World Region Information --- North Korea Information
We are researching the regional information of North Korea. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, is a country or region in East Asia making up the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. We will feature information that seems good to know when entering North Korea.
It borders the People's Republic of China to the north and Russia to the northeast. It borders South Korea to the south, and a highly fortified DMZ (DMZ) separates the two Korean peninsulas. North Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and neighboring islands, and does not recognize the south as an independent state. It faces the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east.
Approx. 121,000 km2
Hamhung(770,000), Chongjin(670,000), Nampo(370,000), Wonsan(360,000), Sinuiju(360,000), Tanchon(350,000), etc.
Approximately 25.55 million people
Koreans are seen as mainstream
Hangul (Korean)
Freedom of religion is guaranteed by the constitution, but non-religion is seen as the mainstream
Despite the long and strong influence from mainland China and the influence of the period of Japanese rule from 1910 to the end of World War II, North Korea has developed its own culture, which became mainstream after the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korean culture is characterized by the Juche idea.
- DMZ
- Tower of the Juche Idea
- Mansudae Grand Monument
- Kim Il Sung Square
- The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
- Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
- Mt.Kumgang
- Masik Ski Resort
There are 11 years of free compulsory education of primary and secondary education.
- Pyongyang University of Science & Technology
- KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY
- Kimchaek University of Technology
1910-45 Ruled by the Empire of Japan
1945 After World War II, the Korean peninsula was occupied by Soviet forces in the north and by US forces in the south
1946 With Soviet aid, the Workers' Party of Korea, a communist party in North Korea, is established
1948 Proclamation of the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea under leader Kim Il-sung. Soviet withdrawal
1950 War with the South, which declared independence (Korean War)
1953 Armistice Agreement
1960- Rapid economic growth
1968 North Korea captures the US Navy intelligence-gathering ship Pueblo (Pueblo Incident)
1970 Japan Airlines flight 351 is hijacked, and the group of criminals defected to North Korea (the Yodo-go hijacking incident)
1972 North Korea and South Korea issue a declaration on inter-Korean dialogue (Joint Statement). The Juche idea is clearly stated in the constitution as the management idea of the nation
1985 Joined the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)
1986 Yongbyon Research Reactor Starts Operation
1991 North Korea and South Korea join the United Nations
1993 International Atomic Energy Agency accuses North Korea of violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. North Korea rebounded. Rodong missile test-firing
1994 Declared withdrawal from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Kim Il Sung passed away. His son Kim Jong Il inherited. The United States and North Korea signed a "Nuclear Framework Agreement" that provides light water reactors, food, and heavy oil in return for freezing their nuclear programs
1996 Widespread floods and famine cause mass deaths. North Korea Sends Thousands of Troops to DMZ. 26 reconnaissance bureau operatives landed in Gangneung by a small special submarine, developing into a firefight (Gangneung Infiltration Incident)
1998 Ballistic missile launch test (Taepodong No. 1). The Kim Dae-jung administration, which was inaugurated as the president of South Korea, started the "sunshine policy"
2000 Kim Jong Il and South Korean President Kim Dae Jung hold an inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang. 6.15 South-North Joint Declaration. South Korea's three major economic cooperation projects with North Korea are underway
2002 Axis of Evil Statement by US President Bush. North Korean and South Korean naval vessels exchange gunfire in the Yellow Sea (Second Battle of Yeonpyeong). Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi visits Pyongyang. Five Japanese abductees return to Japan. The United States, Japan, and South Korea have suspended oil exports on the grounds that North Korea is secretly developing nuclear weapons. North Korea announces restart of Yongbyon nuclear facility, expels UN inspectors
2003 Withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Announced completion of reprocessing of 8,000 spent nuclear fuel rods
2005 Openly admits to building nuclear weapons for "self-defense"
2006 Launched seven missiles, including the Taepodong missile. First nuclear test in an underground facility. United Nations sanctions
2007 Closed the main nuclear reactor in Yongbyon in return for receiving 50,000 tons of heavy oil. Worst flood damage in 10 years. South Korea announced that it will send about US$50 million in aid to flood-affected North Korea. Second inter-Korean summit. President Roh Moo-hyun becomes the first South Korean leader to walk the DMZ that separates North and South
2008 Growing dissatisfaction with the “sunshine policy” in South Korea. New President Lee Myung-bak promises to take a tougher policy on North Korea. South-North relations deteriorated sharply. The cooling tower of the reactor at the Yongbyon nuclear facility was demolished. The United States removes the Yongbyon Atomic Energy Research Center from its terrorism blacklist. North Korean government allows IAEA inspectors to return to nuclear sites
2009 After missile test, North Korea conducts underground nuclear test. Former US President Bill Clinton visits North Korea. Free two US journalists
2010 North Korea bombards Korean islands (Yonpyeong Island Bombardment Incident). Construction of a new secret facility for uranium enrichment at the Yongbyon Nuclear Power Center
2011 Kim Jong Il passed away. Inherited by Kim Jong-un
2012 Rocket launch test
2013 Third underground nuclear test. Sanctions by the United Nations. announced that it will withdraw workers from the Kaesong Industrial Zone. China joins North Korea sanctions
2014 ballistic missile test launch. Humanitarian aid of 3 billion won (about 300 million yen) from the South Korean government under the Park Geun-hye administration to North Korea
2015 Announced that the Yongbyon Nuclear Power Plant has been put back into operation. US imposes new sanctions on North Korea
2016 Announced first hydrogen bomb test. Stopped operations in Kaesong Industrial Zone. United Nations tightens sanctions
2017 Kim Jong Nam is murdered in Malaysia. North Korea's involvement is suspected. US-North Korea tensions rise over ballistic missilesる
2018 Negotiations for the first time in two years between North Korea and South Korea. North Korea sent a team to the Winter Olympics in the south. Kim Jong-un meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border checkpoint in Panmunjom. Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump meet in Singapore.
2019 Kim Jong-un visits Russia and meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok. US President Trump and Kim Jong-un meet at Panmunjom
It functions as a one-party dictatorship of the Workers' Party of Korea, which is highly centralized. It is considered a revolutionary socialist country guided by Juche (Juche) ideology and Songun ideology (the idea that the military takes precedence over everything else).
- Mansudae Assembly Hall
$1,300
Since the 1940s, it has maintained one of the most closed and centralized economies in the world. As of 2020, North Korea continues its basic adherence to a centrally planned economy.
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