North Korea UK /nɔːθ ˌkəˈɹiː.ə/US /noɹθ ˌkəˈɹi.ə/ noun1 •A country in East Asia, whose territory consists of the northern part of Korea. Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Capital: Pyongyang.Some 200 hectares of rice paddies in Kangwon Province are reported to have been flooded by tropical storm Khanun, which swept across North Korea last week after battering Japan’s Okinawa. — 2023
