It is about 879 kilometers from Seoul, South Korea to Shanghai. It takes about 800 km/h to fly from Seoul Airport to Shanghai Airport, and it takes about 1 h and 5 minutes to arrive in Shanghai.

The Republic of Korea, referred to as "Korea" for short, is located in the south of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, surrounded by the sea on three sides, the Yellow Sea in the west, the Korean Strait in the southeast, the Sea of Japan in the east, and adjacent to North Korea across the demilitarized zone of the 38th parallel.