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大韓民國（Republic of Korea）俗稱南韓，人口約為5,144萬人，為台灣的2.2倍；國土面積約為十萬平方公里，為台灣的2.8倍。首都為首爾（Seoul），人口為1,029萬人，約為台北的3.8倍；面積為605.21平方公里，約為台北的2.2倍。
現在的大韓民國為1948年南北分治之後的產物，首都首爾原來漢字名稱為漢城，在2005年1月19日後正式改名為首爾。
南韓跟台灣有點類似的是，在二十世紀初期（1910-1945）南韓也曾經被日本佔領過；1945年2月第二次世界大戰結束後，根據雅爾達會議，朝鮮半島由中、美、英、蘇四國共同託管。此後朝鮮半島先後被劃分為南北兩塊勢力範圍：由蘇聯軍事政府管理的北部以及美軍政廳統治的南部，兩者在1948年後分別獨立為「朝鮮民主主義人民共和國」及「大韓民國」。1950年6月25日，韓戰爆發。因蘇聯等共產國家缺席，導致當時美國等主導的聯合國投票發動聯合國軍支援韓國。聯合國軍支援的韓國同蘇聯和抗美援朝方針下的中華人民共和國支持的朝鮮最終在1953年7月27日簽署停戰協議。朝鮮半島沿三十八度線非軍事區劃分為兩個國家。
1997年12月19日，金大中當選韓國總統，實現首次政黨輪替，在2000年成功與金正日在平壤進行首次南北雙邊會談，並簽署《北南共同宣言》。金大中因此同年榮獲諾貝爾和平獎。
South Korea, officially known as Republic of Korea (ROK), constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.
Its total landmass is around one hundred thousand square kilometres, which is 2.8 times of Taiwan; the population is about 51.4 millions, which is about 2.2 time of Taiwan.
The capital of South Korea is Seoul (meaning "capital city"). Its land area is 605.21 square kilometres, which is 2.2 times of Taipei; the population is about 10.29 millions, which is 3.8 times of Taipei.
Similar to Taiwan, Korea was occupied by Japan (1910–45) after the First Sino-Japanese War and the Russo-Japanese War. At the end of World War II, the Japanese surrendered to Soviet and U.S. forces who occupied the northern and southern halves of Korea, respectively. On June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea. The Korean War continued till 1953. The 1953 armistice, never signed by South Korea, split the peninsula along the demilitarized zone near the original demarcation line. No peace treaty was ever signed, resulting in the two countries remaining technically at war.
In December 1997, Kim Dae-jung was elected as President. In June 2000, a North–South summit took place in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Later that year, Kim received the Nobel Peace Prize "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular".
參考資料：
Wikipedia. South Korea.
