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South Korea

• Republic of Korea
• National name: Taehan Min'guk
• President: Roh Moo Hyun (2003)
• Prime Minister: Han Duck Soo (2006)
• Area: 38,023 sq. mi. (98,480 sq. km)
• Population (2006 est.): 48,846,822
• Capital and largest city (2003 est.): Seoul, 10,287,847 (city proper)
• Other large cities: Pusan, 3,504,900; Inchon, 2,479,600 (part of Seoul metro. area); Taegu, 2,369,800
• Monetary unit: Won
• Language: Korean
• Ethnicity/race: homogeneous (except for about 20,000 Chinese)
• Religions (est. mid-1996): Christian, 48.2%; Buddhist, 48.8%; Confucianist, 0.8%; Chondogyo (religion of the Heavenly Way), 0.2%; Other, 2%        Source:  Infoplease

Dancers

An ancient headless Buddah

Chunchon Lake

Downtown Taegu

Farmers' dance

Flower delivery by scooter

Harvesting

Hillside hydrangeas, Moak-San

Mask Dance

Mother and baby

Moyangseong Fortress

Mt Deogyusan

Namdaemun Gate, Seoul

Native dress

Roof ornament

Rural landscape

Seoul at night

Street scene, Pusan

The Millenium Tower, Seoul

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Dancers

 

South Korea's national anthem

 

	For more information on South Korea click on the links below: Hangul, The Korean Alphabet Infoplease Korea for Kids Korean Culture and Arts Foundation Korean Food Korean History National Parks of Korea Parks, Reserves and Other Protected Areas The History of Hendrik Hamel,  “The Discoverer” of Korea Wikipedia World Desk Reference World Heritage Sites
South Korea's President Roh Moo Hyun		South Korea's National coat of arms