The Republic of Korea small but strong

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The Republic of Korea- small but strong

• Sung-Kyu Choi
• University of St.Thomas
• Graduate Program in Software Engineering

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Introduction

• Republic of Korea (South Korea)
• History
• Geographic Feature
• Demographic Feature
• Economy
• Recent issuing matters

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Republic of Korea (ROK)

• ????Daehan MingukRepublic of Korea
• Motto Broadly bring benefit to humanity, ????
• Total 99,646 km²
• Capital City Seoul
• Population aprox. 48million
• Government Republic
• President Roh Moo-hyun

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Brief History

•  The last Cho-Sun dynasty was collapsed on
  1905.
• Occupied by Japan for 35 years since 1910.
• Liberation August 15, 1945
• First Republic August 15, 1948
• ROK on southern part (by US)
• DPRK on northern part (by USSR)
• Divided the peninsula at the 38th parallel

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History cont

• Korean War - June 25, 1950 1953 (armistice
  signed on Demilitarized zone))
• Overseeing rapid export-led economic growth since
  1962
• Hosted the 1988 Seoul Olympics.
• In June 2000 the first North-South Summit talk on
  Phyun-Yang
• World-Cup 2002

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Geographic Feature
Korea
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Demographic Feature

• Mostly living in urban areas
• Rapid migration from the countryside during the
  country's rapid economic expansion in the 1970s,
  1980s and 1990s
• Seoul
• 10.3 million inhabitants
• one of the most populated single cities in the
  world

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Demographic Feature

• Religious population
• no affiliation 46, Christian 26, Buddhist 26,
  Confucianist 1, other 1
• Yoido Full Gospel Church - The largest Christian
  church in the world, approximately 780,000
  members
• 11 of the world's 12 largest churches are located
  in Seoul
• The second largest missionary sending nation on
  earth, after the U.S
• (http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea)

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Economy

• One of the poorest countries in Asia in the 1950
• Much of infrastructure was destroyed during the
  Korean War
• Heavily dependent on U.S. aid.
• Park Chung-hee
• Rapid economic growth through exports of
  manufactured goods
• Economy grew at an average annual rate of 8.6.

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Economy

• the Asian financial crisis of 1997
• Major industry
• Automobiles, electronics, shipbuilding, and steel
• High-technology fields such as digital monitors,
  mobile phones, and semiconductors.
• Hyundai, Samsung, LG, Kia
• GDP (PPP) (2005 est.)
• Total 994.4 billion (14th)
• Per capita 20,590 (33rd)

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Recent issuing matters

• North Korea nuclear chrisis
• Ban Ki-moon
• Incumbent minister of foreign affairs and trade
• Next U.N. Secretary-General
• Military dispatching in Iraq
• Population decreasing

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Conclusion

• Korean meek, diligent, hermit people
• From bottom to top economy
• Spiritual power
• Huge population density
• Sustainable growth thanks to Asias purchasing
  power?