Korea

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Korea
朝鮮/朝鮮 ( North Korean )
韓國/韓國 ( Sooth Korean )

Banner o Korea
Location o  Korea  (green)
Location o   Korea    ( green )
Lairgest ceety Seoul
Leid(s) Korean
Demonym(s) Korean
Sovereign states North Korea
Sooth Korea
Leaders
Kim Jong-un
Moon Jae-in
Aurie
? Total
219,155 km 2 (84,616 sq mi) [1] [2]
? Water (%)
2.8
Population
? 2017 estimate
~77 million
? Density
349.06/km 2 (904.1/sq mi)
GDP   (nominal) 2019 estimate
? Tot
$1.7 trillion [3]
? Per capita
$22,000
Currency North Korean won (\)
Sooth Korean won ( \ )
Time zone UTC +9 [4] ( KST )
ISO 3166 code KP

Korea ( / k ? ? r ? / k?- REE -? ; Korean : 韓國 Hanguk [han?uːk] or 朝鮮 Joseon [t?os?n] ? (see etymology )) is an East Asie geographic region that is currently dividit intae twa separate sovereign states ? North Korea an Sooth Korea . Locatit on the Korean Peninsulae , Korea is bordered bi the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae tae the northwast, Roushie tae the northeast, an is separatit frae Japan tae the east bi the Korea Strait an the Sea o Japan (East Sea), an separatit frae the Republic o Cheenae (Taiwan) tae the sooth bi the East Cheenae Sea .

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  1. Castello-Cortes 1996 , p. 413, North Korea.
  2. Castello-Cortes 1996 , p. 498, South Korea.
  3. https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2018/02/weodata/weorept.aspx?sy=2019&ey=2020&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&pr1.x=26&pr1.y=12&c=542&s=NGDPD%2CPPPGDP%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPPC&grp=0&a=
  4. "N Korea to adjust time zone to match the South" . RTHK . Agence France-Presse . 30 Apryle 2018 . Retrieved 30 Apryle 2018 .