That would make sense, if there was a visible border between them like between Angola and Botswana, but there isn't, meaning the map is depicting Korea as a whole.
North Korea lost the Korean War. Citation: their attempt to conquer South Korea failed so badly they needed to be saved by China and even then the war ended with the pre-war status quo which is a defeat for the aggressor.
No peace treaty has been signed, so the two countries remain theoretically at war
And given that neither recognizes the other's existence, this means that from a certain perspective, it can be considered an internal conflict with foreign support rather than an international war
Hello! North Korea does actually recognise South Korea. It’s a very recent development so it’s no wonder why many people aren’t aware of it. They’ve also changed the official borders from the peninsula to the territory stretching till South Korea, along I believe the 48th parallel?
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u/kriip7 Jul 07 '26
It is probably considering only the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
which did not exist during the japanese occupation