
| Name: | Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) |
| Local name (Korean): | 조선 (조선 민주주의 인민 공화국) |
| Bordering countries: | Republic of Korea, Russia, China |
| Status: | sovereign state |
| Surface: | 120.5 ths. sq. km |
| Population (2003): | 24 080 ths. |
| Capital: | Pyongyang (펭양) |
| Official language: | Korean |