South Korea

The first recorded kingdom (Choson) on the Korean Peninsula dates from approximately 2300 B.C.

Government type: presidential republic. Chief of state: President LEE Jae-myung (since 4 June 2025).

Facts

Capital	Seoul
Region	Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea
Area	total : 99,720 sq km; land: 96,920 sq km; water: 2,800 sq km
Population	51,486,343 (2025 est.)
Languages	Korean, English
Currency	South Korean won (KRW)
Time zone	to be filled
ccTLD	.kr

Refugees

Camps hosting refugees, asylum-seekers, and internally displaced persons (IDPs) inside the country. Operators use this to track population movement, NGO and UN footprint, humanitarian access corridors, and the political pressure conflict generates on the host. Cross-reference UNHCR Operational Data Portal, IOM DTM, and ReliefWeb before relying on the entry.

Camp	Population	Origin	Location	Notes
to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled	to be filled