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North Korea and Pyongyang

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Difference between North Korea and Pyongyang

North Korea vs. Pyongyang

North Korea (Chosŏn'gŭl:조선; Hanja:朝鮮; Chosŏn), officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea, or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang, or P'yŏngyang, is the capital and largest city of North Korea.

Similarities between North Korea and Pyongyang

North Korea and Pyongyang have 57 things in common (in Unionpedia): Air Koryo, Association football, Beijing, Cabinet of North Korea, Chagang Province, China, Chongjin, Chung-guyok, Coal, Death and state funeral of Kim Il-sung, East Asia, First Sino-Japanese War, Goguryeo, Gojoseon, Goryeo, Hamhung, Hangul, Hanja, High-speed rail, Humid continental climate, Hyesan, Iraq, Jangmadang, Joseon, Juche, Köppen climate classification, Kim Il-sung, Kim Il-sung Square, Kim Il-sung Stadium, Kim Il-sung University, ..., Kim Jong-il, Korea Bay, Korea under Japanese rule, Korean Demilitarized Zone, Korean language, Korean War, Library of Congress Country Studies, Ministry of People's Security, Naengmyeon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea Uncovered, Okryu-gwan, Provisional People's Committee for North Korea, Rice, Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, Seoul, Siberia, South Pyongan Province, Special cities of North Korea, State Security Department, Surrender of Japan, The Chosun Ilbo, Three Kingdoms of Korea, Trans-Siberian Railway, Wonsan, Workers' Party of Korea, Yellow Sea. Expand index (27 more) »

Air Koryo

Air Koryo (formerly) is the state-owned national flag carrier airline of North Korea, headquartered in Sunan-guyŏk, Pyongyang.

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Association football

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Cabinet of North Korea

The Cabinet of North Korea (Naegak) is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea.

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Chagang Province

Chagang Province (Chagangdo) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered by China to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chongjin

Chŏngjin is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province and the country's third largest city.

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Chung-guyok

Chung-guyŏk (Central District) is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Death and state funeral of Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung died unexpectedly on the afternoon of 8 July 1994 at age 82.

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East Asia

East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.

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First Sino-Japanese War

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 – 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing dynasty of China and Empire of Japan, primarily for influence over Joseon.

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Goguryeo

Goguryeo (37 BCE–668 CE), also called Goryeo was a Korean kingdom located in the northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula and the southern and central parts of Manchuria.

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Gojoseon

Gojoseon, originally named Joseon, was an ancient Korean kingdom.

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Goryeo

Goryeo (918–1392), also spelled as Koryŏ, was a Korean kingdom established in 918 by King Taejo.

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Hamhung

Hamhŭng (Hamhŭng-si) is North Korea's second largest city, and the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province.

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Hangul

The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul (from Korean hangeul 한글), has been used to write the Korean language since its creation in the 15th century by Sejong the Great.

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Hanja

Hanja is the Korean name for Chinese characters.

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High-speed rail

High-speed rail is a type of rail transport that operates significantly faster than traditional rail traffic, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.

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Humid continental climate

A humid continental climate (Köppen prefix D and a third letter of a or b) is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, which is typified by large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) winters.

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Hyesan

Hyesan is a city in the northern part of Ryanggang province of North Korea.

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Iraq

Iraq (or; العراق; عێراق), officially known as the Republic of Iraq (جُمُهورية العِراق; کۆماری عێراق), is a country in Western Asia, bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, Kuwait to the southeast, Saudi Arabia to the south, Jordan to the southwest and Syria to the west.

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Jangmadang

Jangmadang,, are the North Korean farmers' markets, local markets and black markets.

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Joseon

The Joseon dynasty (also transcribed as Chosŏn or Chosun, 조선; officially the Kingdom of Great Joseon, 대조선국) was a Korean dynastic kingdom that lasted for approximately five centuries.

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Juche

Juche (subject;; usually left untranslated or translated as "self-reliance") is the official state ideology of North Korea, described by the government as Kim Il-sung's "original, brilliant and revolutionary contribution to national and international thought".

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Köppen climate classification

The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.

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Kim Il-sung

Kim Il-sung (or Kim Il Sung) (born Kim Sŏng-ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the first leader of North Korea, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.

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Kim Il-sung Square

Kim Il-sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il-sung.

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Kim Il-sung Stadium

Kim Il-sung Stadium is the name of a large multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

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Kim Il-sung University

Kim Il-sung University, founded on 1 October 1946, is the first university built in North Korea.

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Kim Jong-il

Kim Jong-il (or Kim Jong Il) (16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was the second Supreme Leader of North Korea, from the death of his father Kim Il-sung, the first Supreme Leader of North Korea, in 1994 until his own death in 2011.

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Korea Bay

The Korea(n) Bay, sometimes the West Korea(n) Bay, is a northern extension of the Yellow Sea, between Liaoning Province of China and North Pyongan Province of North Korea.

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Korea under Japanese rule

Korea under Japanese rule began with the end of the short-lived Korean Empire in 1910 and ended at the conclusion of World War II in 1945.

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Korean Demilitarized Zone

The Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ; Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 한반도 비무장 지대; Hanja: 韓半島非武裝地帶) is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula.

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Korean language

The Korean language (Chosŏn'gŭl/Hangul: 조선말/한국어; Hanja: 朝鮮말/韓國語) is an East Asian language spoken by about 80 million people.

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Korean War

The Korean War (in South Korean, "Korean War"; in North Korean, "Fatherland: Liberation War"; 25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was a war between North Korea (with the support of China and the Soviet Union) and South Korea (with the principal support of the United States).

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Library of Congress Country Studies

The Country Studies are works published by the Federal Research Division of the United States Library of Congress, freely available for use by researchers.

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Ministry of People's Security

The Ministry of People’s Security is a law enforcement agency in North Korea.

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Naengmyeon

Naengmyeon (in S. Korea) or raengmyŏn (랭면, in N. Korea) is a Korean noodle dish of long and thin handmade noodles made from the flour and starch of various ingredients, including buckwheat (메밀, memil), potatoes, sweet potatoes, arrowroot starch (darker color and chewier than buckwheat noodles), and kudzu (칡, chik).

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North Hwanghae Province

North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to) is a province of North Korea.

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North Korea Uncovered

North Korea Uncovered is a comprehensive set of mappings of North Korea.

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Okryu-gwan

Okryu-gwan or Okryu Restaurant is a restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea, founded in 1960.

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Provisional People's Committee for North Korea

The Provisional People’s Committee for North Korea, colloquially known as Soviet Korea, was the official name of the provisional government governing the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula following its post-World War II partition by the United States and the Soviet Union after the defeat of the Empire of Japan in 1945.

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Rice

Rice is the seed of the grass species Oryza sativa (Asian rice) or Oryza glaberrima (African rice).

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Rungrado 1st of May Stadium

The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, also known as the May Day Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, completed on 1 May 1989.

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Seoul

Seoul (like soul; 서울), officially the Seoul Special Metropolitan City – is the capital, Constitutional Court of Korea and largest metropolis of South Korea.

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Siberia

Siberia (a) is an extensive geographical region, and by the broadest definition is also known as North Asia.

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South Pyongan Province

South Pyongan Province (Phyŏngannamdo) is a province of North Korea.

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Special cities of North Korea

Special cities are one of the first-level administrative division within North Korea.

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State Security Department

The State Security Department (SSD) or the Ministry of State Security is the secret police agency of North Korea.

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Surrender of Japan

The surrender of Imperial Japan was announced on August 15 and formally signed on September 2, 1945, bringing the hostilities of World War II to a close.

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The Chosun Ilbo

The Chosun Ilbo is one of the major newspapers in South Korea.

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Three Kingdoms of Korea

The concept of the Three Kingdoms of Korea refers to the three kingdoms of Baekje (백제), Silla (신라) and Goguryeo (고구려).

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Trans-Siberian Railway

The Trans-Siberian Railway (TSR, p) is a network of railways connecting Moscow with the Russian Far East.

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Wonsan

Wŏnsan, previously known as Wŏnsanjin (元山津), Port Lazarev, and Gensan (元山), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwŏn Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the East Sea (Japan Sea) and the provincial capital.

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Workers' Party of Korea

The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the founding and ruling political party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the largest party represented in the Supreme People's Assembly.

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Yellow Sea

The Yellow Sea or West Sea is located between China and Korea.

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North Korea and Pyongyang Comparison

North Korea has 574 relations, while Pyongyang has 244. As they have in common 57, the Jaccard index is 6.97% = 57 / (574 + 244).

References

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