Key facts
Capital: Pyongyang
Location: Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea
Government: Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Currency: North Korean won (KPW)
Area: 120,538 sq km
Population: 25,831,360 (July 2021 est.)
Languages: Korean
Religion: traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way)
TimeZone: UTC+9
Tel Code: +850
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