This Princeton graduate assumed the presidency in 1948, making him the first president of South Korea.

This event was a monumental achievement for Korea as it was the first time for the nation to showcase itself on the international stage post-Korean War. Only the North Koreans and Cubans boycotted the event.

This is the ancient name for the Korean peninsula meaning "Morning Calm"

This unlikely American friend of the Supreme Leader made his first visit to Pyongyang in 2013 at an event later termed "basketball diplomacy"

The numeric parallel separating the DPRK and the ROK, squared.

This 1978 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, born in Yokosuka, Japan is the current U.S. ambassador to South Korea.

This movie produced by Oscar-winning film director Bong Joon-ho was released two years before Parasite.

This revered historical figure is seen on the 10,000 won note and is credited with the creation of the Hangul writing system.

The name of the village just north of the de facto border between North and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that paused the Korean War was signed.

This 795 km/493 mi long river forms the border between North Korea and China.

South Korean presidents are limited to a single term of this many years.

Until "The World of the Married" took its place, this K-drama set a new record as the highest-rated drama
scoring a rating of 23.779% nationwide.

Educated in Moscow, this foreign leader's son was killed in an airstrike during the Korean War (1950-53).

The 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam occurred when he was attacked with VX nerve agent at this International Airport. Kim Jong-nam was the eldest son of deceased North Korean leader Kim Jong-il and the half-brother of Kim Jong-un.

These were the three historical kingdoms of Korea that occupied the entire Korean Peninsula and roughly half of Manchuria from ~57 BC to 668 AD.

Kang Kyung-wha, U.S. Sec. of State Mike Pompeo's Korean counterpart, holds this position in government.

Special limited editions of fruit soju have been produced, such as a 9,000 bottle limited release batch of this fruit flavor of soju from Daesun Jujo.

Held by ancient Koreans to be able to live to the age of 10,000 years, this animal is also the symbol of immortality and strength, its image often used over walls and places of entrance.

North Korean men over the age of 17 must serve a minimum of this many years in the Korean People's Army.

The mountainous landscape of Korea was once home to a large population of this carnivorous mammal, such that the country was popularly known as the “Land of _____.”

In Korea, it is common to distinguish the military governments from the civilian governments. This South Korean president is credited with being the first to head a civilian government.

In January 2020, according to the Korean Tourism Organization, Korean tourism to this country was the highest in Europe.

In 1994, this previous U.S. president traveled to North Korea to persuade Kim Il-sung to negotiate with the Clinton administration over its nuclear program. He visited the country again in 2010.

She is the youngest child of North Korea's second leader, Kim Jong-il, and the younger sister of Kim Jong-un.

What is the only other metropolis physically touching metropolitan Seoul?