Iraq has a capital called Baghdad.
The division of Korea into two states took place after WW2. Korea had been controlled by Japan since 1905. When the Soviet Union declared war on Japan in 1945 it quickly occupied Korea. After the surrender of Japan in 1945 the southern half of Korea was almost immediately turned over to US control. The United States had been at war with Japan since 1941. The Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union resulted in the establishment of two separate and hostile nations in 1948; the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) and the Republic of Korea (South Korea). In 1950 North Korea invaded South Korea, with the support of the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. South Korea was supported by the United States and the United Nations. The Korean War, 1950-1953, ended in a stalemate, with basically the same borders that existed in 1950. These borders are contested by both sides, and are technically a temporary truce line. North Korea was established and supported by the Soviet Union. South Korea was established and supported by the United States. The division between the two Koreas is artificial, a result of WW2 and global political rivalry during the Cold War. After the demise of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War the People's Republic of China has become the principal ally and supporter of North Korea. The communist People's Republic of China came into existence in 1948, the same year the partition of Korea took place. US troops continue to be stationed in South Korea, and the relationship between the two Koreas is hostile and often volatile. North Korea's development of nuclear weapons contributes greatly to this volatility, as does its severe economic problems. South Korea, in contrast, has developed one of the world's most prosperous national economies.
A Abkhazia - Republic of Abkhazia[5] Afghanistan - Islamic Republic of Afghanistan Akrotiri and Dhekelia - Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia (UK overseas territory) Åland - Åland Islands (Autonomous province of Finland) Albania - Republic of Albania Algeria - People's Democratic Republic of Algeria American Samoa - Territory of American Samoa (US territory) Andorra - Principality of Andorra Angola - Republic of Angola Anguilla (UK overseas territory) Antigua and Barbuda Argentina - Argentine Republic[12] Armenia - Republic of Armenia & Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh) Aruba (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) Ascension Island (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena) Australia - Commonwealth of Australia Austria - Republic of Austria Azerbaijan - Republic of Azerbaijan[13] B Bahamas, The - Commonwealth of The Bahamas Bahrain - Kingdom of Bahrain Bangladesh - People's Republic of Bangladesh Barbados Belarus - Republic of Belarus Belgium - Kingdom of Belgium Belize Benin - Republic of Benin Bermuda (UK overseas territory) Bhutan - Kingdom of Bhutan Bolivia - Republic of Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina[14] Botswana - Republic of Botswana Brazil - Federative Republic of Brazil Brunei - Negara Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria - Republic of Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma - Union of Myanmar Burundi - Republic of Burundi C Cambodia - Kingdom of Cambodia Cameroon - Republic of Cameroon Canada[15] Cape Verde - Republic of Cape Verde Cayman Islands (UK overseas territory) Central African Republic[16] Chad - Republic of Chad Chile - Republic of Chile China - People's Republic of China[17] For "China, Republic of", see Taiwan Christmas Island - Territory of Christmas Island (Australian overseas territory) Cocos (Keeling) Islands - Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Australian overseas territory) Colombia - Republic of Colombia Comoros - Union of the Comoros Congo - Democratic Republic of the Congo[18] Congo - Republic of the Congo[19] Cook Islands (Associated state of New Zealand) Costa Rica - Republic of Costa Rica Côte d'Ivoire - Republic of Côte d'Ivoire Croatia - Republic of Croatia Cuba - Republic of Cuba Cyprus - Republic of Cyprus[20] Czech Republic[21] D Denmark - Kingdom of Denmark For "Dhekelia", see Akrotiri and Dhekelia Djibouti - Republic of Djibouti Dominica - Commonwealth of Dominica Dominican Republic E East Timor - Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste Ecuador - Republic of Ecuador Egypt - Arab Republic of Egypt El Salvador - Republic of El Salvador Equatorial Guinea - Republic of Equatorial Guinea Eritrea - State of Eritrea Estonia - Republic of Estonia Ethiopia - Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia F Falkland Islands (UK overseas territory)[22] Faroe Islands (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) Fiji - Republic of the Fiji Islands Finland - Republic of Finland France - French Republic French Polynesia (French overseas collectivity) G Gabon - Gabonese Republic Gambia, The - Republic of The Gambia Georgia[23] Germany - Federal Republic of Germany Ghana - Republic of Ghana Gibraltar (UK overseas territory) Greece - Hellenic Republic Greenland (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of Denmark) Grenada Guam - Territory of Guam (US organized territory) Guatemala - Republic of Guatemala Guernsey - Bailiwick of Guernsey (British Crown dependency)[24] Guinea - Republic of Guinea Guinea-Bissau - Republic of Guinea-Bissau Guyana - Co-operative Republic of Guyana H Haiti - Republic of Haiti Honduras - Republic of Honduras Hong Kong - Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[25] Hungary - Republic of Hungary I Iceland - Republic of Iceland India - Republic of India Indonesia - Republic of Indonesia Iran - Islamic Republic of Iran Iraq - Republic of Iraq Ireland - Ireland[26] Isle of Man (British Crown dependency) Israel - State of Israel Italy - Italian Republic For "Ivory Coast", see Côte d'Ivoire J Jamaica Japan Jersey - Bailiwick of Jersey (British Crown dependency) Jordan - Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan K Kazakhstan - Republic of Kazakhstan Kenya - Republic of Kenya Kiribati - Republic of Kiribati Korea, North - Democratic People's Republic of Korea[27] Korea, South - Republic of Korea[28] Kosovo - Republic of Kosovo[4] Kuwait - State of Kuwait Kyrgyzstan - Kyrgyz Republic[29] L Laos - Lao People's Democratic Republic Latvia - Republic of Latvia Lebanon - Republic of Lebanon Lesotho - Kingdom of Lesotho Liberia - Republic of Liberia Libya - Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Liechtenstein - Principality of Liechtenstein Lithuania - Republic of Lithuania Luxembourg - Grand Duchy of Luxembourg M Macao - Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (Area of special sovereignty)[30] Macedonia - Republic of Macedonia[31] Madagascar - Republic of Madagascar Malawi - Republic of Malawi Malaysia Maldives - Republic of Maldives Mali - Republic of Mali Malta - Republic of Malta Marshall Islands - Republic of the Marshall Islands Mauritania - Islamic Republic of Mauritania Mauritius - Republic of Mauritius Mayotte - Departmental Collectivity of Mayotte (French overseas collectivity) Mexico - United Mexican States Micronesia - Federated States of Micronesia Moldova - Republic of Moldova[32] Monaco - Principality of Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat (UK overseas territory) Morocco - Kingdom of Morocco[33] Mozambique - Republic of Mozambique For "Myanmar", see Burma N Nagorno-Karabakh - Nagorno-Karabakh Republic (Artsakh)[8] Namibia - Republic of Namibia Nauru - Republic of Nauru Nepal - Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal Netherlands - Kingdom of the Netherlands[34] Netherlands Antilles (Self-governing country in the Kingdom of the Netherlands) New Caledonia - Territory of New Caledonia and Dependencies (French community sui generis) New Zealand Nicaragua - Republic of Nicaragua Niger - Republic of Niger Nigeria - Federal Republic of Nigeria Niue (Associated state of New Zealand) Norfolk Island - Territory of Norfolk Island (Australian overseas territory) Northern Cyprus - Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus[7] Northern Mariana Islands - Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (US commonwealth) For "North Korea", see Korea, North Norway - Kingdom of Norway O Oman - Sultanate of Oman P Pakistan - Islamic Republic of Pakistan Palau - Republic of Palau Palestine - Palestinian Territories[35] Panama - Republic of Panama Papua New Guinea - Independent State of Papua New Guinea Paraguay - Republic of Paraguay For "People's Republic of China", see China Peru - Republic of Peru Philippines - Republic of the Philippines Pitcairn Islands - Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie, and Oeno Islands (UK overseas territory) Poland - Republic of Poland Portugal - Portuguese Republic For "Pridnestrovie", see Transnistria Puerto Rico - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico (US commonwealth) Q Qatar - State of Qatar R Romania Russia - Russian Federation Rwanda - Republic of Rwanda S Saint Barthélemy - Collectivity of Saint Barthélemy (French overseas collectivity) Saint Helena (UK overseas territory) Saint Kitts and Nevis - Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Martin - Collectivity of Saint Martin (French overseas collectivity) Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Territorial Collectivity of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (French overseas collectivity) Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Samoa - Independent State of Samoa San Marino - Most Serene Republic of San Marino São Tomé and Príncipe - Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Príncipe Saudi Arabia - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Senegal - Republic of Senegal Serbia - Republic of Serbia[36] Seychelles - Republic of Seychelles Sierra Leone - Republic of Sierra Leone Singapore - Republic of Singapore Slovakia - Slovak Republic Slovenia - Republic of Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia[37] - Somali Republic Somaliland - Republic of Somaliland[9] South Africa - Republic of South Africa For "South Korea", see Korea, South South Ossetia - Republic of South Ossetia[6] Spain - Kingdom of Spain Sri Lanka - Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Sudan - Republic of the Sudan Suriname - Republic of Suriname Svalbard (Territory of Norway)[38] Swaziland - Kingdom of Swaziland Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden Switzerland - Swiss Confederation Syria - Syrian Arab Republic T Taiwan - Republic of China [39] Tajikistan - Republic of Tajikistan Tanzania - United Republic of Tanzania Thailand - Kingdom of Thailand For "Timor-Leste", see East Timor Togo - Togolese Republic Tokelau (Overseas territory of New Zealand) Tonga - Kingdom of Tonga Transnistria - Transnistrian Moldovan Republic[10] Trinidad and Tobago - Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Tristan da Cunha (Dependency of the UK overseas territory of Saint Helena) Tunisia - Tunisian Republic Turkey - Republic of Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands (UK overseas territory) Tuvalu U Uganda - Republic of Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom - United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland United States - United States of America Uruguay - Eastern Republic of Uruguay Uzbekistan - Republic of Uzbekistan V Vanuatu - Republic of Vanuatu Vatican City - State of the Vatican City[2] Venezuela - Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Vietnam - Socialist Republic of Vietnam Virgin Islands, British - British Virgin Islands (UK overseas territory) Virgin Islands, United States - United States Virgin Islands (US organized territory) W Wallis and Futuna - Territory of Wallis and Futuna Islands (French overseas collectivity) Western Sahara - Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic[40] Y Yemen - Republic of Yemen Z For "Zaire", see Democratic Republic of the Congo Zambia - Republic of Zambia Zimbabwe - Republic of Zimbabwe
The first communist country to be founded was the Soviet Union, which no logner exists. What the oldest communist country currently in existance is depends whether or not you consider North Korea to still be communist. If you do, then North Korea is the oldest. If not, then it's the People's Republic of China.
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia LIBERIA is Africa's first independent republic, not Ethiopia. MONROVIA is Africa's first independent capital. The first answer is correct. Ethiopia has always been independent (apart from a brief Italian occupation before the Second World War).
Seoul is the capital city of Korea
Capital: Seoul
The capital of North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is Pyongyang.
Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea).
Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea).
Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea).
Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea).
Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea).
Pyongyang is the Capital of The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or North Korea.
Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea). Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea).
China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, Russia and South Korea are countries in northern Asia. Beijing is the capital of the People's Republic of China. Tokyo is the capital city of Japan. Ulaanbaatar is the capital city of Mongolia. Pyongyang is the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea). Moscow is the capital city of Russia. Seoul is the capital city of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea).
No. Seoul is the capital of the Republic of Korea, e.g. South Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea is more commonly known as North Korea.