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Miguel Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez got his hands on a copy of the CD-ROM edition of the Great Korean Encyclopedia<\/em><\/a>, a North Korean production replete with maps that reflect the regime\u2019s narrative (Korea as one country) and show enemy countries in dark grey. Miguel shares a couple of dozen examples at the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Miguel Garc\u00eda \u00c1lvarez got his hands on a copy of the CD-ROM edition of the Great Korean Encyclopedia, a North Korean production replete with maps that reflect the regime\u2019s narrative (Korea as one country) and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[{"did":"did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo","date":"2025-11-17T16:21:18+00:00","uri":"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m5tmyext272f","response":"{\"uri\":\"at:\/\/did:plc:hhxrnk4vub7jtlcl3ve26kjo\/app.bsky.feed.post\/3m5tmyext272f\",\"cid\":\"bafyreiaoh6o6hw65pj5m4h6kgwwkdacmkreuxidgdknav2zsq5ymjl6oym\",\"commit\":{\"cid\":\"bafyreiemabj577xb2utnf5n3u52mvdwdupk3wiwtxrc6i6bw6u3hdqchbe\",\"rev\":\"3m5tmyexyvp2f\"},\"validationStatus\":\"valid\"}"}],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[639],"tags":[1494],"class_list":["post-1845153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-world-atlases","tag-north-korea","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1819828,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/11\/mapping-north-korea-in-openstreetmap\/","url_meta":{"origin":1845153,"position":0},"title":"Mapping North Korea in OpenStreetMap","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"8 November 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"Mapping North Korea in OpenStreetMap is, by necessity, an exercise in armchair mapping\u2014i.e., drawing maps from aerial imagery and other data sources\u2014because on-the-ground mapping is, to say the least, impractical. 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