South Korea (kor)

South Korea

South Korea ranks 543rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Helsingborg, Paddington, and Catania. Memorable people born in South Korea include Dongmyeong of Goguryeo, Kim Min-hee, and Choi In-young. Memorable people who died in South Korea include Roh Moo-hyun, and Kim Ki-young. South Korea has been the birth place of many soccer players, and actors and the death place of many politicians, and film directors. South Korea is located in South Korea.

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul Metropolitan Area, the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon. Read more on Wikipedia