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South Korea
- Location
Location Description
Eastern Asia, southern half of the peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
- Continent
- Asia
- Bordering Country
- North Korea
- Independent
- Yes
- Flag
Flag Description
The flag of this country 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.
- Capital
- Seoul
- Language
- Korean
- Currency
- (won)
- Size
- 38,691 sq mi (100,210 sq km) — 110th largest
- Total Population
- 51,159,889 people — 30th largest
- Population Density
- 1,322 people per sq mi (511 people per sq km) — 26th largest