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In this page, you will find a brief summary of the country and the list of the celebrities of this country. Don't hesitate to contact us to add profiles or pictures.
Today, there are 26 korean celebrities.
Description
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (or ROK) and often referred to as Korea is a presidential republic in East Asia, occupying the southern half of the Korean Peninsula. Its Korean name means "The Great Nation of the Korean People," sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Morning Calm." It is bordered by North Korea to the north, with which it was united until 1945, China to the west and Japan to the east. Its capital and largest city is Seoul, the world's second largest metropolitan city.
Korea is one of the oldest civilizations in the world, with its foundation dating back to 2333 BC by the legendary Dangun Wanggeom. Archaeological research shows that Koreans inhabited the peninsula as early as the Lower Paleolithic. Following the unification of the Three Korean Kingdoms under Silla in 668 AD, Korea went through the Goryeo and Joseon Dynasty as one nation until the end of the Korean Empire in 1910. After division, South Korea was established in 1948 and has since rapidly recovered from the Japanese invasion (1910–1945) and Korean war (1950–1953), operating a succesful and stable democracy since the first direct election in 1987.
South Korea is a major global economic power and one of the wealthiest countries in Asia. It had one of the most successful and fastest growing economies in the world since the 1960s, now highly developed and one of the three largest in Asia and 13th largest in the world. Forming the G20 industrial nations and the world's top ten exporters, it is an APEC and OECD member, defined as a High Income Nation by the World Bank and an Advanced Economy by the IMF and CIA. A global military power, it has the world's sixth largest armed forces and one of the ten highest military expenditures in the world. Nicknamed as an Asian Tiger, it is still among the world's fastest growing developed countries and a Next Eleven state, forecasted to surpass the income per capita of Germany, UK and France by 2025. Today, its success story is known as the "Miracle on the Han River", a role model for many developing countries.
List of the korean celebrities
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