North Korea is an independent nation in Eastern Asia. With the capital city of Pyongyang, North Korea 2020 population is estimated at 25,778,827 according to countryaah. State formations have existed on the Korean Peninsula since well before our era. From the end of the 1300s, Korea was ruled by the Chosond dynasty (also called the… Read More »
According to ehotelat, the country’s capital, Pyongyang, is one of the oldest cities in North Korea. North Korean scientists believe that the city, located here in 2334 BC. already at that time was the capital of the state lying on the northern part of the Korean peninsula. Unfortunately, during the Korean War, Pyongyang was almost… Read More »
5: The motives for participating Why are South Korea and the IOC so concerned that North Korea should participate in Pyeongchang? And why is it so important for totalitarian North Korea to take part in these very games? Pyeongchang has applied three times for the Winter Olympics, and in the beginning it was important to… Read More »
North Korean participation in the Winter Olympics in South Korea is historic. The last time South Korea hosted the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, North Korea boycotted the Games and bombed a 115-passenger South Korean passenger plane. Now the neighbors have a common team, and the Pyeongchang Games can be a milestone for the Olympic… Read More »