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Seoul is at the same latitude as the North American city of San Francisco, 37 degrees north. For your information, I have listed the latitudes of all the choices.
A) Boston – 42 N
B) Dallas – 32 N
C) Havana – 23 N
D) San Francisco – 37 N
E) Seattle – 47 N
F) Tampa – 27 N


Trick question. The Korean War is still officially going on. Its duration is 57 years and counting.
A reasonable answer would be three years, which was the length of actual fighting, from June 1950 – July 1953.


Technically speaking, South Korea has 8 provinces. So that’s the answer.
However, it has a total of 16 administrative divisions. These include the 8 provinces; the Special city, the national capital of Seoul; 6 autonomous Metropolitan cities; and the special self-governing province of Jeju.


The population of South Korea (48.5 mil) is slightly more than that of Spain (45.1 mil). Unfortunately for you, that was not an option becuase I screwed up the writing of the question. I intended for the correct answer to be A.
Here are what the answers I provided would come out to:
A: 42-44 mil
B: 23 [...]


With a total area of 98,480 square kilometers, South Korea is close in size to the state of Kentucky, which is 104,659 square kilometers. This would rank it 38th among states ranked by area.


The president of South Korea is Roh Moo-hyun. He has been in office since February 25, 2003, and was preceded by Kim Dae-jung.


With a population of over 3.6 million, Busan, also spelled Pusan, is the second largest city in South Korea. The port city, located on the southern coast of the nation trails only the capital, Seoul, whose population exceeds 10 million.