north korea

Noun
  1. A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula;
    Established in 1948 (synset 108974855)
    domain member region: yalu river - a battle in the Korean War (November 1950); when UN troops advanced north to the Yalu River 200,000 Chinese troops crossed the river and drove them back
    is an instance of: asian country, asian nation - any one of the nations occupying the Asian continent
    has:
    • capital of north korea, pyongyang - capital of North Korea and an industrial center
    • yalu, yalu river - river in eastern Asia; rises in North Korea and flows southwest to Korea Bay (forming part of the border between North Korea and China)
    is a part of:
    • dae-han-min-gook, han-gook, korea, korean peninsula - an Asian peninsula (off Manchuria) separating the Yellow Sea and the Sea of Japan; the Korean name is Dae-Han-Min-Gook or Han-Gook
    • asia - the largest continent with 60% of the earth's population; it is joined to Europe on the west to form Eurasia; it is the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations
    same as: d.p.r.k., democratic people's republic of korea, dprk

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