Seoul is the capital of South Korea. What is the capital of North Korea?
National symbols of North Korea submitted it separately to UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The first 1948 constitution defined Seoul – the present capital of South Korea – as the capital city. In order to have succeeded in realizing this, the South Korean regime would have had to be removed. In 1972 the constitution was revised and Pyongyang designated as the capital. The head of state of North Korea has been the President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly since 1998. The post has been held by Kim Yong-nam since then. North Korea has no official national animal,
Seoul Capital Area Seoul Capital Area The Seoul Capital Area (SCA), Sudogwon (, ) or Gyeonggi region () is the metropolitan area of Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi-do located in north-west South Korea. It has a population of 25 million (as of 2017) and is ranked as the fifth largest metropolitan area in the world. Its area is about . It forms the cultural, commercial, financial, industrial, and residential center of South Korea. The largest city is Seoul, with a population of approximately 10 million people, followed by Incheon, with 3 million inhabitants. The Capital Area occupies a plain in the Han River valley.