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Country Profile: Korea

South Korea

OFFICIAL NAME	Republic of Korea
GEOGRAPHY	Situated on the south end of the Korean peninsula between the Yellow Sea (east of C hina) and the Sea of Japan (west of Japan).
AREA	99,373 sq km / 38,368 sq miles
COMPARATIVE	Korean peninsula is similar in size to New Zealand and the UK, or the state of Virginia.
POPULATION	48,000,000
CAPITAL	Seoul (population 10.3 million)
LITERACY	99.8% (age 15+ and can read and write)
LANGUAGE	Korean
RELIGION	Christianity - 25% Buddhism, Confucianism, Shamanism - 25% None - 50%
POLITICS	Democracy
INCOME	Per capita income US$ $14,500 per year
CURRENCY	Republic of Korean Won (W)
TIME ZONE	GMT/UTC +9
SOURCES	Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News.

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North Korea

OFFICIAL NAME	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
GEOGRAPHY	Bordered by C hina in the north, it's situated on the north end of the Korean peninsula between Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan (west of Japan).
AREA	120,540 sq km / 46,540 sq miles
COMPARATIVE	about the size of the state of Mississippi
POPULATION	23,000,000
CAPITAL	P'yongyang
LITERACY	??% (age 15+ and can read and write)
LANGUAGE	Korean
RELIGION	All religion has been effectively prohibited since the 1950s.
POLITICS	Communism, headed by Kim Jong-il
INCOME	Per capita income US$ _____ a year
CURRENCY	North Korean won (W)
TIME ZONE	GMT/UTC +9
SOURCES	Statistics provided by a variety of sources, but mostly the U.S. State Department, the U.N. Statistics Division, and BBC News.