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North Korea is a country in East Asia, one of the 47 countries of Asia on GlobeQuizz. Its full official name is Democratic People's Republic of Korea. In Arabic, the name is written كوريا الشمالية, and the capital بيونغ يانغ. Its geographic centre lies in the Northern and Eastern hemispheres.
The capital of North Korea is Pyongyang. Pyongyang lies at about 39° north and 126° east. The official language of North Korea is Korean. Its currency is the North Korean Won, with the symbol ₩ and the international code KPW.
North Korea covers about 120,538 square kilometres, which puts it 97th by area among the 195 countries on GlobeQuizz. It shares land borders with 3 countries: Russia, China, and South Korea. The largest of these neighbours by area is Russia. Other countries in East Asia include Mongolia and Japan. To practise flags, capitals and currencies, play the Asia quiz on GlobeQuizz, which mixes North Korea with the other countries of the same region.