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South Korea Overview
- Country Name
  
  Republic of Korea
- Capital City
  
  Seoul (since 1394)
- National Anthem
  
  Aequkqa
- National Flag
  
  Taegeukgi
- National Flower
  
  Mugunghwa (Rose of Sharon)
- Language
  
  Korean; Hangeul
- Land Size
  
  223,405km² (including North Korea) South Korea only: 100,284km²
- Geographical Location
  
  The Korean Peninsula (lat. 33º ~ 43º ; long. 124º ~ 132º)
- Standard Time
  
  9 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time
- Population
  
  51.45 million (2017 estimate)
- Political System
  
  Free democracy; Presidential system
- President
  
  Moon Jae-In (since 2017)
- Economic Indicator
  
  (2017)
  - GDP: US$ 1,530.2 billion
  - Per Capita GNI: US$ 29,745 (BOK, Bank of Korea)
  - Currency: Won(US$1 = 1,150 won; floating exchange rate)
  - GDP growth rate: 3.1%

Economy

GDP

(Unit: Hundreds of millions Dollar / Source: Bank of Korea)
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Per-Capita GNI

(Unit: Dollar / Source: Bank of Korea)
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Export

<South Korea’s leading export items and export amounts>

(Unit: Millions of dollars / Source: Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy)
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FTA

- Ratified FTA
  - Korea-UK FTA
  - Korea-Chile FTA
  - Korea-Singapore FTA
  - Korea-EFTA
  - Korea-ASEAN FTA
  - Korea-India CEPA
  - Korea-EU FTA
  - Korea-Peru FTA
  - Korea-USA FTA
  - Korea-Turkey FTA
  - Korea-Australia FTA
  - Korea-Canada FTA
  - Korea-China FTA
  - Korea-NewZealand FTA
  - Korea-Vietnam FTA
  - Korea-Colombia FTA
  - Korea-Central America FTA
- Signed
  - Korea-Israel FTA
  - Korea-RCEP
  - Korea-Indonesia FTA
- On Negotiation
  - Korea-Russia
  - Korea-Malaysia
  - Korea-Philippines
  - Korea-China-Japan FTA
  - Korea-Ecuador SECA
  - Korea-MERCOSUR FTA
- Under Consideration
  - Korea-EAEU FTA
  - Korea-GCC FTA
  - Korea-Mexico FTA
  - Korea-PA FTA

FDI (Foreign direct Investment) Inflows

<Foreign Direct Investment in Korea>

Support for FDI

(Unit: Millions of dollars / Source: Ministry of Trade, Industry & Energy)

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Total Container Transport of Korea

<Cargo Volume including transshipment handled at ports in South Korea>

Investment to Become a Regional Logistics Hub

(Source: Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries)

Container throughput(in millions of TEU)
Transshipment volume(% of container throughput)

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