2. Republic of Korea (Korean: _ _ _ _ _); English: RepublicofKorea, short for "Korea", is located in the south of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with a total area of about 103290 square kilometers (accounting for 45% of the Korean Peninsula). Commonly used Korean, with a total population of about 52 million. The capital is Seoul.
South Korea is surrounded by the sea on three sides, the Yellow Sea in the west, the Korean Strait in the southeast and the Sea of Japan in the east, and it is adjacent to North Korea across the demilitarized zone of the 38th parallel.