Republic of Korea
Socio-economic indicators
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Total population
51,635,256
Urban population
81.5 %
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Agricultural land
17.2 %
Primary forests
3,460,000 ha
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23 December 2020
Main photo: young oil palms await planting on land deforested by South Korea’s Korindo in the Indonesian province of Papua (Image: Mighty Earth)
In 2019, South Korea imported 745,000 metric tonnes of palm oil, up from 194,000 metric tonnes in 2005. It is one of the fastest-growing markets for the…
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