South Korea, the Republic of Korea (DPRK:/Republic of Korea), referred to as Han Dynasty (), is a country located at the southern tip of the Korean Peninsula in Northeast Asia, with its capital in Seoul. South Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, bordering the Yellow Sea in the southwest, the Korean Strait in the southeast and the East Sea of Korea (Sea of Japan) in the east. The north is adjacent to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea across the demilitarized zone of the 38th parallel. After the Korean War, South Korea's economy developed rapidly and became one of the four little dragons in Asia. South Korea is currently the tenth largest political system in the world economy, a member of OECD and G20, and one of the sponsors of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and East Asia Summit. South Korea is listed as a developed country by the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the US Central Intelligence Agency. 1948 in may 10, south Korea held separate elections to split north Korea.

South Korea is located in the south of the Korean peninsula. The Korean Peninsula is located in the northeast of the Asian continent, extending from north to south, with a total length of 1, 100 km. South Korea has a total area of 99,000 square kilometers. South Korea's territorial waters meet the westernmost waters of the Pacific Ocean. The Korean Peninsula is bordered by China and Russian in the north, the East Sea of China in the east and the Japanese across the sea. In addition to the peninsula connected with the mainland, South Korea has 3,200 large and small islands.

Capital of South Korea: Seoul is now called Seoul, with a population of 654.38+005,000 (2007). From June 5438 to February 2003, the South Korean National Assembly passed the Special Law on the New Administrative Capital, and decided to move the administrative capital from Seoul to the central region. In August 2004, the South Korean government finalized and officially announced the address of the new administrative capital, and Yanqi-Zhougong, located in central South Korea, will become the new administrative capital. The South Korean government is scheduled to start building a new administrative capital in Yanqi-Zhougong in July 2007, and it will become a city with a population of 300,000 in 2020 and a city with a population of 500,000 in 2030. From 20 12 to 20 14, the main state administrative organs in Korea will be moved to the new administrative capital.

In June 5438 +2004 10, the Korean Constitutional Court ruled that the Special Law on the New Administrative Capital passed by the South Korean National Assembly in February 2003 was unconstitutional. The South Korean government's plan to move the administrative capital from Seoul to the central region will be forced to stop. In June 5438 +2005 10, Lee Myung-bak, the former mayor of Korea (now "Seoul City"), held a press conference at the Seoul City Government, announcing that the Chinese translation of "Seoul" was changed to "Seoul". Seoul has a long history. In ancient times, it was named "Hanyang" because it was located in the north of Hanshui River. /kloc-At the end of 0/4, after the Korean dynasty made Hanyang its capital, it was renamed "Seoul". During the colonial rule of South Korea by Japan in modern times, Seoul was renamed as the "capital". 1945 After the recovery of the Korean Peninsula, it was renamed as a proper Korean word, and the Roman alphabet was marked as "Seoul", which was a transliteration of the name of the capital in Korean.

Flag of the Republic of Korea (Korean:? , Chinese character: Taiji Banner), also known as Taiji Banner, has a white background with red, blue, yin and yang symbols in the middle, plus four hexagrams in the eight diagrams. Proportion: 2:3. Today's national flag was designed on 1882, and/kloc-0 became the official national flag on October 27th.

According to the official explanation of South Korea, the red in the Taiji diagram represents Yang, the blue represents Yin, and the unity of Yin and Yang represents the balance and harmony of the universe. Fire and water, day and night, darkness and light, construction and destruction, male and female, active and passive, hot and cold, positive and negative, as two major forces in the universe, achieve harmony and balance through mutual opposition. With the ether as the center, the four hexagrams symbolize the harmony of Yin and Yang, the dry hexagrams represent the sky, the Kun hexagrams represent the earth, the Kan hexagrams represent the moon and water, and the departure hexagrams represent the sun and fire. Each six-pointed star also symbolizes justice, richness, vitality and wisdom. According to South Korea's explanation, the background color of the national flag is white, which symbolizes the purity and love for peace of the Korean people. The whole national flag represents the ideal of the Korean people to develop harmoniously with the universe forever. China's Zhouyi and Taoism are quite influential in South Korea.

From 1883 (the late Korean dynasty), South Korea began to use Taiji flag. After the establishment of the Republic of Korea, it continued to be used. 1949, the Korean national flag drafting standard teaching department officially confirmed the current style of the Korean national flag: the center of the national flag is Tai Chi pattern, surrounded by gossip. According to the official explanation of South Korea, the red in the Taiji diagram represents Yang, the blue represents Yin, and the unity of Yin and Yang represents the balance and harmony of the universe. Fire and water, day and night, darkness and light, construction and destruction, male and female, active and passive, hot and cold, positive and negative, as two major forces in the universe, achieve harmony and balance through mutual opposition.

With the ether as the center, the four hexagrams symbolize the harmony of Yin and Yang, the dry hexagrams represent the sky, the Kun hexagrams represent the earth, the Kan hexagrams represent the moon and water, and the departure hexagrams represent the sun and fire. Each six-pointed star also symbolizes justice, richness, vitality and wisdom. According to South Korea's explanation, the background color of the national flag is white, which symbolizes the purity and love for peace of the Korean people. The whole national flag represents the ideal of the Korean people to develop harmoniously with the universe forever.

The thought of Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams of the Korean flag comes from China's Zhouyi. The principles of harmony, symmetry, balance, circulation and stability represent the profound thinking of the Chinese nation on the universe and life. The Korean Peninsula has been influenced by China culture for a long time, and the Korean flag is a reflection of this influence.

The inhabitants of the Korean peninsula are basically a single nation, which South Korea calls Korean. There are more than 30,000 overseas Chinese in Korea, and there are almost no ethnic minorities. The whole country is a single nation, and Korean is widely used. Religion is called "multi-religious country", of which Buddhism is 9.87%; Christianity 22.78%; Catholic 4.89%; 0.24% of the rotifers. There are also major religions, such as Tianjin, Islam, International Moral Association, Tai Chi, sexism and so on.

South Korea has a total population of 49.053 million (2007), mainly Koreans, accounting for 99% of the total ethnic population in the country. This is a country with a relatively single nationality. Korean is commonly used, and the national costume is Hanbok. Korean code of conduct emphasizes loyalty, self-discipline and patriotism. The blending of traditional ethical values with modern concepts such as efficiency, competition and democracy has become an important spiritual resource for South Korea to start its economy and move towards the future. In the eyes of Koreans, the quality of domestic products is world-class and most suitable for domestic use. Therefore, most of the daily items used by Koreans, from mobile phones and televisions to cars, are made in China. It is this patriotic spirit of the people that constantly supports Korean national enterprises to move from one peak to another.