Korea (Alexander the Liberator)

Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (abbreviated ROK), is a sovereign state in East Asia constituting the Korean Peninsula. Koreans lead a distinctive urban lifestyle, with half of them living in high-rises concentrated in the Seoul Capital Area with 25 million residents. Korea is bordered by Manchuria to the northwest and Russia to the northeast. It is separated from Japan to the east by the Korea Strait and the Sea of Japan (East Sea).