1. Some General Information
South Korea
Some General Information

2. Where Is South Korea?

3. Major Cities In South Korea

4. Geography Total Area: 61,963 mi² (¼ size of CA, 10x of Fresno County)
Land size: 60,223.3 mi²
Water area: 1,740 mi²
Climate: temperate (heavy rain in summer, cold winters)
Terrain: mostly hills and mountains, coastal plain in W & S

5. History Ancient 60,000 years old
3 Kingdoms: Goguryeo, Baekje, Silla (30/50BC - 660/900 AD)
Later 3 Kingdoms: Taebong, Hubaekje, Husilla (900s)
Dynastic Period (900s-1910)
Modern
Colony of Japan ( )
WWII
Division of Korea (1948-present)
Korean War ( )

6. Government Dem Rep, Presidential System 3 branches National Holiday
Executive: President
Legislative: National Assembly
Judicial: Supreme Court, Constitutional Court
National Holiday
Liberation Day, 15 August (1945)

7. Economy GDP: $1.929 T (14 in world)
Agricultural products: rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit; meat and dairy and fish
Industries: electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel
Unemployment rate: 4%

8. Demographics Population: 50,924,172 (CA ≅ 38 Mil)
More males than female until 55+
Population growth rate: 0.53%
Religion: none (43.3%), Christian (31.6%), Buddhist (24.2%), other/unknown (0.9%)
Median age: 41.2 years