Regional Information-
Capital CitySeoul
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Regional RelationshipsMilitary Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic incidents with North Korea in the Yellow Sea over the Northern Limiting Line, which South Korea claims as a maritime boundary; South Korea and Japan claim Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima), occupied by South Korea since 1954.
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Environmental: Goals/Challenges/Agreements
Challenges
Air pollution in large cities; acid rain; water pollution from the discharge of sewage and industrial effluents; drift net fishing
International Agreements
Party to: Antarctic-Environmental Protocol, Antarctic-Marine Living Resources, Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 83, Tropical Timber 94, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements -
Humanitarian Projects -
Native Languages Korean, English widely taught in junior high and high school
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Climate Temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
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