Special Cities Of Korea (other)
Special cities of Korea may refer to: * Special cities of North Korea * Special cities of South Korea Special cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within South Korea. There is one first-level city in South Korea: Seoul. Position in hierarchy and types Special cities have equal status to provinces in the South Korean admini ...

Special Cities Of North Korea
Special cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within North Korea. There are four special cities in North Korea. Position in hierarchy and types Special cities are the higher-ranked administrative divisions in North Korea. There are three kinds of special cities in North Korea. The first level cities have equal status to the Provinces of North Korea, provinces. List of special cities Note: Pyongyang is classified as a capital city (''chikhalsi''), not a special city as Seoul in South Korea. In fact, the North Korean national newspaper and broadcasting say "Pyongyang ''Chikhalsi''". Some sources, most of them coming from South Korea, refer the city as a special city; however, these are old sources. Moreover, South Korea has corrected the city as a directly governed city, according to a South Korean newspaper in 1994. The official name of Pyongyang would be "Pyongyang''-si''" in the Republic of Korea, which officially claims to represent the entire penin ...
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