The South Korea Report (One page, basic version)
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Overview
South Korea,the republic of korea which was formally known as Tachan-min'guk covers half of the korean Peninsula on eastern Asia. The Korean peninsula is bounded by the Sea of Japan on the east, the Yellow Sea on the west, and the Korea strait on the south. The capital of South Korea is Seoul .Seoul is the largest city it is also the country's cultural,economic,educational center.Twentie -five percent of South Korea's population of about 10 million people,live in Seoul. Korea was a single nation befor World War 2.(1939-1945)

History
People lived in the Southwestern part of the korean Peninsula about 30,000 years ago.China conqured parts of this territory and strongly influenced Korea arts,sciences,and government.The Chinese then introduced Buddhism to Korea.Before and during the A.D.100's, the Kingdom of Koguryo emerged gradually in the northeatern  part of korea.The word Korea originated from the word Koryo.In the year 1388, a general by the name of Yi songgye took control of Koryo an in 1392 he became king and renamed the country.
 
 

Geography

• Capital:  Seoul
• Other Cities:  Suwon, kunsan, Ulsan, Masan,Wonju
• Landforms:  Mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south
• Neighbors:  Japan, North Korea
• Climate: temperate,with rainfall heavies in summer than winter,main river Naktong Han

• Currency:  South Korean Won
• GDP (per capita):purchasing power parity - $16,100 (2000 est.)
• Labor force breakdown: services 68%, industry 20%, agriculture 12% (1999)
• Inflation rate: 2.3% (2000)
• Major exports: electronic products, machinery and equipment, motor vehicles, steel, ships; textiles, clothing, footwear; fish
• Other industries: transport equipment ,oil,andgrains
• Trading partners:Exports - partners:US 20.5%, Japan 11%, China 9.5%, Hong Kong 6.3%, Taiwan 4.4% (1999)

Imports - partners:US 20.8%, Japan 20.2%, China 7.4%, Saudi Arabia 4.7%, Australia 3.9% (1999)

People
Click here for information about Ghana's people, including graphs of religion, GDP, and ethnic groups.

Current Event

Star Player: SEOL Ki Hyeon
 

• Jersey #9
• Birth Date:   8 January 1979
• Height:  184 cm
• Weight:  7\
• Position:  FW
• Current Club:  Anderlecht (BEL)
• Int'l Goals:  8 (as of 27 May 2002)
• Int'l Caps:  32 (as of 27 May 2002)
• First Int'l Cap:  New Zealand (23 January 2000)

Sources

• CIA World Factbook (Ghana) :  flag, geography, economy, and people section
• Bank of Canada Exchange rates :  recent currency exchange
• Republic of Ghana Homepage :  economic and people information
• The Transatlantic Slave Trade , Stephen Behrendt.  Africana.com
• History of Ghana , Ghana Web.