SOUTH KOREA are taking on Uruguay at the World Cup in Qatar.
But viewers have been confused to find the country's name listed as Korea Republic in the tournament.
The name Korea Republic came about after World War Two, when Korea as a whole gained independence from the Japanese.
North Korea and South Korea are actually geographical terms that are not the official names of the countries.
Both the North, which is called the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and the South claim to rule the whole of the Korean Peninsula and be the home of all Koreans.
As the Korean War is yet to officially come to an end despite and improvement in relations between the two governments, it could be argued that Korean Republic is an even more fitting name for Korea's only representatives at the competition.
South Korea is actually called the Republic of Korea and Korea Republic is a shortened version of that name.
The country has a population of over 51.7 million.
South Korea shocked the world to reach the World Cup semi-finals in 2002, before losing to Germany.
Two decades later, they face Portugal, Ghana and Uruguay.
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