For Seoul, what to call the North is difficult when you view it as a rebel-held region awaiting reunification For Seoul, what to call the North is difficult when you view it as a rebel-held region awaiting reunification On a mild spring morning in central Seoul this week, a room of academics and lawyers gathered to debate a question: what should South Korea call North Korea ? The task sounds deceptively simple but the answer is far from straightforward, and has provided fodder for columnists in