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MBC
| May 3, 2013
Following weeks of war rhetoric, moves made by China in the border city of Dandong are quietly increasing economic pressure on North Korea. South Korean broadcaster MBC examines how these actions may impact the elevated tension across the Korean p...
Al Jazeera English
| May 1, 2013
A North Korean court has given a Korean-American tour guide 15 years in prison for allegedly trying to overthrow the regime. Analysts suspect the sentencing of Kenneth Bae, who was arrested last November, is a sign Pyongyang is preparing for talks...
LinkAsia
| Apr 20, 2013
North Korea has demanded an apology from the South after anti-North Korean protesters took to the streets of Seoul to deface the DPRK flag and burn effigies of the country's leaders. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports that the North has kept up ...
LinkAsia
| Apr 19, 2013
North Korea rejected an offer from US Secretary of State John Kerry to begin dialogue, claiming they would not talk as long as the US is "swinging the nuclear club". Dr. Robert Gallucci, president of the MacArthur Foundation in Chicago, looks back...
Euronews
| Apr 13, 2013
US Secretary of State John Kerry has met with China's President Xi Jinping, and the two countries have issued a joint statement saying they are "committed to the de-nuclearization of the Korean peninsula". Washington has been urging Beijing to tak...
LinkAsia
| Apr 12, 2013
The optimistic interpretation by Western media about China's harder line toward North Korea is based on Xi Jinping's comments at Boao as well as China's recent support for UN sanctions. But Gregory Kulacki of the Union of Concerned Scientists thin...
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CCTV News
| Apr 12, 2013
Chinese president Xi Jinping made headlines this past week at the China-sponsored Boao forum when he made comments that many interpreted as being an indirect dig at North Korea. But is China really turning its back on its neighbor and ally? State-...
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MBC
| Apr 12, 2013
North Korea appears to be preparing to launch at least one medium-range rocket to celebrate the anniversary of founding father Kim Il-sung's birth. South Korea and the US have anti-missile batteries ready to shoot down the rocket if it poses a thr...
Associated Press
| Apr 12, 2013
As John Kerry landed in Seoul for talks amid fears of an impending North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang kicked off days of celebrations for Kim Il-sung's birthday with a flower show that featured models of the country's missiles and rockets amid...
Al Jazeera English
| Apr 11, 2013
South Korea offered an olive branch to the North today, even as its military was on high alert over a possible missile launch. A top minister said dialogue was needed to defuse tensions and reopen the Kaesong industrial complex, marking a signific...
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...Korea,” said South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se at an annual conference of chiefs of overseas diplomatic missions in Seoul. Analysts sug...
The Korean Peninsula is a peninsula in East Asia. It extends southwards for about 684 miles from continental Asia into the Pacific Ocean and is surrounded by the Sea of Japan to the east, and the Yellow Sea to the west, the Korea Strait connecting the first two bodies of water.
Until the end of World War II, Korea was a single political entity whose territory roughly coincided with the Korean Peninsula. Since the Armistice Agreement ended the Korean War in 1953, the northern division of the peninsula has been governed by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, while the southern portion has been governed by the Republic of Korea.
The northern boundaries for the Korean Peninsula are commonly taken to coincide with today's political borders between North Korea and its northern neighbors, China and Russia. These borders are formed naturally by the rivers Yalu/Amnok and Tumen/Tuman/Duman. Taking this definition, the Korean Peninsula has an area of 220,847 km².
The peninsula is called Chosŏn Pando in North Korea and Han Bando in South Korea based on the respective names of the two countries. They both use "Korea" as part of their official English names, which is a name that comes from the Goryeo Dynasty or Koryŏ.
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