Korea
/kəˈrɪə/- a region of east Asia forming a peninsula between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea, now divided into the countries of North Korea and South Korea朝鲜(东亚地区, 位于日本海和黄海之间的半岛, 现分为朝鲜和韩国两个国家)。
Ruled from the 14th century by the Korean Yi dynasty but more recently dominated by the Chinese and Japanese in turn, Korea was annexed by Japan in 1910. Following the Japanese surrender at the end of the Second World War, Korea was partitioned along the 38th parallel in 1948.