2011 In South Korea
Events in the year 2011 in South Korea. Incumbents * President: Lee Myung-bak, President of South Korea (2008–2013) * Prime Minister: Kim Hwang-sik, Prime Minister of South Korea (2010–2013) Events * 2011 South Korean University Tuition Crisis * January 18–21: Operation Dawn of Gulf of Aden * February 9: The first military talks with North Korea in months abruptly end with the North walking out. * March: The Posco Tower-Songdo in the Songdo International Business District, South Korea is completed. It surpasses the previous record holder for being South Korea's tallest, the Samsung Tower Palace G. * March 2: 2011 Gyeongryeolbi island fishing incident * April: The South Korean armed forces adopts a new oath of enlistment for its servicemen, as the previous version contained racialist overtones. * April 27: The first of 2 South Korean by-elections * April 27: Naneun Ggomsuda debuted. * July 6: The International Olympic Committee awards the 2018 Winter Olympi ...
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ...
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