DMZ: The Great Divide

WHAT IMPACT HAS THE DEEP SPLIT IN THE ONCE-UNIFIED KINGDOM HAD ON THE KOREAN LANGUAGE?

is the official language of the Republic of Korea and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, with many small local dialects (mal, saturi or bang’eon). Worldwide, approximately, 80 million people speak Korean.

In both island-states, the standard language is derived from the Seoul dialect in practice, and both standards remain largely intelligible.