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The peninsula is located in Northeast Asia, between China and Japan. To the northwest, the Yalu River separates Korea from China and to the northeast, the Tumen River separates Korea from China and Russia. The Yellow Sea lies to the west, the East China Sea and Korea Strait to the south, and the Sea of Japan (East Sea) to the east. [1]
South Korea, [c] officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), [d] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east.
The Korea Strait is a sea passage in East Asia between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. It connects the East China Sea , the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan in the northwest Pacific Ocean . The strait is split by Tsushima Island into two parts: the Western Channel, and the Tsushima Strait or Eastern Channel.
Map of South Korea. South Korea is located in East Asia, on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula located out from the far east of the Asian landmass. The only country that shares a land border with South Korea is North Korea, lying to the north with 238 kilometres (148 mi) of the border running along the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Japan is often divided into regions, each containing one or more of the country's 47 prefectures at large. Sometimes, they are referred to as "blocs" (ブロック, burokku), or "regional blocs" (地域ブロック, chiiki burokku) as opposed to more granular regional divisions. They are not official administrative units, though they have been ...
In the Korea and Joseon dynasty period, after the area called Giseong (기성현) was divided from Geoje 거제현 in 1914, the Geoje area was mistakenly called Tongyeong (통영군). [1] During this period, the island was a strategic location between Japan and the Korean Peninsula , and therefore suffered invasion by the Japanese .
Gwangju [a] (Korean: 광주; Korean pronunciation:) is a city in Gyeonggi Province, South Korea, a suburb southeast of Seoul. The city is not to be confused with the much larger Gwangju , former capital of South Jeolla Province , or Guangzhou , the city of Guangdong , China in Hanja .
Yujin Point [1] (Korean: 유진단; Hanja: 楡津端; MR: Yujindan; "Elm-Ferry Cape") is a North Korean headland in the middle of the country's eastern coast along the Sea of Japan. It forms the eastern side of Kimchaek Bay [ 2 ] (the former "Songjin" or "Plaksin Bay") in North Hamgyong 's Kimchaek County .