Hello friends! Welcome back to Window on the World. This week we will travel together to North Korea. It is also known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea is located in East Asia. Its neighbors are China on the north, Russia on the northeast, the Sea of Japan on the east, South Korea in the south and the Yellow Sea in the west.

North Korea has an area of 120,540 square kilometers. It is about one third the size of Japan. The capital and largest city is Pyongyang. The country has low mountains and deep valleys. Most mountains spread from the northeast to the southwest across North Korea. There is a large area of lowland plains or flatter land near the country's west coast. This is the area where most of the people live.

North Korea has a continental climate. This means that it has hot summers and cold snowy winters. The average summer rainfall is about 1000 millimeters each year. The summer temperatures are about 24 degrees Celsius and the winter temperatures are about 4 degrees Celsius.

The longest river found in North Korea is the Yalu. It forms part of the country's border with China. Most of the rivers start in the mountains and flow west to the Yellow Sea. Only one river, the Tumen, flows east and then reaches the Sea of Japan.