Updated to add every justifiable type-in that quiz takers have suggested below (Korean romanisation is a lot more complicated than I'd imagined...!) I've redone the map and modernised the layout (slightly). Thank you everyone for playing!
Can you accept province name ended with -buk for those start with North and ended with -nam for those start with South? I tried Gyeongsangnam (for South Gyeongsang) but doesn't work.
Can I ask for alternative spellings. In my classes we've spoken about Cholla for North/South Jeolla. I'm no great student of Korea, so couldn't think how else to spell it. Nice quiz though.
1. Since 2023 July, Daegu has undergone an expansion (in the most ugly way possible) northwards and turned itself into a beautiful hammerhead shark shape. Hence the map would need an update.
2. Since 2023 June, Gangwon province have become 'Gangwon State' (although the appropriate translation for the Korean name should be 'Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province' like that of Jeju). Not much difference but hey, name change is a name change.
Shame it is not featured!
This converter can help http://roman.cs.pusan.ac.kr/input_eng.aspx
1. Since 2023 July, Daegu has undergone an expansion (in the most ugly way possible) northwards and turned itself into a beautiful hammerhead shark shape. Hence the map would need an update.
2. Since 2023 June, Gangwon province have become 'Gangwon State' (although the appropriate translation for the Korean name should be 'Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province' like that of Jeju). Not much difference but hey, name change is a name change.
North Jeolla province has undergone the same irritating rebranding into a "special self-governing province".
They even changed their official English name into "Jeonbuk State" (though it means the same thing back in Korean).