South Korea
- a country in Far East, occupying the southern part of the peninsula of Korea; pop. 48,509,000 (est. 2009); official language, Korean; capital, Seoul. Official name REPUBLIC OF KOREA.韩国（远东的一个国家, 位于朝鲜半岛的南部, 2009年人口估计48,509,000, 官方语言韩国语, 首都首尔, 官方名REPUBLIC OF KOREA）。
South Korea was formed in 1948, when Korea was partitioned along the 38th parallel; the Korean War （1950-3） has been followed by decades of hostility between North and South Korea, but a summit meeting of the two leaders was held in 2000. An emerging industrial power, South Korea has had one of the world's fastest-growing economies since the 1960s.
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