Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945, it has been divided into two distinct sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

Korea emerged as a singular political entity in 676 AD, after centuries of conflict among the Three Kingdoms of Korea, which were unified as Unified Silla to the south and Balhae to the north. Unified Silla divided into three separate states during the Later Three Kingdoms period. Goryeo, which had succeeded Goguryeo, defeated the two other states and united the Korean Peninsula.

Starting around 1392, and for the next 200 years, the peninsula was marked by relative peace. During this period, the Korean alphabet was created by Sejong the Great in the 15th century and there was increasing influence of Confucianism. During the later part of the dynasty, Korea's isolationist policy earned it the Western nickname of the Hermit Kingdom. By the late 19th century, the country became the object of imperial design by the Empire of Japan. After the First Sino-Japanese War, despite the Korean Empire's effort to modernize, it was annexed by Japan in 1910 and ruled by Imperial Japan until the end of World War II in August 1945.

In 1945, the Soviet Union and the United States agreed on the surrender of Japanese forces in Korea in the aftermath of World War II, leaving Korea partitioned along the 38th parallel. The North was under Soviet occupation and the South under U.S. occupation. Tensions between the two resulted in the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950. With involvement by foreign troops, the war ended in a stalemate in 1953, but without a formalized peace treaty. This status contributes to the high tensions that continue to divide the peninsula.

This is a digital model of the Korean peninsula with color-separated regions for North Korea and South Korea.

Great for educational uses or as a map on display in a scene.

Product Features:

• Approx 6224 polygons.
• Made with 3 and 4 point polygons.
• Includes different colors to separate the regions.
• Includes separate parts for each region.
• This version includes an mtl file, which your software program should read to colorize the model.
• The model has basic UV mapping and NO textures are included.