Time to settle the score with our Geo Quiz.
The United Nations refers to the sea that lies between the Korean peninsula and Japan...as the Sea of Japan. North and South Korea prefer alternative names. As our South Korean colleague Hyu Choon Lee points out:
"(Korean, then English) "We call it the East Sea or the East Sea of Korea.â€
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Koreans say they've been using those names for more than 2,000 years. But the UN is sticking with "Sea of Japan." Last year, the world body urged the the Korea's, Russia and Japan to form a consensus, and said individual countries could not impose specific names on the international community.
 photo courtesy Lisa Mullins
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