South Korea
07 Jan 2011
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General information
(Source: CIA World Factbook)
- Capital: Seoul
- Head of government: CHUNG Un-Chan (30 September 2009)
- Inhabitants: 48,508,972
- GDP/per capita: US$ 28,100 (2009)
- Economic growth: -0.2% (2009)
- Main languages: Korean
- School life expectancy: 17 years
- Education expenditures: 4.2% of GDP (2007)
- Internet users: 37.47 million
Higher education:
- Number of students in higher education: 3,217,690 (2008)
- Number of institutions: more than 400
- Number of students in the Netherlands: 400
