North Korea (Korean: 조선 Chosŏn ), officially the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea or DPRK (조선민주주의인민공화국 Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk ) is the world’s most isolated country and one of the most repressive and underdeveloped. It’s located in East Asia on the Korean Peninsula, which has been divided between North and South Korea since the 1950s.