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  1. area 98,799 sq km, 38,161 sq mi capital Seoul
  2. towns Taegu, ports Pusan, Inchon physical
  3. southern end of a mountainous peninsula
  4. separating the Sea of Japan from the Yellow
  5. Sea features Chomsongdae (world`s earliest
  6. observatory); giant Popchusa Buddha; granite
  7. peaks of Soraksan National Park head of state
  8. Kim Young Sam from 1993 head of government
  9. Lee Hoi Chang from 1993 political system
  10. emergent democracy political parties
  11. Democratic Liberal Party (DLP), right of
  12. center; Democratic Party, left of center;
  13. Unification National Party (UNP), right of
  14. center exports steel, ships, chemicals,
  15. electronics, textiles and clothing, plywood,
  16. fish currency won population (1992)
  17. 43,663,000; growth rate 1.4% p.a.
  18.