South Korea
Region: Asia • ISO Code: KR / KOR
Basic Information
Phone Code
+82
Country Code
KR / KOR
Region
Asia
Timezone
Asia/Seoul
Economic & Demographic Information
Currency
South Korean Won ₩
Population
51,269,185
Capital
Seoul
Languages
Korean
Time Information
Current Time
02/10/2026, 04:32:11 GMT+9
UTC Offset
+09:00
Wikipedia Information
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. It has a population of about 52 million, of which half live in the Seoul metropolitan area, the ninth most populous metropolitan area in the world; other major cities include Busan, Daegu, and Incheon.
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