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    More Information About South Korea: Nepal Is 48% Larger in Area Than South Korea

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    South Korea has a population of 49 million people and an area of 99,720 square kilometers, making it the 26th largest country by population and 109th largest by area. It regained independence after World War II and was divided, with a democratic government in the south and communist government in the north. During the Korean War, UN and US troops defended the south from invasion by North Korea and China. South Korea experienced rapid economic growth under President Park Chung-hee from 1961-1979, increasing income 17 times higher than North Korea. It has since transitioned to democracy and now holds a seat on the UN Security Council. Relations with North Korea remain tense due to nuclear tests and other issues.

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    South Korea has a population of 49 million people and an area of 99,720 square kilometers, making it the 26th largest country by population and 109th largest by area. It regained independence after World War II and was divided, with a democratic government in the south and communist government in the north. During the Korean War, UN and US troops defended the south from invasion by North Korea and China. South Korea experienced rapid economic growth under President Park Chung-hee from 1961-1979, increasing income 17 times higher than North Korea. It has since transitioned to democracy and now holds a seat on the UN Security Council. Relations with North Korea remain tense due to nuclear tests and other issues.

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    South Korea has a population of 49 million people and an area of 99,720 square kilometers, making it the 26th largest country by population and 109th largest by area. It regained independence after World War II and was divided, with a democratic government in the south and communist government in the north. During the Korean War, UN and US troops defended the south from invasion by North Korea and China. South Korea experienced rapid economic growth under President Park Chung-hee from 1961-1979, increasing income 17 times higher than North Korea. It has since transitioned to democracy and now holds a seat on the UN Security Council. Relations with North Korea remain tense due to nuclear tests and other issues.

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    More Information about South Korea

    With its 49,039,986 people, South Korea is the 26th largest country in the world by
    population. It is the 109th largest country in the world by area with 99,720 square kilometers.

    An independent kingdom for much of its long history, Korea was occupied by Japan beginning in 1905 following the
    Russo-Japanese War. In 1910, Tokyo formally annexed the entire Peninsula. Korea regained its independence
    following Japan's surrender to the United States in 1945. After World War II, a democratic-based government
    (Republic of Korea, ROK) was set up in the southern half of the Korean Peninsula while a communist-style
    government was installed in the north (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK). During the Korean War
    (1950-53), US troops and UN forces fought alongside ROK soldiers to defend South Korea from a DPRK invasion
    supported by China and the Soviet Union. A 1953 armistice split the peninsula along a demilitarized zone at about the
    38th parallel. PARK Chung-hee took over leadership of the country in a 1961 coup. During his regime, from 1961 to
    1979, South Korea achieved rapid economic growth, with per capita income rising to roughly 17 times the level of
    North Korea. South Korea held its first free presidential election under a revised democratic constitution in 1987, with
    former ROK Army general ROH Tae-woo winning a close race. In 1993, KIM Young-sam (1993-98) became the first
    civilian president of South Korea's new democratic era. President KIM Dae-jung (1998-2003) won the Nobel Peace
    Prize in 2000 for his contributions to South Korean democracy and his "Sunshine" policy of engagement with North
    Korea. President PARK Geun-hye, daughter of former ROK President PARK Chung-hee, took office in February
    2013 and is South Korea's first female leader. South Korea holds a non-permanent seat (2013-14) on the UN
    Security Council and will host the 2018 Winter Olympic Games. Serious tensions with North Korea have punctuated
    inter-Korean relations in recent years, including the North's attacks on a South Korean ship and island in 2010,
    nuclear and missile tests, and its temporary closure of the inter-Korean Kaesong Industrial Complex in 2013.
    Languages spoken: Korean, English (widely taught in junior high and high school)
    Nepal is 48% larger in area than South Korea.

    More Information about Malaysia

    With its 30,073,353 people, Malaysia is the 43rd largest country in the world by
    population. It is the 67th largest country in the world by area with 329,847 square kilometers.

    During the late 18th and 19th centuries, Great Britain established colonies and protectorates in the area of current
    Malaysia; these were occupied by Japan from 1942 to 1945. In 1948, the British-ruled territories on the Malay
    Peninsula except Singapore formed the Federation of Malaya, which became independent in 1957. Malaysia was
    formed in 1963 when the former British colonies of Singapore, as well as Sabah and Sarawak on the northern coast
    of Borneo, joined the Federation. The first several years of the country's independence were marred by a communist
    insurgency, Indonesian confrontation with Malaysia, Philippine claims to Sabah, and Singapore's withdrawal in 1965.
    During the 22-year term of Prime Minister MAHATHIR bin Mohamad (1981-2003), Malaysia was successful in
    diversifying its economy from dependence on exports of raw materials to the development of manufacturing, services,
    and tourism. Prime Minister Mohamed NAJIB bin Abdul Razak (in office since April 2009) has continued these pro-
    business policies and has introduced some civil reforms.
    Languages spoken: Bahasa Malaysia (official), English, Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin, Hokkien, Hakka, Hainan,
    Foochow), Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Panjabi, Thai
    How did South Korea's economic miracle?
    The economic miracle of South Korea is one of the great success stories of the last century. When the

    Korean War ended in 1953, the nation, destroyed by the conflict, was poorer than most Latin American

    nations.

    Today, of course, is one of the most sophisticated economies in the world.

    The country's experience has led many attempts to understand what it was that allowed this economic growth so fast.

    For Jasper Kim, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea managed to get where was bet on the only
    resource he had in abundance: its people.

    Both the government and the families realized the value of education, and invested it in an extraordinary way, tells
    Kim to Business Daily BBC.

    And that bet was that provided engineers and industrial workers who need manufacturing base from where the
    wealth.

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