Korea (kor)

Korea

Korea ranks 5,268th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania, Säffle, and Bristol, Pennsylvania. Memorable people born in Korea include Nam June Paik, Chungjeong of Goryeo, and Chungmok of Goryeo. Korea has been the birth place of many politicians, and musicians. Korea is located in South Korea.

Korea is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula, Jeju Island, and smaller islands. Since the end of World War II in 1945, it has been politically divided at or near the 38th parallel; in 1948, two states declared independence, both claiming sovereignty over the entire region: North Korea in its northern half and South Korea in the south, which fought the Korean War from 1950 to 1953. The region is bordered by China to the north and Russia to the northeast, across the Amnok (Yalu) and Duman (Tumen) rivers, and is separated from Japan to the southeast by the Korea Strait. Read more on Wikipedia