Asia · DX entity · DXCC 344

North Korea

North Korea is a DX entity in Asia, in CQ zone 25 and ITU zone 44. Its primary prefix is P5.

Flag of North Korea.

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Figure 1. North Korea and its provinces, with neighbouring land in grey. Hover for names; scroll to zoom. Boundaries: Natural Earth, Admin 0 Map Subunits and Admin 1 States and Provinces, 1:10m, version 5.1.2 (13 May 2022), public domain, retrieved 2026-10-15. https://www.naturalearthdata.com/. DX entity boundaries assembled by The DX Atlas Project from the sources named, one recipe row per DXCC entity (subunits matched, merged, split by box or carved from a parent; DXEntity-Recipe.md), 2026. Simplified for this page to 0.005615 degrees, about 625 m; exported 30 October 2026. Projection: Lambert azimuthal equal-area centred on 40.3° N 127.5° E.

Data sheet

DXCC entity code	344
Name in the ADIF standard	DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REP. OF KOREA
Continent	Asia
Primary prefix	P5
CQ zone	25
ITU zone	44

Prefixes

P5 is the primary prefix. The country files list 5 prefixes and prefix blocks for North Korea.

Show all prefixes

P5 P6 P7 P8 P9

Sources: Jim Reisert AD1C, Big CTY country files, 15 September 2026. https://www.country-files.com/ (MIT licence); ADIF Development Group, ADIF Specification version 3.1.8 (2026-10-12), DXCC Entity Code enumeration. https://adif.org/; ARRL, DXCC List (current and deleted entities), January 2026. https://www.arrl.org/country-lists-prefixes; Flag: Flagpedia.net (flagcdn.com), SVG, public domain, retrieved 2026-10-10.