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What is the English abbreviation of "Korea"?

The English full name is Republic of Korea, the English abbreviation is Kr, and the Chinese full name is Republic of Korea.

: Country name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Abbreviation: Korea

Letter: PRK

Republic of Korea (Korean:, English: Republic of Korea), referred to as "Korea".

Located in the south of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia, with a total area of about 654.38+million square kilometers (accounting for 45% of the total area of the Korean Peninsula), the main ethnic group is Korean, with a total population of about 504 1.85 million (20 14). 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.

On the Korean peninsula, Zhou was a fief and the territory of three Koreas. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up four Han counties in Korea, followed by Silla, Korea and Baekje. Li was unified in Korea and became a vassal state of China in Ming and Qing Dynasties. China was defeated in the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 in the late Qing Dynasty, and formally broke away from the vassal relationship with China.

19 10 year, the Korean peninsula became a Japanese colony,1August 945 15 day, it resumed its independence.

1In August and September, 1948, the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea were successively established in the north and south of the Korean peninsula along the 38th parallel. 1950 The Korean War broke out. 1On July 27th, 953, according to the Korean Armistice Agreement, the two Koreas stopped fighting.

Since the 1960s, the Korean government has implemented the export-oriented economic development strategy, created a period of rapid economic growth known as the "miracle of the Hanjiang River" and became one of the "four little dragons in Asia".

For more details, please visit the following website: People's Network-Korea Channel.