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The following is a list of major islands of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), arranged by province. For a list of islands in South Korea (Republic of Korea), see: List of islands of South Korea.
North Korea occupies the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula which extends about 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) southward from the northeast Asian continental landmass. The 8,460 kilometres (5,260 mi) coastline of Korea is highly irregular, and North Korea accounts for 2,495 kilometres (1,550 mi) of this, roughly one-third. To the west of North Korea are the Yellow Sea and Korea Bay, and to its east lies Japan across the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea). Most of the islands of North Korea are on its west coast.
According to the Constitution of the Republic of Korea, its territory consisting of "the Korean Peninsula and its adjacent islands,"[1] which in turn, all of the islands are wholly claimed by the ROK.
^Haruki, Wada (2018). The Korean War: An International History. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 1. ISBN 978-1-5381-1642-5.
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