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Capital city
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Seoul |
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Corruption
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5 |
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[41st of 160]
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Parliamentary seats > Female
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4% |
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Procedures to register property > number
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7
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Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %
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13.4 %
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Start-up procedures to register a business > number
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12
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[38th of 171]
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Status
democracy |
Suffrage
19 years of age; universal |
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Time required to build a warehouse > days
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52 days
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Time required to enforce a contract > days
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230 days
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Time required to register property > days
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11 days
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22 days
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Time to prepare and pay taxes > hours
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290 hours
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Time to resolve insolvency > years
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1.5 years
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Trademarks, nonresidents
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16,529
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Trademarks, residents
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91,935
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Transnational Issues > Disputes > International
Military 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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UN membership date
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17 Sep. 1991 |
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United Nations mission
http://www.un.int/korea/index.htm |
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Washington, D.C. embassies > Neighborhood
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Embassy Row |
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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; Transparency International; United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook; World Development Indicators database; electionworld.org; CIA World Factbook, 14 June, 2007
; Wisconsin High School Model United Nations; Wikipedia: List of Washington, D.C. embassies
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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