North Korea

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국, Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk, abbreviated DPRK, colloquially North Korea) in East Asia with its capital Pyongyang covers 120,538 km². The country borders China to the north. In the far north-east, there is a border strip with Russia that is around 19 kilometres long. In the south, the Military Demarcation Line forms the de facto border with South Korea. The division of the country began after the Second World War with the division of Korea into a US and a Soviet occupation zone, from which two independent states emerged in 1948. The Korean War (1950 to 1953) sealed the division of the Korean peninsula.

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