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Article: Backgrounder: Basic facts about South Korea
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 16, 2005
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Backgrounder: Basic facts about South Korea
BEIJING, Nov. 16 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao kicked
off a state visit to South Korea on Wednesday. Following is a brief
introduction about the country, officially known as the Republic of
Korea:
South Korea, a country in northeastern Asia with a population of
over 48.8 million, occupies the southern part of the Korean
Peninsula, which extends about 1,000 km southward from northeastern
China. The total area of South Korea is 99,600 sq km, including about
3,000 islands.
The country is bounded on the east by the Sea of Japan, and its
western coastline faces China's Shandong Province across the Yellow
Sea.
South Korea is a mountainous ...