FACTOID # 6: Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
 
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Asia > Korea, South > Identification

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Country name Korea, South
Country name > Abbreviation ROK Time series
Country name > Conventional long form Republic of Korea Time series
Country name > Conventional short form South Korea Time series
Country name > Local long form Taehan-min'guk Time series
Country name > Local short form Han'guk Time series
Country name > Note
the South Koreans generally use the term "Han'guk" to refer to their country
Native names Hanguk 한국, 韓國
Translation > Catalan Corea del Sud
Translation > French Corée du Sud
Translation > German S�dkorea
Translation > Italian Corea del Sud
Translation > Portugese Coréia do Sul
Translation > Spanish
Korea del Sur

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wkipedia;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea

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