Korea is a geographic area in the eastern part of Asia, segregated into 2 separate autonomous states called North Korea and South Korea. It is situated in the Korean peninsula and its neighboring countries are Russia in the northeast, the People's Republic of China in the northwest. In the east the Sea of Japan and the Korean strait, separates the nation from Japan, and the East China Sea separates Korea from the Republic of china (Taiwan) in the south.

The linguistic and archeological trace implies that the people of Korea may have originated from the south central part of Siberia. These people speak Altaic language and they occupied the ancient Korea in consecutive waves in between the Neolithic and Bronze Age period. The implementation of the Chinese writing system (in Korean called as “Hanja”), and Buddhism in the 2nd Century BC and the 4th century AD had a significant influence on the ancient kingdoms of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla, collectively called as the Three Kingdoms of Korea.

During the reign of King Munmu of Sial , the 3 kingdoms remained united. In 935, the Goryeo Dynasty annexed the Three Kingdoms of Korea. In the 14ht century, the Goryeao was an extremely artistic nation and it produced Jikji, the abridged Korean Buddhist document title.

Capital: Pyongyang (North Korea), Seoul (South Korea)

Currency : North Korean won (â‚©) (KPW), South Korean won (â‚©) (KRW)

1945: Partition of Korea, from 1948, North and South Korea exists

Language: Korean language is the official language for both North and South Korea.

Religion: Buddhism and Confucianism form the major religion, with Christianity and Cheondoism present in minor population.

Timezone: Korea Standard Time (UTC+9)

History

North Korea’s American academy found out antique hominid fossils dating back to the 1, 00,000 BC in the form of lava at stone spot in Korea. The investigation on High magnetic and fluorescent denote the volcanic relics may be premature as 3, 00,000BC. The founding fable of the ancient kingdom of Gojoseon portrays a heaven’s decedent, Dangun as setting up the kingdom in 2333 BC.

The Proto Three Kingdoms

The period of Proto Three Kingdoms, occasionally referred to as Several States Period is the former division, what is normally referred as the Three Kingdoms Period, subsequent to Gojoseon’s fall. However prior to Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla totally evolved into kingdoms.

In the 1st century AD, Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, collectively known as the Three Kingdoms of Korea had authority over the peninsula and portions of Manchuria. Bothe in terms of military as well as economy, all these three kingdoms competed against each other. In the 5th century, Goguryeo attained its zenith.

In 1910, Japan invaded Korea and the country remained under its control till the end of the 1945 second world war. In 1945, the United States and the Soviet Union concurred on the Japanese forces’ surrender. The northern part of the 38th parallel was occupied by the Soviet troops, while the southern part came under the control of the US army. The allied armies’ decision formed the foundation for two superpowers to demarcate Korea.

Korean War

The cold war’s politics lead to the setting up of two separate governments in North Korea and South Korea respectively.

South Korea was invaded by North Korea in June 1950, utilizing the Soviet weapons and tanks. For three years, the Korean War lasted from 1950 to 1953. Civilians amounting to millions were killed and several people were taken as Prisoners of War (POW).With the Armistice Agreement, at the Military Demarcation Line roughly, the war came to an end.

North Korea, formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a state with single party and a well planned centralized economy. South Korea, on the record called as Republic of Korea is a free market, developed, democratic nation. It is a constituent of the group of Twenty, and in OECD, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.