Where is North Korea?
North Korea is a country in East Asia.
- Type
- Country
- Continent
- Asia
- Region
- East Asia
- Land borders
- 3: China, Russia, South Korea
- Area
- About 120,000 km² on the game’s map
- Hemispheres
- Northern; Eastern
- Capital city
- 39.03° N, 125.76° E
About North Korea
North Korea occupies the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang as its capital and largest city. Founded in 1948, it has been ruled by three generations of the Kim family under the state ideology of Juche. It is heavily militarized and nuclear-armed, and it is separated from South Korea by the world's most fortified border.
Clues from Atlas Daily
Round 4 on 15 October 2026 (#44), hardest clue first:
- Its most performed revolutionary opera has been staged over 1,500 times since a 1971 premiere.
- It has the most doctors per head of any low-income country at 3.7 physicians per 1,000 people.
- Its official ideology rests on economic self-sufficiency, military self-reliance and independent foreign policy.
- Its 1950s war ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953 and no peace treaty has ever been signed.
Nearby places from past puzzles
- South Korea 190 km away
- China 810 km away
- Taiwan 1,600 km away
- Mongolia 1,800 km away
- Philippines 2,800 km away
- Vietnam 2,800 km away
- Laos 3,200 km away
- Myanmar 3,600 km away
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Sources: Wikipedia: North Korea. Borders, area and map from Natural Earth 1:50m outlines, the same ones the game uses.