Map of South Korea

Open South Korea on the map — framed on the country itself, not on every far-off island it holds — and look at it by population density, by the historical maps of its region, or with the open data below.

Facts

As the source states them, in the source’s own words.

CapitalSeoul
Area100,210 km²
CurrencyKRW (South Korean won)
LanguagesKorean

Source: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0. Licence: ODbL 1.0, public domain.

Historical maps

IntMap’s historical maps of the regions this outline lies in, on every date the map draws them. A region is a frame on the map, not a statement that South Korea existed then: the names on each map are the ones the historical records give.

Map of East Asia

Dated events in this outline

Events of IntMap’s war record dated to a place inside today’s outline of South Korea. Each links to the page of its calendar day, which opens the map on that day.

  1. 1945

    Korea is freed after 35 years and divided at the 38th parallel within the month

    World War II · IntMap’s war record

    15 August →
  2. 1950

    Battle of Uijeongbu

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    25 June →
  3. 1950

    First Battle of Seoul

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    25 June →
  4. 1950

    Bodo League massacre

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    28 June →
  5. 1950

    Battle of Chumonchin Chan

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    2 July →
  6. 1950

    Battle of Osan

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    5 July →
  7. 1950

    Battle of Pyongtaek

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    6 July →
  8. 1950

    Battle of the Kum River

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    13 July →
  9. 1950

    Battle of Taejon

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    16 July →
  10. 1950

    No Gun Ri massacre

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    26 July →
  11. 1950

    Battle of the Pusan Perimeter

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    4 August →
  12. 1950

    First Battle of the Naktong Bulge

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    5 August →
  13. 1950

    Great Naktong Offensive

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    1 September →
  14. 1950

    Battle of Inchon

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    15 September →
  15. 1950

    Second Battle of Seoul

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    22 September →
  16. 1950

    Third Battle of Seoul

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    31 December →
  17. 1951

    Battle of Chipyong-ni

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    13 February →
  18. 1951

    Operation Ripper

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    7 March →
  19. 1951

    Battle of the Imjin River

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    22 April →
  20. 1951

    Battle of Kapyong

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    22 April →
  21. 1951

    Battle of the Soyang River

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    16 May →
  22. 1951

    Battle of Bloody Ridge

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    18 August →
  23. 1951

    Battle of Heartbreak Ridge

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    13 September →
  24. 1951

    Operation Commando

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    3 October →
  25. 1952

    Koje-do prisoner-of-war camp uprising

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    7 May →
  26. 1952

    Battle of White Horse

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    6 October →
  27. 1952

    Battle of Triangle Hill

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    14 October →
  28. 1953

    Battle of Pork Chop Hill

    Korean War · IntMap’s war record

    23 March →

Open data about South Korea

The datasets IntMap may share about South Korea, each under its own terms. The values are in one file: api/v1/countries/KOR.json

airports

Public domain, ODbL 1.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike

Credit: OurAirports, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)

country-facts

ODbL 1.0, public domain · Requires: credit · share-alike

Credit: mledoze/countries, IANA Time Zone Database, Natural Earth admin-0

health

CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike · non-commercial

Credit: WHO Global Health Observatory — UHC service coverage index & IHR SPAR (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO), World Bank Open Data

language

public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit

Credit: CIA World Factbook, Language identity, genealogical classification and endangerment status — Glottolog (CC BY 4.0)

mobility

ODbL 1.0, public domain, CC BY 4.0 · Requires: credit · share-alike

Credit: OpenFlights — airline route database (country-pair route counts for the pandemic simulator; snapshot of June 2014, no longer updated; ODbL 1.0), OurAirports, World Bank Open Data, Country facts — mledoze/countries (capital, currency, languages, land borders, UN membership, demonym; ODbL 1.0, build time only)

religion

public domain · Requires: nothing

What this page states

The outline, the name and the code are Natural Earth’s (admin-0, public domain), the set IntMap’s map draws countries from. The map opens on the frame the app’s country search uses for it: the country itself, not every far-off island it holds.

A historical map is listed when its region’s frame overlaps this outline. It is listed for the place, not for the country: the borders on it are what the historical records draw.

An event is listed when the point the war record gives it falls inside this outline — a fact about the point, not about which state held the place at the time.

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