- North Korea
- North Ko|re|aa country in East Asia, west of Japan and east of China, which is officially called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Population: 21,968,000 (2001). Capital: Pyongyang. North Korea was formed in 1945 when Korea was divided into two countries (North and South Korea) by the US and the former Soviet Union.>North Korean n adj
Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.