Korea to be renamed Coreapia

The Republic of Korea announced its choice for a new English name Friday. The change in name was prompted by the fact that Korea, spelled with a K, fell after Japan in alphabetical order. A bill was introduced to the legislature last year to change the English spelling of the nation to Corea. However, several lawmakers felt that Corea did not capture the true spirit of the world's most wired country and that an entirely new name should be adopted.

Park Su-Jin, a four-year old star student at Kangnam's Goldenpia Kidpia Genuispia Acadapia had the idea that the country should be called Coreapia. The fact that her father is a congressmen from the governing Uri Party had nothing to do with the decision, officials declared.