North eastern Asia that occupies the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula.

South Korea is bounded on the north by North Korea; on the east by the Sea of

Japan; on the southeast and south by the Korea Strait, which separates it from

Japan; and on the west by the Yellow Sea. It has a total area of about 38,023sq.

Mi., including numerous offshore islands in the south and west, the largest of

which is Cheju (area, 1829 sq. km/706 sq. mi.). The state of South Korea was

established in 1948 following the post-World War II partitioning of the

peninsula between the occupying forces of the United States in the south and the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) in the north. The capital and largest

In contrast to North Korea, South Korea is relatively poor in mineral

resources. The principal resources are coal (mostly anthracite), iron ore, and

graphite. Other minerals include gold, silver, copper, lead, tungsten, zinc, and

uranium. Reserves of natural gas have been discovered offshore. These minute

resources are not as depended upon by the people of South Korea as in the North.

(479.5 million sq m/5.2 billion sq ft), and pig iron (21.9 million metric tons).

industries developed during occupation by the Japanese; the south contained most

country has about 63,201 km (about 39,273 mi) of roads, including 1551 km (964

of them, and the north is not; they have moved on and found other economical

development has been the great expansion in the output of fruit, notably apples,

Urbanization of the country has proceeded rapidly since the 1960s, with

lead, tungsten, gold, silver, and kaolin (a fine clay).

domestic product (GDP) expanded by more than 9 percent yearly between the 1960s

The division of the Korean Peninsula in 1945 created two unbalanced

have been developed as deep-sea fishing bases with fish-processing plants. The

were about 6.5 million cu m (about 230 million cu ft) per year. Since the late

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