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CountryinEastAsiaCoordinates:36°N128°E/36°N128°E/36;128SouthKorea,[b]officiallytheRepublicofKorea(ROK),[c]isacountryinEastAsia.ItconstitutesthesouthernpartoftheKoreanPeninsulaandsharesalandborderwithNorthKorea.[d]ThecountryswesternborderisformedbytheYellowSea,whileitseasternborderisdefinedbytheSeaofJapan.SouthKoreaclaimstobethesolelegitimategovernmentoftheentirepeninsulaandadjacentislands.Ithasapopulationof51.75million,ofwhichroughlyhalfliveintheSeoulCapitalArea,thefourthmostpopulousmetro...
Country in East Asia
Coordinates: 36°N 128°E / 36°N 128°E / 36; 128
South Korea,[b] officially the Republic of Korea (ROK),[c] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern part of the Korean Peninsula and shares a land border with North Korea.[d] The countrys western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. It has a population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu.
The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Silla and Balhae in the late 7th century, Korea was ruled by the Goryeo dyna...