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Originally Posted by Terrestrial Dream
I been looking at some videos about North Korea and Japan recently and found something interesting. It seems that North Korea is called Chosen(this was what Korea was called before) and South Korea is called Hanguk. Anyone knows why they are called like this?
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Generally, the term "Hanguk" means Korea while "Chosen" is the ancient name of Korea during the time of its unity. Perhaps, there is a deeper meaning which I am unfamiliar with.