South Korea is a country.
This article includes a list of countries by their forecasted estimated gross domestic product ( PPP ) . List of countries by intentional homicide rate per year per 100,000 inhabitants . South Korea . Home of Samsung , LG and Hyundai-Kia , South Korea was named the world 's most innovative country for 4 consecutive years since 2014 in the Bloomberg Innovation Index , ranking first in business R&D intensity , manufacturing value-added , patents filed per GDP , second in higher education efficiency and fourth in high-tech density and researcher concentration .