North KoreaAbout South Korea
South Korea is a country in East Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Republic of Korea. In Arabic, the name is written كوريا الجنوبية, and the capital سول. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of South Korea is Seoul. Seoul lies at about 38° north and 127° east. The official language of South Korea is Korean. Its currency is the South Korean Won, with the symbol ₩ and the international code KRW.
South Korea covers about 100,210 square kilometres, which puts it 107th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with one country: North Korea. Other countries in East Asia include China, Mongolia, and Japan. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes South Korea with the other countries of the same region.