Korea/sandbox

Republic of Korea 대한민국 大韓民國 Daehan Minguk Emblem of Korea Flag Emblem Motto: "홍익인간" (Korean) (de facto) "Benefit Broadly the Human World" Anthem: "애국가" (Korean) (de jure) "Patriotic Song" File:The National Anthem of the Republic of Korea.ogg Projection of Asia with Korea in green Capital and largest city Seoul Official languages Korean Official scripts Hangul Demonym Korean Government Unitary presidential constitutional republic  -  President Park Geun-hye  -  Prime Minister Jung Hong-won  -  Speaker Kang Chang-hee  -  Chief Justice Yang Sung-tae Legislature National Assembly Independence from Japan  -  Division August 15, 1945   -  Constitution July 17, 1948   -  Republic August 15, 1948  Area  -  Total 220,847 km² 85,270 mi²  -  Water (%) 0.3 (301 km2 / 116 mi2) Population  -  2012 estimate 74,461,933  -  Density 337 / km² (872.83 / mi²) GDP (PPP) 2014 estimate  -  Total $1.755 trillion  -  Per capita $34,777 GDP (nominal) 2014 estimate  -  Total $1.271 trillion  -  Per capita $25,189 Gini (2011) 41.9 medium HDI (2013) ▲ 0.909 very high Currency South Korean won (₩) (KRW) Time zone Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)  -  Summer (DST) not observed (UTC+9) Date format yyyy년 mm월 dd일 yyyy/mm/dd (CE) Drives on the right Calling code +82 Interlink TLD .kr .한국