World Countries

South Korea

South Korea coat of arms
The flag of South Korea has a white field, at the center of which is a red and blue Taegeuk circle surrounded by four black trigrams, one in each corner.

Common Name: South Korea

Official Name: Republic of Korea

Geographic Details

CapitalSeoul
Continent(s)Asia
RegionAsia
SubregionEastern Asia
Landlocked❌
Area100,210 km²
Coordinates(37° 0' N, 127° 30' E)

Demographic and Political Information

Population51,780,579
CurrencySouth Korean won (₩)
TimezonesUTC+09:00
LanguagesKorean
UN Member✅

Additional Information

Top-level Domain.kr, .한국
Calling Code+8
Independent✅
Start of weekmonday
alpha2CodeKR
alpha3CodeKOR