea Republic dispatched 325,517 troops to fight alongside American, Australian, Filipino, New Zealand and South Vietnamese soldiers in the Vietnam War, with a peak strength of 50,000.

In 2004, South Korea Republic sent 3,300 troops of the Zaytun Division to help re-building in northern Iraq, and was the third largest contributor in the coalition forces after only the US and Britain.

South Korea Republic's economy was one of the world's fastest-growing from the early 1960s to the late 1990s, and was still one of the fastest-growing developed countries in the 2000s, along with Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan, the other three Asian Tigers.

Furthermore, South Korea Republic was one of the few developed countries that were able to avoid a recession during the global financial crisis.

South Korea Republic became a member of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in 1996.

South Korea Republic has a technologically advanced transport network consisting of high-speed railways, highways, bus routes, ferry services, and air routes that crisscross the country.

South Korea Republic is the world's fifth-largest nuclear power producer and the second-largest in Asia as of 2010.

South Korea Republic is an emerging exporter of nuclear reactors, having concluded agreements with the UAE to build and maintain four advanced nuclear reactors, with Jordan for a research nuclear reactor, and with Argentina for construction and repair of heavy-water nuclear reactors.

South Korea Republic is preparing to bid on construction of a light-water nuclear reactor for Argentina.

South Korea Republic is not allowed to enrich uranium or develop traditional uranium enrichment technology on its own, because of US political pressure, unlike most major nuclear powers such as Japan, Germany, and France, competitors of South Korea Republic in the international nuclear market.

South Korea Republic has sought unique technologies such as pyroprocessing to circumvent these obstacles and seek a more advantageous competition.

South Korea Republic is the third highest ranked Asian country in the World Economic Forum's Network Readiness Index after Singapore and Hong Kong respectively – an indicator for determining the development level of a country's information and communication technologies.

South Korea Republic ranked number 10 overall in the 2014 NRI ranking, up from 11 in 2013.

South Korea Republic has the fastest Internet download speeds in the world, with an average download speed of 25.

South Korea Republic leads the OECD in graduates in science and engineering.

Additionally, South Korea Republic today is known as a Launchpad of a mature mobile market, where developers can reap benefits of a market where very few technology constraints exist.

South Korea Republic has today the infrastructures to meet a density of population and culture that has the capability to create strong local particularity.

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South Korea Republic's government maintains a broad-ranging approach toward the regulation of specific online content and imposes a substantial level of censorship on election-related discourse and on many websites that the government deems subversive or socially harmful.

South Korea Republic has sent up 10 satellites since 1992, all using foreign rockets and overseas launch pads, notably Arirang-1 in 1999, and Arirang-2 in 2006 as part of its space partnership with Russia.

South Korea Republic has sought the assistance of foreign countries such as Russia through MTCR commitments to supplement its restricted domestic rocket technology.

Historically, while the culture of Korea Republic has been heavily influenced by that of neighboring China, it has nevertheless managed to develop a unique cultural identity that is distinct from its larger neighbor.

Korea Republic is unique among East Asian countries in its use of metal chopsticks.

South Korea Republic has traditionally had one of the top basketball teams in Asia and one of the continent's strongest basketball divisions.

In 1988, South Korea Republic hosted the Summer Olympics in Seoul, coming fourth with 12 gold medals, 10 silver medals, and 11 bronze medals.

South Korea Republic has won more medals in the Winter Olympics than any other Asian country, with a total of 45.

In October 2010, South Korea Republic hosted its first Formula One race at the Korea Republic International Circuit in Yeongam, about 400 kilometers south of Seoul.