South Korea

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Seoul
(2005)
Busan (Pusan)
(2008)


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Country Information
South Korea

The Republic of Korea was proclaimed in August 1948, and received UN-backed support from the United States after it was invaded by the North two years later.

The following four decades of authoritarian rule saw the country's transformation into one of the world's major economies.