South Korea
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Context:
- Yoon Suk-yeol, a conservative former prosecutor, is all set to become South Korea’s next president.
About:
- South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass.
- The only country with a land border to South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
- South Korea is mostly surrounded by water and has coast line along three seas; to the west is the Yellow Sea; to the south is the East China Sea, and to the east is the Sea of Japan.
- After World War II the line between the two Korean states was the thirty-eighth parallel of latitude.
- After the Korean War, the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) formed the boundary between the two.
- The highest mountain peak in South Korea is Hallasan. There are two major mountain ranges within South Korea: the Taebaek Mountains, and the Sobaek Mountains.
- Korean Peninsula is geologically stable.
- The Nakdong is South Korea's longest. The Han River, flows through Seoul-its capital.
- The major rivers flow north to south or east to west and empty into the Yellow Sea or the Korea Strait.
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