diff --git a/src/components/LanguageToggle.tsx b/src/components/LanguageToggle.tsx
index cc7b3fd..c47456c 100644
--- a/src/components/LanguageToggle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/LanguageToggle.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ const languages: LanguageOption[] = [
   { code: 'nl', name: 'Dutch', nativeName: 'Nederlands', flag: '🇳🇱' },
   { code: 'pl', name: 'Polish', nativeName: 'Polski', flag: '🇵🇱' },
   { code: 'ru', name: 'Russian', nativeName: 'Русский', flag: '🇷🇺' },
-  { code: 'ko', name: 'Korean', nativeName: '한국어', flag: '🇰🇵🇰🇷' },
+  { code: 'ko', name: 'Korean', nativeName: '한국어', flag: '🇰🇷' },
+  { code: 'ko-KP', name: 'Korean (North)', nativeName: '조선어', flag: '🇰🇵' },
   { code: 'th', name: 'Thai', nativeName: 'ไทย', flag: '🇹🇭' },
   { code: 'ja', name: 'Japanese', nativeName: '日本語', flag: '🇯🇵' },
 ];
diff --git a/src/contexts/language.ts b/src/contexts/language.ts
index fb908a2..3881d84 100644
--- a/src/contexts/language.ts
+++ b/src/contexts/language.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import en from '@/i18n/en';
  * `react-refresh/only-export-components` rule.
  */
 
-export type Language = 'en' | 'es' | 'th' | 'ja' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'de' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'pl' | 'ru' | 'ko';
+export type Language = 'en' | 'es' | 'th' | 'ja' | 'pt' | 'fr' | 'de' | 'it' | 'nl' | 'pl' | 'ru' | 'ko' | 'ko-KP';
 
 type TranslationKey = string;
 type TranslationValue = string | { [key: string]: TranslationValue };
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ export const LANGUAGE_LOADERS: Record<Language, () => Promise<Translations>> = {
   pl: () => import('@/i18n/pl').then((m) => m.default),
   ru: () => import('@/i18n/ru').then((m) => m.default),
   ko: () => import('@/i18n/ko').then((m) => m.default),
+  // North Korean option reuses the same Korean dictionary (mutually intelligible).
+  'ko-KP': () => import('@/i18n/ko').then((m) => m.default),
 };
 
 /** Get a nested value from an object using dot notation (`nav.home`). */
diff --git a/src/lib/dateFnsI18n.ts b/src/lib/dateFnsI18n.ts
index ccc3b6d..a6d1dd6 100644
--- a/src/lib/dateFnsI18n.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dateFnsI18n.ts
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ export function setDateLocale(language: Language): void {
   } else if (language === 'ru') {
     activeLocale = ruLocale;
     activeCode = 'ru-RU';
-  } else if (language === 'ko') {
+  } else if (language === 'ko' || language === 'ko-KP') {
     activeLocale = koLocale;
     activeCode = 'ko-KR';
   } else {
diff --git a/src/pages/CreateTourPage.tsx b/src/pages/CreateTourPage.tsx
index bd4fd41..0c73eb6 100644
--- a/src/pages/CreateTourPage.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/CreateTourPage.tsx
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ const ALL_LANGUAGES = [
   { code: 'eu', label: 'Basque', flag: '🏴' },
   { code: 'gl', label: 'Galician', flag: '🏴' },
   // Asian
-  { code: 'ko', label: 'Korean', flag: '🇰🇵🇰🇷' },
+  { code: 'ko', label: 'Korean', flag: '🇰🇷' },
+  { code: 'ko-KP', label: 'Korean (North)', flag: '🇰🇵' },
   { code: 'vi', label: 'Vietnamese', flag: '🇻🇳' },
   { code: 'th', label: 'Thai', flag: '🇹🇭' },
   { code: 'id', label: 'Indonesian', flag: '🇮🇩' },