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28 May 2008: South Korean Army women soldiers salute during a send-off ceremony at a military base in Gwangju, east of Seoul, South Korea. South Korea is to send 300 non-combatants on Thursday including engineers and medics, to help the U.S. war efforts in Iraq. [Image: Lee Jin-man/AP Photo.]

National flag: Republic of Korea

대한민국

Korea
Republic of Korea

The Republic of Korea (Korean: 대한민국, ROK) is a presidential republic in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighboured by China to the west, Japan to the east, and borders North Korea to the north.

Korea is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, first inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic. Following the unification of the Three Korean Kingdoms under Silla in 668CE, Korea went through the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty as one nation until the end of the Korean Empire in 1910. After liberation and division, South Korea was established in 1948 and has since become one of the two most advanced democracies in Asia. Following the Korean War, the South Korean economy grew significantly, transforming the country into an industrial powerhouse and an influential military power. South Korea has an international outlook with memberships in the United Nations, the World Trade Organization, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and G-20. It is also a founding member of APEC and the East Asia Summit, being a visa waiver and major non-NATO ally of the United States.

South Korea is now working towards a peaceful reunification with North Korea.

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