- It has a total area of about 98,480 sq km (about
38,023 sq 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 city of South Korea is
Seoul.
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