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[โ€“] A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Nerd sniped me

The fuck's wrong with you? Look at the pic, all of Korea is red.

[โ€“] Bgugi@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

Sorry if I didn't explain it well. What I mean is that dprk considers itself the "true" government of the Korean peninsula, and their terminology generally reflects this. Due to the functional reality of the ongoing conflict, "South Korea" is used often. Though it's used rarely, "North Korea" (literally north, functionally "unoccupied" or "free") does still show up occasionally in language.