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Republic of Korea

media type="custom" key="8158584" align="right" __**Government**__
 * Type**: Republic with powers shared between the president, the legislature, and the courts.
 * Liberation**: August 15, 1945.
 * Constitution**: July 17, 1948; last revised 1987.
 * Branches**: Executive--President (chief of state); Prime Minister (head of government).Legislative--unicameral National **Assembly:** Judicial--Supreme Court and appellate courts; Constitutional Court.
 * Subdivisions**: Nine provinces, seven administratively separate cities (Seoul, Busan, Incheon, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon, Ulsan).
 * Political parties**: Grand National Party (GNP); Democratic Party (DP), formerly known as United Democratic Party (UDP); Liberty **Forward Party (LFP**); New Progressive Party (NPP); Pro-Park Alliance (PPA); Renewal Korea Party (RKP).
 * Suffrage**: Universal at 19.
 * Government budget (2009)**: Expenditures--$227.2 billion.
 * Defense (2008**): 2.5% of GDP.

__**Economy**__
 * GDP** (purchasing power parity in 2009): $1.364 trillion.
 * Real GDP growth rate:** 2007, 5.1%; 2008, 2.3%; 2009, 0.2%.
 * GDP per capita (2009, current U.S. $)**: $17,074.
 * Unemployment rate (2009)**: 3.6%.
 * Inflation rate (consumer prices):** 2008, 4.7%; 2009, 2.8%.
 * Natural resources:** Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential.
 * Agriculture**: Products--rice, root crops, barley, vegetables, fruit, cattle, pigs, chickens, milk, eggs, fish. Arable land--16.58% of land area.
 * Industry**: Electronics, telecommunications, automobile production, chemicals, shipbuilding, steel.
 * Trade (2009)**: Exports--$363.5 billion: semiconductors, wireless telecommunications equipment, motor vehicles, computers, steel, ships, petrochemicals. Imports-- $323.1 billion: crude oil, food, electronics and electronic equipment, machinery, transportation equipment, steel, organic chemicals, plastics, base metals and articles. Major export markets (2009)--China (23.2%), U.S. (10.1%), Japan (5.8%), Hong Kong (5.3%), Singapore (3.6%). Major importers to South Korea (2009)--China (16.8%), Japan (15.3%), U.S. (9.0%), Saudi Arabia (6.1%), Australia (4.6%). __**People**__
 * Nationality:** //Noun and adjective//--Korean(s).
 * Population (2010)**: 48,636,068.
 * Annual population growth rate (2010):** 0.258%. **Ethnic groups**: Korean; small Chinese minority (about 20,000).
 * Religions:** Christianity, Buddhism, Shamanism, Confucianism, Chondogyo.
 * Language:** Korean; English widely taught in junior high and high school.
 * Education**: //Years compulsory//--9. //Enrollment//--11.5 million. //Attendance//--middle school 99%, high school 95%. //Literacy//--98%.
 * Health (2010):** //Infant mortality rate//--4.24/1,000. //Life expectancy//--78.81 yrs. (men 75.56 yrs.; women 82.28 yrs).
 * Total labor force (2009):** 24.37 million.
 * Labor force by occupation (2007)**: //Services//--67.7%; //industry//--25.1%; //agriculture//--7.2%.
 * 1) providing HIV/ Aids awareness
 * 2) prior to prevalence of aids in Korea, media depicted HIV/ aids as dramatic and raised fears
 * 3) providing condoms
 * 4) blaming/ deportation of foreigners
 * 5) no signs of population decrease, labor productivity, or detoriorating health/ education system
 * 6) stigma and discrimination towards HIV/ aids hindered preventions efforts
 * 7) reluctancy to get test b/c of fear of stigma attached to the disease
 * 8) private donation and funding for the disease education from public and corporate sectors are virtually nonexistant
 * 9) thus, is low and difficult
 * 10) when the epidemic began, gov't response was to register HIV- positive individuals so that the gov't would have control over all PLWHA
 * 11) 94% of HIV/ aids spread through sexual intercourse

Sources:
 * think about human rights and aids relativity, does it take away some human rights
 * 1) http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2800.htm
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