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Korea holds a position of considerable geopolitical, economic, and cultural influence globally. This distinctive nation blends five millennia of heritage and customs with cutting-edge technological and economic progress. It's also a region where political and ideological divisions have split the territory into two separate entities (South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, and North Korea, formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea), creating one of Earth's most heavily militarized borders. The Korean peninsula shelters more than 72 million ethnic Koreans (combining both nations) alongside over 1.3 million international migrants. Around 7 million Koreans have emigrated worldwide, forming diaspora communities across more than 150 nations.