[sigio]

I feel your pain, looking at 'The Netherlands', 'Netherlands/Nederland', Holland, and even once 'Kingdom of The Netherlands'

[yongjik]

Greetings from Korea, aka South Korea, aka Republic of Korea.

[umanwizard]

I’ve noticed that South Koreans often use the term “Korea” to refer to their country, and I’ve always been curious: are they referring to all of Korea, or only the south?

For example, which of these statements would you be more likely to use colloquially?

(a) Korea’s population is about 80 million, or (b) Korea’s population is about 50 million.