Korea (Democratic People's Republic of)

The country calling code for Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is +850. Country calling codes identify the destination country when placing an international call. The international access prefix used to leave your originating country varies by telephone network. On mobile phones, the + symbol is generally used instead. After the country code, dial the local Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) number, dropping any leading zero used for domestic dialling.

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is assigned KP as its ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code and PRK as its alpha-3 code. Alpha-2 codes are the two-letter codes used in web addresses, currency pairs and shipping forms. Alpha-3 codes are the three-letter codes used in banking, aviation and international standards work. The internet country code top-level domain for Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is .kp. ISO country codes are standardized identifiers, but they can change when countries or territories undergo changes in international status or classification.

The official currency of Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is the North Korean won, with the ISO 4217 code KPW and the symbol ₩. Prices, salaries and official accounts inside Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) are quoted in KPW. Exchange rates move daily, so check a live rate before converting rather than relying on a figure you saw last week.

The primary time zone for Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is +09:00, currently UTC+09:00. The clock reads from your own device, so it follows daylight saving rather than showing a fixed offset.

The capital of Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) is Pyongyang. Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) sits in Asia, specifically the Eastern Asia subregion. Its approximate centre point is 40.00000000, 127.00000000. Traffic in Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) drives on the right. Languages recorded for Korea (Democratic People's Republic of): Korean.

Korea (Democratic People's Republic of) shares a land border with 3 countries: China, Korea (Republic of) and Russian Federation. Land borders are not the same as nearest countries: a country across a narrow strait can be closer than one you share a fence with. The nearby page ranks countries by straight-line distance instead.