I apologize to Korea

I am making an apology to the countries of North Korea and South Korea.

For the last few months I have confused their names, I received an email from a representative in Seoul saying the map were switched.
I have corrected... I hope.

The problem came from the name.

North Korea formal name is:
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

While
South Korea formal name is:
Republic of Korea

I made an assumption and for this I apologize, that the word Democratic was for the South Korea, and not the north.

CIA Factbook Information
South Korea
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ks.html
North Korea
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html

These are the maps that are changed.

North Korea or Democratic People's Republic of Korea
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ma_mapofkoreadempeoples.shtml
South Koreas or Republic of Korea
http://www.hobotraveler.com/ma_mapofkorea.shtml

I learn a little more about the world everyday and sometime humility.

Trust me an American should never make mistakes with Geography, we are held to an extreme level of perfection by the world.
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I must admit I hadn't noticed it, and I studied the Korean War in history class!

It is true that Marxist countries normally emphasize their democracy and the fact that they are for the people. This is the theory of Marx, and the proposed outworking of socialism. In terms of communism, we all know that that didn't quite work out as it was planned to by those who tought it up- it was hi-jacked by some very crazy, very evil men.

Westernised (capitalist) countries generally don't bother to emphasize their democracy. And being about the people is not what capitalism is, per se. Although, ironically, a lot of people would argue that it serve the people better.

I am a socialist in political persuasion, but am a capitalist in practise. that is the nature of the place i live and the world I grew up in.