Korea has had a number of capitals. Korea is a peninsula in East Asia, currently the peninsula is divided into two countries: North Korea's capital is...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in South Korea. As of December 2012, there were at least 60 people on death row in South Korea. The method of execution...

Capital punishment is a legal penalty in North Korea. It is used for many offences, such as grand theft, murder, rape, drug smuggling, treason, espionage...

officially Seoul Special Metropolitan City, is the capital and largest city of South Korea. The broader Seoul Capital Area, encompassing Gyeonggi Province and Incheon...

Pyongyang (Korean: 평양; Hancha: 平壤) is the capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (혁명의...

The division of Korea de facto began on 2 September 1945, when Japan signed the surrender document, thus ending the Pacific Theater of World War II. It...

South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North...

Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...

North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula...

Seoul Metropolitan Area (Sudogwon; Korean: 수도권, [sʰu.do.k͈wʌ̹n]) or Gyeonggi region (경기 지방), is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi Province...

important cities of North Korea have self-governing status equivalent to that of provinces. Pyongyang, the largest city and capital, is classified as...

Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was supported by the People's Republic of China and the...

The Capital Mechanized Infantry Division (Korean: 수도기계화보병사단, hanja: 首都機械化步兵師團), also known as Fierce Tiger Division (Korean: 맹호부대, hanja: 猛虎部隊), is currently...

Korean beauty standards have become a well-known feature of Korean culture. In 2015, a global survey by the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic...

colonial period. With the liberation of Korea in 1945, the Korean peninsula was divided into North Korea and South Korea, with the dividing line established...

/keɪˈsɔːŋ/; Korean: [kɛsʌ̹ŋ]) is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during...

During most of the Joseon dynasty, Korea was divided into eight provinces (do; 도; 道). The eight provinces' boundaries remained unchanged for about 480...

Seoul, the capital of South Korea, has been called by a number of formal and informal names over time. The word seoul was originally a common noun that...

Hyundai Capital Services (Korean: 현대캐피탈) is a South Korean provider of consumer financial services ranging from auto-financing, private financing, and...

aimed at attempting to deter the commission of offences. Capital punishment in Judaism "North Korea dictator Kim Jong Un's executions: anti-aircraft guns...

North Korean armies back behind the Han River and recover the South Korean capital. The operation began on February 21, 1951. The 900 Canadians of the 2PPCLI...

facto administrative capital of South Korea. Sejong was founded in 2007 as the new planned capital of South Korea from many parts of the South Chungcheong...

The largest cities of South Korea have an autonomous status equivalent to that of provinces. Seoul, the largest city and capital, is classified as a teukbyeolsi...

The currency is issued by the Bank of Korea, based in the capital city of Seoul. The old "won" was a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen, which...

Demographic features of the population of South Korea include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status,...

(Korean: 부산, pronounced [pusan]), officially Busan Metropolitan City, is South Korea's second most populous city after Seoul, with a population of over...

capturing both Hanseong, the capital of Korea, and Pyongyang, and completing the occupation of large portions of the Korean Peninsula in three months. The...

Province (Korean: 충청남도; RR: Chungcheongnam-do), also known as Chungnam, is a province of South Korea in the Hoseo region in the southwest of the Korean Peninsula...

is issued by the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, based in the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang. Won, like Japanese yen...

overthrow of Goryeo in what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul. The kingdom's...