Question: Gangwon State University, is a public college in Gangneung City, Gangwon Province, is which sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula?
Context: South Korea is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.  Highly urbanized at 92%, South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle; half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents and the world's sixth leading global city with the fourth largest economy and seventh most sustainable city in the world. The Yeongdong Line is a line of Korail.  It connects Yeongju in North Gyeongsang Province with Gangneung in Gangwon Province.  From Yeongju, it crosses the Taebaek Mountains and reaches the Sea of Japan (East Sea) at Donghae, thence proceeding north to Gangneung. South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (abbreviated ROK), is a sovereign state in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korean Peninsula.  Officially, its territory consists of the whole Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands, which are largely mountainous.  South Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle, as half of them live in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents.  The capital Seoul is the world's sixth leading global city with the fifth largest economy and is the seventh most sustainable city in the world. Gangwon State University (Hangul: 강원도립대학 ) is a public college in Gangneung City, Gangwon Province, South Korea.  Unlike most public tertiary institutions in South Korea, it is administered directly by the provincial government of Gangwon-do. Pocheon (] ) is a inland city in the far northeastern region of Gyeonggi province in South Korea.  It covers 826.48 km with a population of 160,176 people, according to the 2008 census.  Pocheon lies between Seoul and the mountainous northwestern areas of Gangwon province.  The city borders Yeoncheon county, with the cities of Dongducheon and Yangju to the west, along with Uijeongbu, and Namyangju of Gyeonggi province to the south.  It also borders Hwacheon county of Gangwon province on its eastern border and Cheorwon is to the north.  Alongside the adjoining Gapyeong, Pocheon consists of the highest mountainous areas in Gyeonggi province.  The current city of Pocheon was created after Pocheon-hyeon and Yeongpyeong counties were merged.  The north part of the city used to be part of Yeongpyeong county while the south used to be part of Pocheon-hyeon. Gangneung (] ) is a city in Gangwon-do, on the east coast of South Korea.  It has a population of 229,869 (as of 2006).  Gangneung is the economic centre of the Yeongdong region of Gangwon Province.  Gangneung has many tourist attractions, such as Jeongdongjin, a very popular area for watching the sun rise, and Gyeongpo Beach.  There is a ROK airbase south of downtown Gangneung which formerly doubled as a civil airport. Gangneung Danoje (The Gangneung Danoje Festival) is a local festival in Korea which is selected as the 13th Important Intangible Cultural Properties of Korea next to Jinju geommu.  It culminates on the fifth day of the fifth month of the year according to the lunar calendar, in Gangneung, Gangwon Province.  However, the festival, including preparations such as making special alcohol actually takes 45 days in total.  "Danoje" referred to "Suritnal" which means the highest day and the God's day.  "Gangneung Danoje" has the longest history among Korean local festivals and its main purpose is to worship the guardian spirit of a mountain which protects the town and pray for the peace of the town and all families and prosperity of farming.  It is designated as part of South Korea's Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in November 25, 2005. East Asia Inter-Regional Tourism Forum was founded in Gangwon Province, Korea in 2000 in order to pursue for peace and prosperity through exchanges in diverse fields especially on tourism.  Nine member countries from Northeast and Southeast Asian Provinces founded participated at the preliminary meeting in Seoul in September 1999 to form EATOF.  It is the only international tourism association in East Asia, led by local governments.  Currently, EATOF has 12 member provinces with the accession of Quảng Ninh Province in 2005 and Luang Prabang and Siem Riep in 2009. Fischer's clawed salamander, Onychodactylus fischeri, is a lungless salamander found in Northeast Asia.  It ranges through northeastern China, the Russian Far East, and the Korean Peninsula, but is only sporadically distributed within this range.  Within South Korea, it is found chiefly in the high mountain valleys of Gangwon province, including the Gwangdeoksan and Daeseongsan regions.  The adults feed on spiders, grubs, and insects.  It is also known as the long-tailed clawed salamander. The Yeongdong Expressway (Hangul: 영동고속도로 ; RR: "Yeongdong Gosok Doro " ) is an expressway in South Korea.  Numbered 50, it connects the Seoul area with Gangwon Province.  It is named from Yeongdong, an old name for Gangwon.  The road has its western end in Namdong-gu of Incheon Metropolitan City.  Its eastern end lies in Gangneung near the east coast.  From Incheon to Gangneung, the expressway covers 234.39 kilometers.
Answer: Republic of Korea