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Welcome! South Korea Category!


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Dynamic Korea






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Overview

When all the world had been starting imperialism by the world Powers,
Korea was undergone the history of colony for 45 years by Japan.
In the Second World War Japan was defeated and Korea became independent at the same time.
But at that time, cold war system was more worse so Korea was divided into two part.
In the North, the Communist Party of the Soviet Union was founded,
In the South, the democratism party of USA was founded.
Such the circumstances of the opposition between the North and the South left tragedy of Korea's war, or fighting a battle both sides.
From this time, military authorities assumed South Korea by a military coup for 30 years although the people was anxious for democratization.
After all, military authoriti collapsed by the people's asking and democratization has endured so far.
And 1970~80's Korea's economy has marked a quantum developing,
In international economy Korea occpied on the top ten.
In North now, an authoritarian government maintained from Kim il sung to Kim jung il.


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Further Information







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The Open Directory Project - South Korean Category


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Country
Surface Area: 98,480 square km
Population: 48,598,175 (July 2004 est.)
Located in: Eastern Asia
Capital City: Seoul
Head of State: Roh Moo-hyun
Prime Minister: Lee Hae-chan
Independent since: B.C 2333 (Gojoseon, traditional founding by Dangun)
Currency: South Korean won (KRW)
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