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South Korea

The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.Coat of arms of South Korea
Official nameRepublic of Korea
LocationAsia | Eastern Asia
Area100210 km2
Population51.78M inhabitants
Density516.721 pop / km2
Demonyms(m) South Korean / (f) South Korean
Official languagesKorean
Capital(s)Seoul
Statusindependent, officially-assigned
MembershipsUN, FIFA
CurrencySouth Korean won (₩)
GINI31.4 (2016)
TLD.kr.한국
Phone code+8, suffix(es): 2
Postal code formatSEOUL ###-###
Drives on theright