History
Main article: History of South Korea
Population
Main article: Population of South Korea
Cities
Citizenship and passport
2022
The start of the transition to blockchain-based digital passports
On October 17, 2022, it became known that South Korea is starting IFF identifiers based on (Blockchain) blockchain instead of physical documents. The government of the country expects that digital identity card in the future will be built into mobile devices in the form of an application and will work similar to physical identity cards. About 45 million citizens are expected to use the technology within two years.
According to Hwang Seogwon, an economist at Korea's Institute for Science and Technology Policy, the digital passport can be used in finance, health care, the tax system and transport, and according to Su Bo Ram, CEO of the Korean Bureau of Digital Government, the technology can help businesses that have not yet fully moved online.
According to Su, the plan also provides for the adoption of a decentralized identification system, which means that the government will not have access to information stored on smartphones, including the digital identifiers used, how and where they are used.
However, Brenda Gentry, technology specialist blockchain and CEO of Bundesbets, reports that no matter how functional and decentralised the identity management system is, it will still require recognition from public bodies or corporations.
 | If government entities issuing IDs do not recognize the validity of blockchain-based IDs, then they cannot be used to obtain most government services. In my opinion, this is the biggest limitation. Gentry says.[1] |  |
South Korean citizenship did not exist until 1948.
Citizens are often mentioned in the context of kokumin. The term was inherited by Koreans from the Japanese. Kokumin is characterized by a philosophy of loyalty to the state and its leader.
Immigrants from China lead the statistics of foreigners naturalized in South Korea (more than 1 million in 2018 out of 2.3 million). Not the last place in statistics is occupied by citizens of Uzbekistan (68 thousand) and Russia (50 thousand).
South Korea passport
Since 2020, the South Korean passport has changed the color of the cover from green to blue for the first time in 32 years. All new passports are electronic, and each page presents an illustration related to the cultural heritage of Korea.
The South Korean passport for 2020 is one of the strongest passports in the world. According to the Henley & Partners World Passport Index, South Korea's passport ranks third with the ability to travel without a visa to 189 countries worldwide, along with Germany's passport.
Armed Forces
Main article: South Korean Armed Forces
Economy
Main article: South Korea's economy
North Korea and South Korea: Figures and charts on two-state differences
July 27, 1953, that is, about 70 years ago, the Korean War ended. Once a single state was divided into two countries, which followed completely different development paths. South Korea The newspaper ""told about the key differences between North Korea and August 12, 2023. Kommersant More. here
Astronautics in South Korea
Main article: Cosmonautics in South Korea
Internet
Main article: Internet access (South Korea market)
IT market
Main article: South Korea's IT market
Main article: Smartphones (South Korea market)
Communication
R&D
2020: R&D spending - $73.2 billion
2019: Fifth most patented in the world
At the end of April 2020, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) ranked countries by the number of new patents. In 2019, South Korea accounted for 19,085 patents. Read more here.
Crime
2021: South Korea becomes global hub for digital sex blackmail
In mid-June 2021, it became known that the advanced technologies of South Korea caused a whole wave of digital crimes in the field of sex blackmail. The country has become a global hub for illegal filming and sharing of explicit images and videos, according to victims, researchers and rights groups. Read more here.
Prisons
2019: Minimum age for children to be jailed
2018: Number of prisoners per 100 thousand citizens
Health care
Main article: Healthcare in South Korea
E-government
2020: Seoul uses blockchain to rule out vote rigging in referendum
In late February 2020, Seoul updated the citizen engagement platform Democracy Seoul, adding blockchain features to prevent vote rigging in the referendum. Read more here.
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Education
2022
23% of respondents spent money on online courses
40 thousand students from Korea study in the United States
52% of all international students in the United States come from only two countries: China (290 thousand students as of 2022) and India (199 thousand)
The third place with a lag of almost 5 times from the second is occupied by South Korea: a little more than 40 thousand residents of this country at that time studied in the United States.
Only 4.8 thousand people left Russia for the United States to study, 14.4 thousand from Nigeria, 5 thousand from Thailand, 5.3 from Venezuela.
2019: Number of years of education by citizens over 25
2018: Less than 90% of the population can read
Sport
2022: The most popular sport is football
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Personal Data Protection
2019: Companies in South Korea banned from collecting children's data without parental permission
In June 2019, the South Korean authorities passed new laws related to the protection of children's personal data. Companies will not be able to collect this information without the clear permission of their parents.
The South Korean state body Korea Communications Commission (KCC), which regulates the use of radio frequencies and communications, said the innovations will take effect in 2020.
According to ZDNet, before updating the legislation, companies in South Korea also had to receive consent from parents or legal guardians to process children's personal data. However, the documents did not specify how this permission should have been given, so in practice the requirement did not work.
In accordance with the new laws adopted in June 2019, parents can consent to the transfer of personal data of children (for example, location) under the age of 14 by writing an appropriate text statement, through payment transactions or through authentication in smartphones. Companies must then send written consent from parents or legal guardians back by email, phone, mail or fax.
Legal entities that collect children's data without explicit parental permission can be fined up to 3% of the proceeds, as well as face administrative penalties.
KCC hopes that the new laws will create a favorable environment in which everyone can use online communication services, while maintaining confidentiality and protecting children's data.
| | Children are more open to the Internet than ever thanks to the widespread use of smartphones. We decided to strengthen the law, since protecting their privacy is a matter of ethics, and rightly so, - said the representative of the regulator.[2] | |
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