48.6 M: Estimated population of South Korea as of July 2010.

99,720: Total land area in square kilometers of South Korea

37,800+: Estimated number of tourists from South Korea who visited Boracay from January to May 2010. About a third of Boracay?s visitors during the period were foreign tourists, and about a third of them were from South Korea.

9,800+: Estimated number of vehicles sold by Korean car maker Hyundai in the Philippines for the first half of 2010

200: Number of calories in 760 grams of kimchi.

10: Total number of active members of Korean Pop (K-pop) group Super Junior.

27: Number of shows to be staged by the K-pop group Wonder Girls in the US and Canada in 2010. The group has also opened for the Jonas Brothers in more than 50 shows.

2004: Year that Korean Sandara Park won in the reality talent search ?Star Circle Quest.? In 2005, she left the Philippines and returned to Korea. She is now one of the four members of the all-girl K-pop group 2NE1.

39.7: Percentage viewership rating, the highest ever, recorded by the Koreanovela ?Lovers in Paris,? which was aired in the Philippines in 2005. It was the first non-Philippine show to be aired in The Filipino Channel in 2007.

Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Sources: cia.gov, caloriegallery.com, superjunior.smtown.com, allkpop.com, koreatimes.co.kr, dkpopnews.net, yg-2ne1, pep.ph, tourism.gov.ph, PDI Archives