Asia
Insights : Korea (South)
Facts and background
Population
: 47.6 million
Surface area : 99.3
thousand sq. km
Population per sq. km :479
Population growth :0.8
%
Life expectancy (2000): 73
years
Population below national poverty
line : ..
GNI per capita : >9,400.0
US $
GDP :422.2
billion US $
Source: World
Development Indicators Database
Head of State: President
Roh Moo-hyun
Source:
Governments
on the Web
Eldis
South Korea
World
Bank Country at a glace
World
Bank Country Profile Tables
AsiaSource
Country Profile
CIA
The World Factbook
CountryProfiles.org
TM
South
Korea: A country study. Library of Congress
Politics and society
Electronic
Democracy Institute
Human
Rights Internet
U.S.
Department of State
Amnesty
International
Amnesty
International Library
Government sites
Governments
on the Web
Office
of the President
Chiefs
of State and Cabinet Members
Korea
Government
Office
of Prime Minister
The
Nation Assembly Kuk Hoe
Constitution
Ombudsman
Political parties
South
Korea Parties
Election
Worlds Party List
Elections
National
Election Committee
Results
Election 14 April 2004
Elections
in Korea
Elections
in South Korea
News agencies
Yonhap
News Agency
News
Chosun
Ilbo - private, English-language edition
Dong-a
Ilbo - private, English-language edition
Korea
Times - private, English-language edition
Hankook
Ilbo - private
Hangyore
Sinmun - daily
JoongAng
Ilbo - English-language edition
Korea
Daily News - private
Korea
Economic Daily
Korea
Herald - private
Korea
Times
Munhwa
Ilbo
Ohmy
News International
Segye
Times
Seoul
Times
Korea news from foreign sources
Asia
Media
BBC
South Korea
CNN
Go
Asia Pacific
Reliefweb
Yahoo
and Reuters News
Universities and Research Organisations
Chung
Ang University
Chungbuk
National University
Dongguk
University
Ewha
Women's University
Hankook
University of Foreign Studies
Hanyang
University
Kookmin
University
Korea
Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST)
Korea
University
Pohang
University of Science and Technology
Seoul
National University
Sogang
University
Yonsei
University
Other Resources
Development
Gateway Korea Country Gateway
Koreanet
Korea
Institue for Industrial Economica and Trade
Korean
Maps
Korean
Womens Devleopment Institute
Korea
Net
Databases
FREE
Korean public policy information databases by 26 Korean government
agencies, which lists DB names by 26 government agencies, brief
descriptions and its actual links to DBs in KOREAN. (However, the
DB itself often provides its own English site.) The list includes
a link to the Korean Statistical Information System (KSIS)/STAT-KOREA
by Korea National Statistical Office which you can find all the
stat info on Korea or a link to the Thesaurus of Korean Historical
Terms by National Institute of Korean History.
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