Asian Countries

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Across
  1. 2. One of two "doubly landlocked" countries in the world
  2. 4. Defeated the US in a war during the 1970s
  3. 6. Led by Kim Jong Un
  4. 7. Contains the lowest lying land in the world 1443 ft below sea level
  5. 11. Contains Mount Everest
  6. 12. Led by the Taliban
  7. 14. Finished their civil war in 2025
  8. 15. Changed the spelling of their name to avoid confusion with a bird
  9. 16. Used to be called East Pakistan
  10. 18. Claims to be the real "Republic of China"
  11. 20. Richest Asian country per capita
  12. 21. Used to spell their country name with I's instead of Y's
  13. 26. Has been unable to join the UN due to the US
  14. 27. Used to have the 2nd largest empire in history
  15. 28. Largest "Stan" country
  16. 32. Former dictator, Pol Pot killed 1/4th of this countries population in 4 years
  17. 35. Name is an acronym for the regions of the country
  18. 36. Used to be called Burma
  19. 37. Follows its own denomination of Christianity
Down
  1. 1. The last country ruled by an Emperor
  2. 3. Only Jewish country
  3. 5. Has an exclave known as Nakhchivan
  4. 8. Measures Gross Domestic Happiness (GDH) rather than GDP
  5. 9. Split into two regions, one on the island of Borneo
  6. 10. Used to be a US Territory
  7. 13. Has the lowest birth rate in the world
  8. 17. Contains over 17,000 islands
  9. 19. Consists of 7 regions called Emirates
  10. 22. Allied Japan in World War II
  11. 23. The US invaded Iraq to protect this country
  12. 24. Fighting a civil war against the Houthis
  13. 25. The Hmong people fled to Minnesota from this country
  14. 29. Led by the Saud family
  15. 30. The largest communist country
  16. 31. Has two unrecognized countries in their borders
  17. 33. Used to be called Persia
  18. 34. The most populated country