_#Defense expenditures: $NA, 20-25% of GNP (1991 est.); note—the officially announced but suspect figure is $1.7 billion, 6% of GNP (1991 est.) % @Korea, South *Geography #_Total area: 98,480 km2; land area: 98,190 km2
_#_Comparative area: slightly larger than Indiana
_#_Land boundary: 238 km with North Korea
_#_Coastline: 2,413 km
_#_Maritime claims:
Continental shelf: not specific
Territorial sea: 12 nm (3 nm in the Korea Strait)
_#_Disputes: Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt Rocks claimed by Japan
_#_Climate: temperate, with rainfall heavier in summer than winter
_#_Terrain: mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south