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NORTH KOREA


Location: Asia
Capital:
Pyongyang ( 2.800.000 inhab.)
Main Cities:
Hamheung, Ch'ongjin
Population:
24,000,000
Area:
122,762 km2
Coin:
1 won = 100 chon
Languages:
Korean
Religions:
Buddhist, Confucianism, Sciamana
The Independence's Year:
1948

 

 

 

Practically it is a dynastic communist dictatorship, from the formation of the state (1948) to today the power has been practiced in absolutist way by an only family.
It is a state militarized (the obligatory military service last from the 5 to 10 years) with collectivized economy and with serious economic situation: in the last years the country has been interested from serious famines, that have provoked over 3 million victims.
However it has the atomic bomb!!!

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