South Korea

#1: What is the official name of your Korea? The Republic of Korea http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_North_and_South_Korea's_official_name

#2: Who is the head of your country? Lee Myung-Bak(President) was born in Osaka, Japan when he was 24 he started working at Hyundai Construction. He started into politics in 1992 and was elected as a member of the 14^th Korean National Assembly. Then he ran for mayor of Soul and won the election by a landslid.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_South_Korea

 #3: Korea was divided into two at the end of World War II in 1945 ending Japan’s 35 year rule colonial rule of Korea. North Korea and South Korea was divided at the 38^th parallel in, this is the zone of control. The two Koreas began a war between each other in 1950 through 1953, The Republic of Korea was supported by the United Nations and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is supported by the People’s Republic of China (PRC). Korea was separated into two because Franklin Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-shek met and said Japan should lose all territories they gained by force, and Korea was one of those territories, this dismantled Japan’s military.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_of_Korea

#4: Show where your country is on a regional map.

#5: What other countries and bodies of water does your country border? Japan is found in the Pacific Ocean a little off the coast of South Korea. The Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea surrounds both Koreas. North Korea is obviously found on the North side of the 38^th parallel.

#6: What is the significance of the 38th Parallel? The 38th parallel was first suggested as the dividing line for north and south Korea in 1896.

#7: What is the relationship between your Korea and the other Korea? In 1950 the Soviet Union supplied North Korea, giving it the supplies to invade South Korea, which they did. So at this point the relationship between the two is pretty bad. South Korea established relations between the Soviet Union in 1990, who had power over North Korea. This new found relation between South Korea and the Soviet Union made North Korea and its relations with its allies became worse. There was a treaty between the two but it’s basically being broken now.

#8: Describe what it is like just on your country’s side of the DMZ. On the South side of the DMZ it would be almost perfect, if we didn’t have a psychotic ruler on the North side that has the power to bomb us to bits.

#9: What does the the United Nations think of your relationship with the other Korea? The United Nations is worried about my relationship with the other Korea because their government isn’t as good as mine. And they’re angry.

#10: What is the major city in your country? Seoul is the capital of South Korea