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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.
This is a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. ... Neighbouring countries and territories ... North Korea: 3 3 3
South Korea North Korea: 238 148 On the Korean Peninsula, at the Demarcation Line. The two countries are separated by a 4 km wide Demilitarized Zone. Both Koreas claim the Korean Peninsula. Timor-Leste Indonesia: 228 142 On the island of Timor. United Kingdom Republic of Ireland: 360 220 On the island of Ireland.
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] Notable islands include Jeju, Ulleung, and the Liancourt Rocks.
Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK). Both countries proclaimed independence in 1948, and the two countries fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953.
The name Korea is derived from the shortened form of Goguryeo: Goryeo (Koryŏ) The name Korea is an exonym derived from the historical Korean kingdom name Goryeo (Korean: 고려; Hanja: 高麗; MR: Koryŏ). Goryeo was the shortened name officially adopted by Goguryeo in the 5th century [11] [12] [13] and the name of its 10th-century successor ...
South Korea is among 20 countries that have comprehensive free trade pacts with the United States. In the Asia-Pacific region, these include Australia and Singapore, while that with Japan focuses ...
The North Korean Ministry of Land and Environmental Protection estimates that North Korea's average temperature rose by 1.9 °C between 1918 and 2000. [16] In the 2013 edition of Germanwatch's Climate Risk Index , North Korea was judged to be the seventh hardest hit by climate-related extreme weather events of 179 nations during the period 1992 ...