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South Korea - Wikipedia Jump to content Main menu Main menu move to sidebar hide Navigation Main page Contents Current events Random article About Wikipedia Contact us Contribute Help Learn to edit Community portal Recent changes Upload file Special pages Search Search Appearance Donate Create account Log in Personal tools Donate Create account Log in Contents move to sidebar hide (Top) 1 Etymology 2 History Toggle History subsection 2.1 Ancient Korea 2.2 Three Kingdoms of Korea 2.3 Unified dynasties 2.4 Japanese occupation and World War II 2.5 Division of Korea 2.6 Korean War 2.7 Miracle on the Han River 2.8 Democracy 2.9 Contemporary history 3 Geography Toggle Geography subsection 3.1 Climate 3.2 Environment 4 Government and politics Toggle Government and politics subsection 4.1 Administrative divisions 4.2 Foreign relations 4.2.1 North Korea 4.3 Military 4.3.1 United States contingent 5 Economy Toggle Economy subsection 5.1 Transportation 5.2 Energy 5.3 Tourism 5.4 Welfare 5.5 Science and technology 5.5.1 Cyber security 5.5.2 Aerospace engineering 5.5.3 Robotics 5.5.4 Biotechnology 6 Demographics Toggle Demographics subsection 6.1 Language 6.2 Religion 6.3 Education 6.4 Health 7 Culture Toggle Culture subsection 7.1 Art 7.2 Architecture 7.3 Entertainment 7.4 Holidays 7.5 Cuisine 7.6 Sports 8 See also 9 Notes 10 References 11 Further reading 12 External links Toggle the table of contents South Korea 278 languages Аԥсшәа Acèh Afrikaans Alemannisch አማርኛ Pangcah Aragonés Ænglisc अंगिका العربية الدارجة مصرى অসমীয়া Asturianu Azərbaycanca تۆرکجه Башҡортса Basa Bali Boarisch Žemaitėška Batak Toba Bikol Central Беларуская (тарашкевіца) Беларуская Betawi Български भोजपुरी Bislama ပအိုဝ်ႏဘာႏသာႏ বাংলা བོད་ཡིག বিষ্ণুপ্রিয়া মণিপুরী Brezhoneg Bosanski Batak Mandailing Basa Ugi Буряад Català Chavacano de Zamboanga 閩東語 / Mìng-dĕ̤ng-ngṳ̄ Нохчийн Cebuano Chamoru ᏣᎳᎩ کوردی Corsu Qırımtatarca Čeština Kaszëbsczi Словѣньскъ / ⰔⰎⰑⰂⰡⰐⰠⰔⰍⰟ Чӑвашла Cymraeg Dansk Dagbanli Deutsch Zazaki Dolnoserbski Kadazandusun डोटेली ދިވެހިބަސް ཇོང་ཁ Eʋegbe Ελληνικά Esperanto Español Eesti Euskara Estremeñu فارسی Suomi Võro Na Vosa Vakaviti Føroyskt Français Arpetan Nordfriisk Frysk Gaeilge Gagauz 贛語 Kriyòl gwiyannen Gàidhlig Galego گیلکی Avañe'ẽ गोंयची कोंकणी / Gõychi Konknni 𐌲𐌿𐍄𐌹𐍃𐌺 ગુજરાતી Gaelg Hausa 客家語 / Hak-kâ-ngî Hawaiʻi עברית हिन्दी Fiji Hindi Hrvatski Hornjoserbsce Kreyòl ayisyen Magyar Հայերեն Արեւմտահայերէն Interlingua Jaku Iban Bahasa Indonesia Interlingue Igala Iñupiatun Ilokano ГӀалгӀай Ido Íslenska Medžuslovjansky Italiano ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ / inuktitut 日本語 Patois La .lojban. 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For the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, see North Korea. For the 1919–1945 government in exile that used the same name, see Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea. For other uses, see ROK (disambiguation). 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