South Korean won
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The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| South Korean won canonical | 82 |
| KRW | 11 |
| Korean won | 1 |
| Korean won (under U.S. military administration) | 1 |
| South Korean 5,000 won banknote | 1 |
| South Korean won (late period) | 1 |
| 대한민국 원 | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T59714 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Korean won Context triple: [Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998, involvesCurrency, South Korean won]
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A.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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B.
Thai baht
The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
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C.
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official monetary unit of India, issued and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and widely used in the country’s domestic and international economic transactions.
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D.
South Korea
South Korea is an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, known for its advanced technology, vibrant pop culture, and rapid economic development.
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E.
US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: South Korean won Target entity description: The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
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A.
Japanese yen
The Japanese yen is Japan's official fiat currency and one of the world's most traded reserve currencies in global foreign exchange markets.
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B.
Thai baht
The Thai baht is the official currency of Thailand, notable for its central role in triggering the 1997 Asian financial crisis after a sharp devaluation.
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C.
Indian rupee
The Indian rupee is the official monetary unit of India, issued and regulated by the Reserve Bank of India and widely used in the country’s domestic and international economic transactions.
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D.
South Korea
South Korea is an East Asian nation on the southern half of the Korean Peninsula, known for its advanced technology, vibrant pop culture, and rapid economic development.
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E.
US dollar
The US dollar is the official currency of the United States and the world’s primary reserve currency used widely in global trade and finance.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
currency
ⓘ
fiat currency ⓘ |
| centralBank | Bank of Korea ⓘ |
| country | South Korea ⓘ |
| crisisPeriod | late 1990s ⓘ |
| denominationCode | KRW banknotes and coins ⓘ |
| denominationStructure | banknotes and coins ⓘ |
| experiencedEvent |
Asian financial crisis
ⓘ
linked to:
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
|
| experiencedSignificantDevaluationDuring |
Asian financial crisis
ⓘ
linked to:
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
|
| floatRegime | managed float ⓘ |
| hasBanknoteDenomination |
1000 won
ⓘ
10000 won ⓘ 5000 won ⓘ 50000 won ⓘ |
| hasCoinDenomination |
10 won
ⓘ
100 won ⓘ 50 won ⓘ 500 won ⓘ |
| hasSecurityFeatures |
color-shifting ink
ⓘ
holograms ⓘ microprinting ⓘ watermarks ⓘ |
| introduced | 1945 ⓘ |
| isAffectedBy |
South Korea’s interest rates
ⓘ
South Korea’s trade balance ⓘ global financial conditions ⓘ |
| ISO4217Code |
KRW
ⓘ
linked to:
South Korean won
|
| isPartOf | South Korean economy ⓘ |
| isPeggedTo | no single currency ⓘ |
| isSubjectTo | monetary policy of the Bank of Korea ⓘ |
| issuingAuthority | Bank of Korea ⓘ |
| legalTenderIn |
Republic of Korea
ⓘ
linked to:
South Korea
|
| monetaryPolicyAuthority | Bank of Korea ⓘ |
| officialCurrencyOf | South Korea ⓘ |
| region | East Asia ⓘ |
| replacedCurrency | Korean yen ⓘ |
| subunit | jeon ⓘ |
| subunitToUnitRatio | 100 jeon = 1 won ⓘ |
| symbol | ₩ ⓘ |
| underwentReformsDuring |
Asian financial crisis
ⓘ
linked to:
Asian financial crisis of 1997–1998
|
| usedFor |
domestic payments in South Korea
ⓘ
government budgeting in South Korea ⓘ pricing of goods and services in South Korea ⓘ tax payments in South Korea ⓘ |
| usedIn |
South Korea
ⓘ
South Korean financial markets ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Hangul
ⓘ
Hanja ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: South Korean won Description of subject: The South Korean won is the official currency of South Korea, known for its significant devaluation and subsequent reforms during the late-1990s Asian financial crisis.
Referenced by (98)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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subject linked to:
Korea Exchange (KRX)
subject linked to:
Korea Exchange (KRX)
linked to: South Korean won
linked to: South Korean won
linked to: South Korean won
subject linked to:
Gyeryong, South Chungcheong Province