North Korea

English thumb|240px|Flag of North Korea Alternative forms en north Korea dated Etymology From en north Korea 1, due to its northerly position on the en Korean peninsula. Pronunciation en /noɹθ ˌkəˈɹi.ə/ GA en En-us-North Korea.ogg US en /nɔːθ ˌkəˈɹiː.ə/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Soundguys-North Korea.wav UK en iːə 3 Proper noun North Korea en Q423en country region/East Asia whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea Democratic People's Republic of Korea Pyongyang. en March 9, 1948 March 8, 1948 U.N. Officials Fight Korea Voting Plan w:The Washington Post https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1948-03-09_26199/ 26,199 0190-8286 2269358 4 https://archive.org/details/per_washington-post_1948-03-09_26199/page/n3/ 2 The Little Assembly directed the commission to hold elections "wherever possible" which means, in effect, the United States-occupied zone. Russia, occupying North Korea, has boycotted the commission completely. en 1985 H. Edward Kim Land and People Facts about Korea https://archive.org/details/factsaboutkorea0000hedw/ 18th Revised Seoul Hollym Corporation 14439866 22 https://archive.org/details/factsaboutkorea0000hedw/page/22/ A few species such as bat, shrew, striped hamster and muskrat are found only in North Korea. Also only in North Korea are tiger, lynx, two species of deer, Manchurian weasel and northern pika in the plateau regions of Paektusan. en 01/27/2023 Julian Ryall North Korea teetering on the brink of a humanitarian crisis https://web.archive.org/web/20230127112016/https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-teetering-on-the-brink-of-a-humanitarian-crisis/a-64533106 27 January 2023 https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-teetering-on-the-brink-of-a-humanitarian-crisis/a-64533106 w:DW News North Korea is currently experiencing a dire food crisis, with analysts warning the present situation could deteriorate into a similar humanitarian disaster seen during the four-year famine in the mid-1990s — referred to as the "Arduous March" by the regime — which led to the deaths of millions of people. en August 18 2023 Gavin Blair Kim Jong-un at typhoon-hit farms as North Korea rebuked over starvation w:The Times https://web.archive.org/web/20240420060028/https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/north-korea-typhoon-kim-jong-un-food-shortage-kkjk0ks8q 20 April 2024 https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/north-korea-typhoon-kim-jong-un-food-shortage-kkjk0ks8q 0140-0460 181820531 Some 200 hectares of rice paddies in Kangwon Province are reported to have been flooded by tropical storm Khanun, which swept across North Korea last week after battering Japan’s Okinawa. en 09/14/2023 North Korea set to end years-long sporting isolation at Asian Games https://web.archive.org/web/20230914133543/https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230914-north-korea-set-to-end-years-long-sporting-isolation-at-asian-games 14 September 2023 https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230914-north-korea-set-to-end-years-long-sporting-isolation-at-asian-games w:France 24 North Korea has traditionally been especially strong in weightlifting, dominating the event at the Jakarta Asian Games in 2018 with eight golds. en 7 October 2023 ‘Unprecedented’ freight rail cars on North Korea’s border with Russia: satellite images https://web.archive.org/web/20231008123008/https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-10-07/unprecedented-freight-rail-cars-on-north-koreas-border-with-russia-satellite-images/ 08 October 2023 https://efe.com/en/latest-news/2023-10-07/unprecedented-freight-rail-cars-on-north-koreas-border-with-russia-satellite-images/ w:EFE Satellite images show an “unprecedented” number of freight railcars on the border between Russia and North Korea following a summit between the countries’ leaders in which they discussed military cooperation. en Synonyms en Best Korea sarcastic, mocking en Hermit Kingdom nickname en Democratic People's Republic of Korea, en DPRK official en Juche Korea, en People's Korea used by North Korea supporters Derived terms en North Korean Translations Q423 a country in East Asia whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea Abkhaz: ab Аҩадатәи Кореиа Afrikaans: af Noord-Korea Albanian: sq Kore e Veriut f, sq Koreja e Veriut f definite Amharic: am ስሜን ኮርያ Arabic: ar كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f kōriyā š-šamāliyya definite, ar كُورِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f definite Armenian: hy Հյուսիսային Կորեա Assamese: as উত্তৰ কোৰিয়া Asturian: ast Corea del Norte f Azerbaijani: az Şimali Koreya Bashkir: ba Төньяҡ Корея Basque: eu Ipar Korea Belarusian: be Паўно́чная Карэ́я f Bengali: bn উত্তর কোরিয়া Breton: br Korea an Norzh Bulgarian: bg Се́верна Коре́я f Burmese: my မြောက်ကိုရီးယား Carpathian Rusyn: rue Се́верна Коре́я f Catalan: ca Corea del Nord f Chinese: Cantonese: yue 北韓 bak1 hon4, yue 朝鮮 ciu4 sin1, ziu1 sin1 Mandarin: cmn 朝鮮 Cháoxiǎn, cmn 北朝鮮 Běi Cháoxiǎn uncommon, cmn 北韓 Běihán especially Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore or South Korean context Corsican: co Corea di u Nordu f Czech: cs Severní Korea f Danish: da Nordkorea n Dhivehi: dv އުތުރު ކޮރެއާ Dutch: nl Noord-Korea n Dzongkha: dz བྱང་ཀོ་རི་ཡ་ Esperanto: eo Nord-Koreujo, eo Koreujo Norda, eo Koreio Norda, eo Nord-Koreio Estonian: et Põhja-Korea Faroese: fo Norðurkorea n Finnish: fi Pohjois-Korea French: fr Corée du Nord f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Noard-Koreä n Galician: gl Corea do Norte f Georgian: ka ჩრდილოეთი კორეა German: de Nordkorea n Greek: el Βόρεια Κορέα f Greenlandic: kl Korea Avannarleq Gujarati: gu ઉત્તર કોરિયા Hausa: ha Koriya ta Arewa Hawaiian: haw Kōlea ʻĀkau Hebrew: he קוֹרֵיאָה הַצְּפוֹנִית f koré'a ha-ts'fonít, he צְפוֹן קוֹרֵיאָה m ts'fón koré'a Hindi: hi उत्तर कोरिया m Hungarian: hu Észak-Korea Icelandic: is Norður-Kórea f Ido: io Nord-Korea Indonesian: id Korea Utara Interlingua: ia Corea del Nord Irish: ga Cóiré Thuaidh f Italian: it Corea del Nord f Japanese: ja 北朝鮮 きたちょうせん, Kita Chōsen, ja 北韓 ほっかん, Hokkan Kannada: kn ಉತ್ತರ ಕೊರಿಯಾ Kashubian: csb Nordowô Kòreja f Kazakh: kk Солтүстік Корея Khmer: km កូរ៉េខាងជើង Korean: ko ^북한(北韓) South Korea, ko ^북조선(北朝鮮) North Korea, ko ^조선(朝鮮) North Korea, China, Japan Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Korîya Bakur Kyrgyz: ky Түндүк Корея Lao: lo ເກົາຫລີເໜືອ Latin: la Corēa Septentriōnālis f New Latin Latvian: lv Ziemeļkoreja f Lithuanian: lt Šiaurės Korėja f Macedonian: mk Северна Коре́ја f Malagasy: mg Korea Avaratra Malay: ms Korea Utara Malayalam: ml ഉത്തര കൊറിയ Maltese: mt Korea ta' Fuq f il-Korea ta' Fuq Marathi: mr उत्तर कोरिया Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Умард Солонгос, mn Хойд Солонгос Mongolian script: mn ᠤᠮᠠᠷᠠᠳᠤ ᠰᠣᠯᠤᠩᠭᠤᠰ Navajo: nv Náhookǫsjí Binááʼádaałtsʼózí Dineʼé Bikéyah Yázhí Nepali: ne उत्तर कोरिया Norman: nrf Corée du Nord f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Nord-Korea n Nynorsk: nn Nord-Korea n Occitan: oc Corèa del Nòrd f Odia: or ଉତ୍ତର କୋରିଆ Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Сѣвєрьна Корєꙗ f modern Pashto: ps شمالي کوريا f šamāli koryā Persian: Dari: prs کورِیَایِی شُمَالِی, prs کورِیَایِ شُمَالِی Iranian Persian: fa-ira کُرِهٔ شُمالی Polish: pl Korea Północna f Portuguese: pt Coreia do Norte f Punjabi: Gurmukhi: pa ਉੱਤਰੀ ਕੋਰੀਆ m Quechua: qu Chinchay Kuriya Romanian: ro Coreea de Nord f Romansh: rm Corea dal Nord f Russian: ru Се́верная Коре́я f Scots: sco North Korea Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Се̏ве̄рна̄ Коре́ја f, sh Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Коре́ја f Latin: sh Sȅvērnā Koréja f, sh Sjȅvērnā Koréja f Silesian: szl Půłnocno Koryjo f Sinhalese: si උතුරු කොරියාව Slovak: sk Severná Kórea f Slovene: sl Severna Koreja f Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Pódpołnocna Koreja f Upper Sorbian: hsb Sewjerna Koreja f Spanish: es Corea del Norte f Swahili: sw Korea ya Kaskazini, sw Korea Kaskazini Swedish: sv Nordkorea n Tagalog: tl Hilagang Korea Tajik: tg Кореяи Шимолӣ, tg Қурияи Шимолӣ Tamil: ta வடகொரியா Tatar: tt Төньяк Корея Telugu: te ఉత్తర కొరియా Thai: th เกาหลีเหนือ Tibetan: bo བྱང་ཀོ་རི་ཡ Tigrinya: ti ሰሜን ኮርያ Turkish: tr Kuzey Kore Turkmen: tk Demirgazyk Koreýa Ukrainian: uk Півні́чна Коре́я f Urdu: ur شُمالِی کورِیا m Uyghur: ug شىمالىي چاۋشيەن Uzbek: uz Shimoliy Koreya Vietnamese: vi Bắc Triều Tiên (vi 北朝鮮), vi Bắc Hàn (vi 北韓), vi Triều Tiên (vi 朝鮮) Yiddish: yi צפֿון קאָרעע f tsofn koree Yoruba: yo Guusu Kọria 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