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Hyug-Baeg Im
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LOCATION: Seoul, Korea, Republic of
Professor of Political Science, Korea University.
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![South Korea](https://cdn.britannica.com/49/1949-050-39ED83BA/Flag-South-Korea.jpg?w=320&h=240)
South Korea, country in East Asia. It occupies the southern portion of the Korean peninsula. The country is bordered by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea) to the north, the East Sea (Sea of Japan) to the east, the East China Sea to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the west; to…
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