South Korea

South Korea officially the Republic of Korea was a country in East Asia. It constituted the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and bordered North Korea to the north at the Korean Demilitarized Zone. Seoul was the capital. 
Following the Third World War, during which the head of state of North Korea, Kim Il Sung was assassinated, the country was dissolved and re-united with North Korea into the unified Korea.
==History==
North Korea and South Korea were the result of World War II. During this conflict, Korea was occupied by Japan. After it had been freed from Japanese occupation, two Korean states were established - one socialist, backed by the Soviet Union, and one democratic, established by the United States. This caused the eruption of a conflict known as the Korean War, which took place between 25 June 1950 and 27 July 1953, and caused the formation of the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Following Kim's assassination, South Korea and North Korea united together into the newly-united country of Korea.
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