Population
49,024,737

Official Language(s)
Korean

National Anthem
Patriotic Hymn

Capital
Seoul

Currency
South Korean won

Government

• Republic
• Chief of State - President Roh Moo-hyun
• Head of Government - Prime Minister Han Duck-soo
• Deputy Prime Ministers - Kim Woo-sik, Kwon

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Major Airports

• Gimhae International (PUS)
• Incheon International (ICN)
• Seoul Kimpo
• South Korea (SEL)

Miscellaneous Facts

• a fully functioning modern democracy
• in June 2000, a historic first North-South summit took place between the South's President KIM Dae-jung and the North's leader KIM Jong Il
• after World War II, a Republic of Korea (ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a Communist-style government was installed in the north (the DPRK)
• Total Size - 99,646 square kilometers / 38,492 square miles
• Country Code - +82
• Internet Extension - .kr

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Work Force
23.77 million

Work Force by Occupation

• Agriculture - 6.4%
• Industry - 26.4%
• Services - 67.2%

Unemployment
3.3%

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Economy

• In 2004 joined in the trillion dollar club of world economies
• largest carmaker, Hyundai and its subsidiary Kia are the 7th largest car group in the world
• shipbuilding industry is also the largest in the world

Industries

• electronics
• telecommunications
• automobile production
• chemicals
• shipbuilding
• steel

Exports

• semiconductors
• wireless telecommunications equipment
• motor vehicles
• computers
• steel
• ships
• petrochemicals

Imports

• machinery
• electronics and electronic equipment
• oil
• steel
• transport equipment
• organic chemicals
• plastics

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Political parties

• Democratic Labor Party
• Democratic Party
• Grand National Party
• People-First Party
• Uri Party