Basic Information About South Korea:

Population:  The population of the Republic of Korea is 50,601,329.

GDP:  $ 1.8 trillion (2016)

Climate:  South Korea has a temperate climate with four distinct seasons. Winters are usually long, cold and dry. Summers are very short, hot, and humid. Spring and autumn are pleasant but also short in duration. Korea is geographically situated in a temperate climate zone at medium latitude. As a result, it has four distinct seasons. In general, spring is from March to May, summer from June to August, autumn from September to November, and winter from December to February.  

People: Korean 97.7%, Japanese 2%, US White 0.1%, Han Chinese 0.1% and other 0.1%.

Religion:  Christian 31.6% (Protestant 24% & Roman Catholic 7.6%), Buddhist 24.2%, other or unknown 0.9%, none 43.3%

Capital: Seoul is the capital of South Korea.

Language:  Korean is the official language of South Korea.

Currency:  The South Korean Won is the currency of Korea (South).

Time Zone:  UTC+09:00