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href="/en/asia">Asia</a> <br />Capital: Seoul <br />Population: 51,784,000 <br />Area (sq km): 99,067 <br />FIPS Country Code: KS <br />ISO Country Code: KR <br />GRN Office: <a href="/en/kr">Audio Recordings Mission Korea</a> </p> <h2></h2> <h2><a name="map"></a>Map of Korea, South</h2> <p><img src="https://static.globalrecordings.net/factbook/graphics/maps/ks-map.gif" alt="Map of Korea, South"> <h2><a name="languages"></a>Languages and dialects spoken in Korea, South</h2> <div><form id='language-options' method='get'><ul class='accordion' data-accordion=''><li class='accordion-navigation'><a class='button active jsnoactive' href='#panel1a'>Other Language Options<span class='right'><i class='fa fa-chevron-down'></i></span></a><div id='panel1a' class='content active jsnoactive'><fieldset class='radiogroup'><legend>Recordings Available</legend><ul class='radio'> <li><input class='with-font' name='recordings' id='recordingsavailable' value='recordings' checked='' type='radio'><label 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information please visit the <a href="https://5fish.mobi/KR" target="_blank">5fish</a> ▪ <a href="https://www.ethnologue.com/country/KR" target="_blank">Ethnologue</a> ▪ <a href="https://glottolog.org/glottolog/language.map.html?country=KR" target="_blank">Glottolog</a> ▪ <a href="https://grnmapapp.org/?country=KS" target="_blank">GRN MapApp</a> ▪ <a href="https://joshuaproject.net/countries/KS" target="_blank">Joshua Project</a> ▪ <a href="https://peoplegroups.org/Explore/CountryDetails.aspx?genc0=KOR" target="_blank">PeopleGroups</a> ▪ <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1:KR" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a></p> <p>See also the <a href="/en/search/language">alphabetical language list</a> and <a href="/en/search/location">full country list</a>. </div> </div> </main> <div class="row"> <h2>News about Korea, South</h2> <p><a href="/en/asia" title="Asia">Asia</a> - The people and work of GRN in Asian countries such as Bangladesh, Thailand, Korea and Pakistan.</p> <p><a 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