If their estimates are correct, 6. 1 percent of North Korea's total population was in the military, numerically the world's fifth largest military force, in the late 1980s ( fourth largest as of 2006 ).

In 1987 North Korea's largest cities were P ' yongyang, with approximately 2. 3 million inhabitants ; Hamhŭng, 701, 000 ; Ch ' ŏngjin, 520, 000 ; Namp ' o, 370, 000 ; Sunch ' ŏn, 356, 000 ; and Sinŭiju, 289, 000.

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group is Korea's largest automaker.

South Korea's six largest cities — Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Gwangju, Daejeon and Incheon — all have subway systems.

In 1989, the United States was South Korea's largest and most important trading partner and South Korea was the seventh-largest market for United States goods and the second largest market for its agricultural products.

South Korea is the EU's eighth largest trade partner, and the EU has become South Korea's second largest export destination.

Yonhap News Agency is South Korea's largest news agency.

Its largest shareholder is the Korean Broadcasting System ( KBS ), South Korea's largest public broadcaster.

South Korea's shipyards are highly efficient, with the world's largest shipyard in Ulsan operated by Hyundai Heavy Industries slipping a newly-built, $ 80 million vessel into the water every four working days.

In 2007, STX Shipbuilding further strengthened South Korea's leading position in the industry by acquiring Aker Yards, the largest shipbuilding group in Europe.

By 2004 Samsung, South Korea's largest conglomerate, was the world's largest OLED manufacturer, producing 40 % of the OLED displays made in the world, and as of 2010 has a 98 % share of the global AMOLED market.

In light of North Korea's current close relationship to China, and during the Choson Dynasty, it is significant that the section of the hall devoted to gifts from China is the largest.

South Korea's largest limestone cave, Hwanseongul, receives over one million visitors a year.

Seoul — South Korea's largest city and national capital — is located in the heart of the province, but has been separately administered as a provincial-level special city since 1946.

Incheon — South Korea's third largest city — is located on the coast of the province, but has been similarly administered as a provincial-level metropolitan city since 1981.

The largest mega church in the United States is Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas with more than 40, 000 members every weekend and the current largest megachurch in the world is South Korea's Yoido Full Gospel Church, with more than 830, 000 members as of 2007.

GM Korea Company (; formerly GM Korea ) is South Korea's second largest automobile manufacturer and is a subsidiary of the General Motors Company.

North Korea's dictator Kim Il Sung built the world's largest triumphal arch in Pyongyang in 1982.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref > On the Gyeongbu Line, the effort was advertised with a new class of express trains named Jaegeon-ho, ( Reconstruction train ) introduced on May 15, 1962.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref name =" 5yr-plan "> As part of the program, from November 1963, two additional tracks were laid to the north of the existing tracks from Yeongdeungpo Station on the Gyeongbu Line to Dongincheon Station.

In particular, the 1984 Korea's best city for the construction of the power of ' the city plans to make park five years ' developed.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref name =" 5yr-plan "> As part of the program, in the outskirts of Seoul, a long avoiding line was built from Mangu to Seongbuk on the Gyeongwon Line, called the Mangu Line, which opened on December 30, 1963.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref name =" 5yr-plan "> Under the program, the Gyeongbuk Line was extended to Yeongju, to create a connection both with the Jungang Line and the Yeongdong Line, allowing the transport of coal from the latter.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref name =" 5yr-plan "> As part of the program, in the outskirts of Seoul, a long avoiding line was built from Seongbuk to Mangu on the Jungang Line, called the Mangu Line, which opened on December 30, 1963.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth .< ref name =" 5yr-plan "> As part of the program, work began on a line to plug the gap between Jinju and Suncheon on April 28, 1962.

While its largest businesses are primarily involved in the chemical, petroleum and energy industries, it also has South Korea's largest wireless mobile phone service provider, SK Telecom, and provides services in construction, shipping, marketing, local telephone, high-speed Internet, and wireless broadband service WiBro.

* The construction of light water reactors-under the 1994 Agreed Framework two light-water reactors would be built in return for the closure of North Korea's graphite-moderated nuclear power plant program at Yongbyon.

The 63 Building's construction broke ground in February 1980, at the height of South Korea's economic boom.

Work resumed in 1949, when the Economic Cooperation Administration, the United States government agency administering the Marshall Plan, also launched a plan to revive South Korea's economy, which included the construction of new railway lines .< ref name =" marshal "> One new line under the plan was the long Yeongam Line from Yeongju to Cheoram, which included and extended the Yeongchun Line alignment planned by Japan to link up the Cheoram Line with the rest of the network.

Following the 1961 coup, the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction started South Korea's first five-year plan, which included a construction program to complete the railway network, to foster economic growth.

The Jagatsinghpur District was the site of protests in June 2011 due to the construction of a steel plant by South Korea's Pohang Iron & Steel Co. Ltd.

* Essays on such topics as American-educated technocrats in the 1960s and their role in South Korea's economic growth, and entrepreneurial family companies in South Korea, as well as China and Japan.

In addition, with South Korea's devalued currency, and China's steady gains, many companies complained outright that they could not compete.

Formally, Korea's governmental FTC ( Fair Trade Commission: 공정거래위원회 ; 公正去來委員會 ) announces a limited Chaebol list every year as size of industrial assets ( not including financial companies ).

South Korea's declining working hours is the result of the government's proactive move to lower working hours at all levels in order to increase leisure and relaxation time, which introduced the mandatory forty hours, five-day working week in 2004 for companies with over 1, 000 employees.

* In 1998, Korea's economic crisis forced the group to begin restructuring efforts, which include selling off subsidiaries and focusing on five core business areas.

Two well-known liqueurs based predominantly on black raspberry fruit include France's Chambord Liqueur Royale de France and South Korea's various kinds of Bokbunja ( see Korean alcoholic beverages ).

Admiral Trost's decorations and awards include seven Distinguished Service Medals ( two Defense DSMs, three Navy DSMs, one Army DSM, one Air Force DSM ), the Legion of Merit ( three awards ), the Navy Achievement Medal, numerous campaign and service awards, and personal decorations from a number of foreign nations, including Japan's Order of the Rising Sun ( 2nd Class with Gold and Silver Star ) and the Republic of Korea's Order of National Security Merit Gugseon Medal.

The agreement would include North Korea's disabling of its main nuclear facility and a complete accounting of North Korea's plutonium.

Tanks armed with versions of Rheinmetall's gun produced under licence include Japan's Type 90 and South Korea's K1A1.

South Korea's " big three " shipbuilders, Hyundai Heavy Industries, Samsung Heavy Industries, and Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering, dominate global shipbuilding, with STX Shipbuilding, Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries, Hanjin Heavy Industries, and Sungdong Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering also ranking among the top ten shipbuilders in the world.

The event was sponsored by the Republic of Korea's Ministry of Culture and Tourism, Ministry of Information and Communications, and Samsung.

The Marines went on to defeat South Korea's Samsung Lions in the final round of the Konami Cup Championships.

On December 22,, Hernandez signed with the Samsung Lions in South Korea's Korean Baseball Organization, but he sought and was issued his release on July 9, 2009.

Samsung produces around a fifth of South Korea's total exports and its revenues are larger than many countries ' GDP ; in 2006, it would have been the world's 35th-largest economy .< ref >