History of 'Korea'

the Gojoseon (Old Joseon) kingdom was said to be founded in 2333 BC, eventually stretching from the peninsula to much of Manchuria.
Also known as the "Land of the Morning Calm", it is neighbored by China to the west and Japan to the east, bordering North Korea to the north.

South Korea is a developed country with high living standards and is a full democracy

It is a High-income OECD member, having the fourth largest economy in Asia and the 15th largest in the world

Location of Korea in the World Map

South Korea [Flag]

• The major administrative divisions in South Korea are provinces, metropolitan cities (self-governing cities that are not part of any province), and one special city.

	Namea	hangul	hanja	population
Special cities (Teukbyeolsi)a
1	Seoul (Special City)	서울특별시	서울特別市	10,421,782
Metropolitan cities (Gwangyeoksi)a
2	Busan	부산광역시	釜山廣域市	3,635,389
3	Daegu	대구광역시	大邱廣域市	2,512,604
4	Incheon	인천광역시	仁川廣域市	2,628,000
5	Gwangju	광주광역시	光州廣域市	1,415,953
6	Daejeon	대전광역시	大田廣域市	1,442,857
7	Ulsan	울산광역시	蔚山廣域市	1,087,958
Provinces (Do)a
8	Gyeonggi-do	경기도	京畿道	10,415,399
9	Gangwon-do	강원도	江原道	1,592,000
10	Chungcheongbuk-do (Northern Chungcheong)	충청북도	忠淸北道	1,462,621
11	Chungcheongnam-do (Southern Chungcheong)	충청남도	忠淸南道	1,840,410
12	Jeollabuk-do (Northern Jeolla)	전라북도	全羅北道	1,890,669
13	Jeollanam-do (Southern Jeolla)	전라남도	全羅南道	1,994,287
14	Gyeongsangbuk-do (Northern Gyeongsang)	경상북도	慶尙北道	2,775,890
15	Gyeongsangnam-do (Southern Gyeongsang)	경상남도	慶尙南道	2,970,929
Special self-governing province (Teukbyeoljachi-do)a
16	Jeju-teukbyeoljachido	제주특별자치도	濟州特別自治道	560,000