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Republic of Korea

"Republic of Korea" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The capital is Seoul. The country, established September 9, 1948, is located on the southern part of the Korean Peninsula. Its northern border is shared with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Republic of Korea" by people in this website by year, and whether "Republic of Korea" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 30 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2016 and 2021
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