Korean Traditional Costumes

Korean Traditional Costumes.

1. a former country in E Asia, on a peninsula SE of Manchuria and between the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea: a kingdom prior to 1910; under Japanese rule 1910–45; now divided at 38° N into North Korea and South Korea. Compare Korean War.
2. Democratic People's Republic of, official name of North Korea.
3. Republic of, official name of South Korea.