Korea was divided into Soviet and U.S. zones of occupation, with the latter becoming the Republic of Korea in August 1948. It was part of Japan's occupied lands during World War 2 until 1945.
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea, is commonly referred to as Korea, North Korea is officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .
On August 15, 1948, the Republic of Korea was formally established, with Syngman Rhee as the first president
No. Seoul is the capital of the Republic of Korea, e.g. South Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is more commonly known as North Korea.
Korea DPR is Democratic People's Republic of Korea. That's long official name for North Korea. South Korea's official name is Republic of Korea. So, Korea DPR = Democratic People's Republic of Korea = North Korea Korea Republic = Republic of Korea = South Korea Everyone confuse this..
North Korea is known as The Democratic People's Republic of Korea South Korea is known as The Republic of Korea
As in the actual names: South Korea: Republic of Korea North Korea: People's Democratic Republic of Korea
A Sucky Place to Live OR Die. Actually, South and North share the name Korea. Old Korea = Koryu = high and bright. Japan called Korea by it's latest kingdom, Chosun, "Land of the Morning Calm"
Presumably so, as North Korea is a Communist state and not a Republic ___________________________________________________________________ Republic of Korea is the official name of South Korea and North Korea is referred as Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea is still a republic because it is called the Democratic (yeah right) REPUBLIC of Korea
The Republic of South Korea qualifies as such.
Republic of Korea (South), Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North)
NO. Gyeonggi-Do is a region in the Republic of Korea, also called South Korea.
In 2007 the HDI of South Korea (Republic of Korea) was set t 0.937