朝鲜,在中国古代典籍中,也被称作高丽。朝鲜的国名释义,为“朝日鲜明”,意即“晨曦清亮之国”。它是亚洲大陆东北部伸向太平洋中的一个半岛,面积约22.7万平方公里,三面环海,北与中国接壤,东北角与俄罗斯相连,西隔渤海、黄海与中国大陆相望,东隔日本海与日本列岛相邻。朝鲜民族 North Korea, also known as Koryo in ancient Chinese ancient books. North Korea’s name interpretation, as “Asahi-day distinctive”, which means “the clearing of the dawn of the country.” It is a peninsula extending northeast of the Asian continent to the Pacific Ocean. It covers an area of ​​227,000 square kilometers and is surrounded by sea on three sides. It borders on China in the north, connects to Russia in the northeast corner, crosses the Bohai Sea to the west and the Yellow Sea to the mainland of China. Sea and the Japanese islands adjacent. Korean nation