Question: The North–South divide includes what Asian countries?

<P0-S0> In Great Britain, the term North–South divide refers to the economic and cultural differences between Southern England and the rest of Great Britain (Northern England, The Midlands, Wales and Scotland). <P0-S1>  The divide cuts through the English Midlands. <P0-S2>  Sometimes, the term is widened to include the whole United Kingdom, with Northern Ireland included as part of "the North". <SEP> <P1-S0> The North–South divide is broadly considered a socio-economic and political divide. <P1-S1>  Generally, definitions of the Global North include the United States, Canada, Western Europe, and developed parts of Asia (the Four Asian Tigers, Japan and Israel), as well as Australia and New Zealand, which are not actually located in the Northern Hemisphere but share similar economic and cultural characteristics as other northern countries. <P1-S2>  The Global South is made up of Africa, Latin America, and developing Asia including the Middle East. <P1-S3>  The North is home to all the members of the G8 and to four of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. <SEP> <P2-S0> The Four Asian Tigers or Four Asian Dragons, are the wealthy high-tech industrialized developed countries of Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong (China) and South Korea which underwent rapid industrialization, technological innovation and development and also maintained exceptionally high growth rates (in excess of 7-8 percent a year) between the mid-1950s and early 1990s. <P2-S1> The Nominal and Purchasing power parity GDP of these four tigers is 2700 billion Dollars and 4145 billion dollars.These four countries invested heavily in their infrastructure as well as in developing the intellectual abilities of their human talent, fostering and retaining their educated population to help further develop and improve their respective countries. <P2-S2>  This policy turned out to be so effective that by the late 20th century, all four countries had developed into advanced and high-income industrialized developed countries, developing many different areas of advanced technology that give them a tremendous competitive advantage in the world. <P2-S3>  For example, all four countries have become top level global education centers with Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea and Hong Kong (China) high school students consistently outperforming all other countries in the world and achieving the highest top scores on international math and science exams such as the PISA exam and with Taiwan students winning multiple gold medals every year consistently at the International Biology Olympiad, International Linguistics Olympiad, International Physics Olympiad, International Earth Science Olympiad, International Mathematical Olympiad and International Chemistry Olympiad. <SEP> <P3-S0> Institute of West Asian Studies (IKRAB), is a research institute under Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia). <P3-S1>  It was established on October 8, 2007 to conduct academic and policy studies associated with the West Asian region. <P3-S2>  In the context of the institute, West Asian region encompasses Bahrain, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Yemen, Jordan, Libya, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Palestine, Israel, Turkey, Sudan, Egypt, Cyprus, Afghanistan and Iran. <P3-S3>  It also includes Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia. <P3-S4>  Hence the scope of West Asian countries under IKRAB is not limited to Arab states only but includes some countries in Central Asia, South Asia, Mediterranean Europe and North Africa.