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조선인민공화국 (Korean) OTL equivalent: Korea | ||||||
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Anthem: 애국가 Aegukga "The Patriotic Song" |
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Korea (green)
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Capital | Seoul | |||||
Official languages | Korean (Pyojuneo) | |||||
Demonym | Korean | |||||
Government | Unitary presidential constitutional republic | |||||
- | President | Yoon Suk-yeol | ||||
- | Prime Minister | Han Duck-soo | ||||
Legislature | National Assembly | |||||
Establishment | ||||||
- | First Korean kingdom | 2333 BCE (mythological) | ||||
- | Independence declared | 1 March 1919 | ||||
- | Provisional Government | 11 April 1919 | ||||
- | Relinquishment from Japanese Empire | 30 June 1960 | ||||
Population | ||||||
- | estimate | 76,815,510 |
Korea, officially the People's Republic of Korea (PRK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the Korean Peninsula and sharing a land border with Manchuria and Russia, while sharing an overseas border with Japan. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. It has a population of 76 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu.
The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Silla and Balhae in the late 7th century, Korea was ruled by the Goryeo dynasty (918–1392) and the Joseon dynasty (1392–1897). The succeeding Korean Empire (1897–1910) was annexed in 1910 into the Empire of Japan. The Japanese rule ended following the Tokyo Agreement in June 1960 with the United Korean Liberation Front (UKLF) on June 1960, which relinquished control over Korea, and allowing the return of the provisional government on March 1, 1961 after first presidential elections, ending the Korean War of Liberation. the country entered into a military alliance with the U.S. and Japan, and its devastated economy began to soar, recording the fastest rise in average GDP per capita in the world between 1980 and 1990.
Korea is a regional power and a highly developed country, with its economy being ranked as the world's thirteenth-largest by nominal GDP and the fourteenth-largest by GDP (PPP). It ranks nineteenth globally by Human Development Index, and has the third-highest life expectancy in the world. In recent years, the country has been facing an aging population and the lowest fertility rate in the world. Korea's citizens enjoy one of the world's fastest Internet connection speeds and the densest high-speed railway network. The country is the world's ninth-largest exporter and ninth-largest importer. Its armed forces are ranked as one of the world's strongest militaries, with the world's second-largest standing army by military and paramilitary personnel. It is a member of the WPTO, United Nations, the G20, the IPEF, and the Paris Club.
Etymology[]
The name Korea derives from the name Goryeo. The name Goryeo itself was first used by the ancient kingdom of Goguryeo, which was considered a great power of East Asia during its time, in the 5th century as a shortened form of its name. The 10th-century kingdom of Goryeo succeeded Goguryeo, and thus inherited its name, which was pronounced by the visiting Arab and Persian merchants as "Korea". The modern name of Korea appears in the first Portuguese maps of 1568 by João vaz Dourado as Conrai and later in the late 16th century and early 17th century as Korea (Corea) in the maps of Teixeira Albernaz of 1630.
The kingdom of Goryeo became first known to Westerners when Afonso de Albuquerque conquered Malacca in 1511 and described the peoples who traded with this part of the world known by the Portuguese as the Gores. Despite the coexistence of the spellings Corea and Korea in 19th century publications, some Koreans believe that Imperial Japan, around the time of the Japanese occupation, intentionally standardized the spelling on Korea, making Japan appear first alphabetically.
After Goryeo was replaced by Joseon in 1392, Joseon became the official name for the entire territory, though it was not universally accepted. The new official name has its origin in the ancient kingdom of Gojoseon (2333 BCE). In 1897, the Joseon dynasty changed the official name of the country from Joseon to Daehan Jeguk (Korean Empire). The name Daehan (Great Han) derives from Samhan (Three Han), referring to the Three Kingdoms of Korea, not the ancient confederacies in the Korean Peninsula. However, the name Joseon was still widely used by Koreans to refer to their country, though it was no longer the official name. Under Japanese rule, the two names Han and Joseon coexisted. There were several groups who fought for independence, the most notable being the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (대한민국 임시정부 / 大韓民國臨時政府).
Following the Tokyo agreement and the relinquishment of the Japanese control over the peninsula, in 1960, the "People's Republic of Korea" (조선인민공화국, Chosŏn Inmin Konghwaguk, lit. 'Democratic State of Korea'; ) was adopted as the legal English name for the new country. However, it is not a direct translation of the Korean name. As a result, the Korean name "Chosŏn Inmin Konghwaguk" is sometimes used by Koreans as a metonym to refer to the Korean ethnicity (or "race") as a whole, rather than just the Korean state.
History[]
Pre-1871[]
See: History of Korea
Korean Empire (1871-1910)[]
Beginning in 1871, Japan began to exert more influence in Korea, forcing it out of China's traditional sphere of influence. As a result of the First Sino-Japanese War (1894–95), the Qing dynasty had to give up such a position according to Article 1 of the Treaty of Shimonoseki, which was concluded between China and Japan in 1895. That same year, Empress Myeongseong of Korea was assassinated by Japanese agents.
In 1897, the Joseon dynasty proclaimed the Korean Empire (1897–1910). King Gojong became emperor. During this brief period, Korea had some success in modernising the military, economy, real property laws, education system, and various industries. Russia, Japan, France, and the United States all invested in the country and sought to influence it politically.
The Russians were pushed out of the fight for Korea following the conclusion of the Russo-Japanese War (1904–1905). Korea became a protectorate of Japan shortly afterwards.
Government and politics[]
The Korean government's structure is determined by the Constitution of the Republic of Korea. Like many democratic states, Korea has a government divided into three branches: executive, judicial, and legislative. The executive and legislative branches operate primarily at the national level, although various ministries in the executive branch also carry out local functions. The judicial branch operates at both the national and local levels. Local governments are semi-autonomous and contain executive and legislative bodies of their own. Korea is a constitutional democracy.
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Although Korea experienced a period of military dictatorship from the 1960s until the early 1970s, it has since developed into a successful liberal democracy.
Economy[]
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