Koreas
The Koreas are the two sovereign states on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the north and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in the south. The DMZ forms the de facto border following the division after World War II and the Korean War. DPRK's capital is Pyongyang; ROK's is Seoul. The Korean Peninsula is bordered by the Yellow Sea to the west, the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east, and the Korea Strait to the south.
Korea was a unified kingdom for centuries before Japanese annexation in 1910. After liberation in 1945, the
The DPRK is a one-party state with a centralized planned economy and extensive state control, facing international
Korean is the common language, written in Hangul. Shared historical and cultural roots exist, including food,