Gypsum in South Korea

摘要

Korea achieved its independence from occupying Japanese forces on 15 August 1945 at the end of the Second World War. Its southern portion remained under a de-facto US military government until elections produced a national assembly and elected Syngman Rhee as the first president of the Republic of Korea on 15 August 1948. South Korea has three coasts -on the Yellow Sea, the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan -and one land border -with the Democratic People's Republic of North Korea (DPRK). It has trade links with China worth US$136bn/yr (25% of exports), with the US worth US$73.6bn/yr (14%) and with Vietnam worth US$48.2bn/yr (8.9%).