As an inseparable part of the Korean peninsula, the east-Asian state of
South Korea is located on its southern part. The land is surrounded by the Republic of North Korea, with which it remained united until 1945. Overlooking the Yellow River,
South Korea is bordered by the Chinese mainland in the west, and to the eastern side, Japan secures the region from across the Strait of Korea. The land has the maximum population concentration in the capital city of Seoul, which is also the largest South Korean city.
The history of the origin of
South Korea dates back as early as 2333 B.C., when the land was founded by Dangun Wanggeom. According to the archaeological evidences, the land was inhabited by the indigenous Korean population since the Lower Paleolithic ages. With regard to the actual history of the land, it was full of political turmoil and upheavals due to a series of battles fought with Japan and China simultaneously. After the Korean mainland segregated in to two distinct parts,
South Korea continued with the struggles on political levels, undergoing through the severities of the Japanese War (1910-1945) as well as the Korean War of 1950-1953. After the termination of these wars, the government that
Southern Korea witnessed was a more Westernized government. It was only after 1987 that formal presidential elections took place in the country and a Democratic government finally emerged on the South Korean mainland.
Today,
Southern Korea is an economically affluent and self-sufficient country that had been striving to become the 12th largest economy of the world since 1950s. The country derives its financial prosperity from the highly developed digital and technological industries that has the highest salability in the international electronics market. Different types of high-tech electronic devices like semiconductor appliances, digital screens and mobile phones have high demands across the globe, due to their excellent qualities and up-to-date mechanisms. Together with a handful of other commercial activities like shipbuilding,
Southern Korea is one of the financially strongest nations of the recent world.
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