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South Jersey
South Jersey is southern New Jersey's Philadelphia-oriented region, defined by Monmouth University as eight counties including Camden, Burlington, and Ocean. Rooted in colonial West Jersey and the Pinelands, it is set apart by Lenape Unalachtigo heritage, water ice terminology, and the Central Jersey boundary debate.
South Kasai
South Kasai (Sud-Kasaï) was an unrecognized secessionist state in the newly independent Republic of the Congo, proclaimed in August 1960 by Albert Kalonji and suppressed in 1961.
South Kensington
South Kensington, also known as South Ken, is a west London district in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, famous for its museums around Exhibition Road.
South Kivu
South Kivu (Sud-Kivu), eastern DRC province on Lakes Kivu and Tanganyika; capital Bukavu (occupied by AFC/M23), government seated in Uvira; 8 territories, gold and coltan mining, chronic conflict and displacement.
South Korea
South Korea, also known as the Republic of Korea, is an East Asian country in the southern Korean Peninsula. It is a high-income, innovation-driven economy.
South Korea AI Basic Act
The South Korea AI Basic Act, formally the Framework Act on the Development of Artificial Intelligence, is South Korea's comprehensive AI law, effective January 22, 2026.
South Korea in the Eurovision Song Contest Asia
South Korea at Eurovision Song Contest Asia: debut participant in the 2026 inaugural edition in Bangkok, represented by ENA/PK Inc; its first entry JUNHEE's "DEEP DIVE" won the Korea's Next Wave national final on 4 September 2026 under a 40/40/20 jury, home, and Rest of the World vote.
South Korea national football team (대한민국 축구 국가대표팀)
South Korea national football team (대한민국 축구 국가대표팀), the Taeguk Warriors, KFA-run men's team; most Asian World Cup appearances (12), best finish fourth at 2002; group-stage exit at 2026, coach Hong Myung-bo resigned, Robert Moreno interim.
South Korea v Italy (2002 FIFA World Cup)
South Korea v Italy, 2002 FIFA World Cup Round of 16 at Daejeon: South Korea won 2-1 on Ahn Jung-Hwan's 117th-minute golden goal amid refereeing controversies by Byron Moreno, including Totti's red card and Tommasi's disallowed goal.
South Korea women's national football team (대한민국 여자 축구 국가대표팀)
South Korea women's national football team (대한민국 여자 축구 국가대표팀), Korea Republic, governed by the KFA. 2022 Asian Cup runners-up, 2026 semi-finalists, qualified for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup; FIFA ranking around 19th-21st.
South Korea–Australia free trade agreement
The South Korea–Australia free trade agreement, known as KAFTA, is a bilateral trade treaty signed in Seoul in 2014 and in force since December 2014, phasing nearly all tariffs to zero.
South Korea–India free trade agreement
The South Korea–India free trade agreement, or CEPA, is a trade pact signed in 2009 and in force since 2010, cutting tariffs on most goods.
South Korean beauty standards
South Korean beauty standards: culturally shared appearance ideals (fair skin, V-line jaw, double eyelids, slim body) shaping K-pop, K-beauty, plastic surgery, body image, lookism, and the global cosmetics export industry.
South Korean defamation law
South Korean defamation law makes defamation both a civil tort and a crime, with over 60,000 complaints a year and punishment possible even for true statements.
South Korean defectors
South Korean defectors are people from North Korea who fled, took citizenship in South Korea, and then left to seek refugee protection elsewhere.
South Korean guerrilla warfare
South Korean guerrilla warfare was the irregular conflict between leftist partisans and South Korean security forces from 1948 through the Korean War, in which more than 30,000 Koreans died.
South Korean nationality law
South Korean nationality law, the Nationality Act (국적법) of 20 December 1948, defines who is a Korean national: descent-based jus sanguinis, naturalization tracks, strict single-nationality rules with limited exceptions.
South Korean television dramas in the Philippines
South Korean television dramas (Koreanovelas, K-dramas) in the Philippines: imported since GMA-7's 2003 airing of Autumn in My Heart, dubbed, remade locally, and streamed via Netflix, shaping Filipino viewing, marketing, and infrastructure politics.
South Korean won (원)
The South Korean won (원, code KRW) is the currency of South Korea, issued by the Bank of Korea in notes and coins since the 1962 reform.
South Korean Workers' Party
The South Korean Workers' Party (남로당) was a communist party active in southern Korea from 1946 to 1949, when it merged into the Workers' Party of Korea.
South Lake Tahoe, California
South Lake Tahoe is a general law city in El Dorado County, California, incorporated November 30, 1965 on the south shore of Lake Tahoe at 6,237 feet. Population 21,330 (2020); tourism-driven economy with severe housing vacancy and vacation-rental disputes.
South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire: Scottish council area created in 1996, headquarters Hamilton; population 334,330 (2025), 5th of 32 council areas, growing 10.6% since 2001, net expenditure budget £1,019.145 million.
South Lebanon Army (جيش لبنان الجنوبي)
South Lebanon Army (جيش لبنان الجنوبي), also Free Lebanon Army, was Israel-funded militia under Saad Haddad then Antoine Lahad defending the 1985 security zone; collapsed May 2000 during Israeli withdrawal.
South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000)
The South Lebanon conflict (1985–2000): attrition war between Israel, its South Lebanon Army proxy, and Hezbollah in the Israeli-occupied security zone, ending with Israel's UN-confirmed withdrawal in June 2000.
South London
South London: the boroughs south of the River Thames, about 59 sq mi (153 km²), shaped by Victorian suburban railways, a sparse Underground network, neighborhoods like Brixton, Greenwich, and Peckham, and rail-devolution reform proposals.
South Los Angeles
South Los Angeles, formerly called South Central, is a 50-square-mile region of 28 communities in Los Angeles with about 800,000 residents, once 80 percent African-American and now two-thirds Latino.
South Luzon Expressway
The South Luzon Expressway (SLEx), originally the Manila South Expressway, is a Philippine toll road from Metro Manila to Calamba, Laguna, opened in 1969 and serving the CALABARZON region.
South Manchuria Railway Company
The South Manchuria Railway Company (南満洲鉄道株式会社), known as Mantetsu, was a semi-official Japanese joint-stock company founded in 1906 to run railways and lands in southern Manchuria, dissolving in 1945.
South Manchuria Railway Company Law
The South Manchuria Railway Company Law (南満洲鉄道株式会社法) is the Japanese imperial ordinance promulgated by Emperor Meiji in 1906 that founded Mantetsu, the half-official, half-private company operating Japan's railways in Manchuria.
South Moravian Region
South Moravian Region (Jihomoravský kraj, NUTS CZ064), a Czech region with capital Brno, borders Austria and Slovakia. Fourth largest region; 673 municipalities; second-highest GDP per capita after Prague; nearly 90% of Czech vineyards.