Economy of South Korea
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South Korea has a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.56 quadrillion. It has the 4th largest economy in Asia and the 13th largest in the world as of 2025. South Ko
Seoul, Seocho District in Seoul is one of Korea's major financial and business centers.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye at a breakfast meeting with chaebol business magnates Lee Kun-hee and Chung Mong-koo in 2013
Cultivated fields in Gyeongju, South Korea (2006), display intensive use of land, dominated by the rice crop.
Andong-Hahoe Folk Village (2005) showing high-productivity rice field
South Korea
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South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, 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
Economy of South Korea
…South Korea has a highly developed mixed economy. By nominal GDP, the economy was worth ₩2.56 quadrillion (US$1.87 trillion). It has the 4th largest economy in…
Seokguram Grotto from the Silla era, a UNESCO World Heritage Site
The oldest surviving metal movable type book, the Jikji, was printed in 1377, and Goryeo created the world's first metal-based movable type in 1234.
Changdeokgung, pictured in 2014, one of the Five Grand Palaces of Seoul built during the Joseon dynasty and a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Banghwa Suryu Pavilion, part of Hwaseong Fortress, a UNESCO World Heritage Site (2019)