Area  98.000.0 km² (together with the 3000 islands, 99.300 km²).

Capital: Seoul. 

Population: 48.5 million (2005 estimation). 

Administrative divisions:  9 provinces, Seoul, and 6 metropolitan cities.  

Official language: Korean. 

Spoken languages: Korean, English.  

Ethnic groups: Korean, homogeneous.  

Currency: Korean Won, KRW.  

Religions: No affiliation 46.1%,

  religious 53.9%, among them: buddhists 47%, christians 36.8%, catolics 13.7%,   
  confucianists 0.7%, other 0.4% (2003 data.). 

State: Republic of  Korea, (South Korea).  

President: H.E. Mr. Lee Myung-bak

Prime Minister: H.E. Mr. Kim Hwang-sik (2011. 10.)   

Minister for Foreign Affairs: H.E. Mr. Kim Sung-hwan (2011. 10.)

Establishment of diplomatic relations: 1st February, 1989.