North Korea Summary

Food Crisis—North Korea It has been reported that more than 3 million people out of 23 million have died from hunger in North Korea since 1995, the first of two consecutive years during which N... Read more

North Korea—Economic System North Korea occupies about 55 percent of the total land area of the Korean Peninsula—about 123,000 square kilometers. Only 20 percent of North Korea's ... Read more

North Korea—Human Rights The state of North Korea is likely the worst abuser of human rights in the world today. Like that of his father before him, the regime of Kim Jong Il is a dictatorship ... Read more

North Korea: the Hermit Kingdom in the Global Era The Conflict The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK or North Korea) has been isolated from relations with the United States and Europe since ... Read more

North Korea POPULATION 22,224,195JUCHE between 20.0 and 70.0 percentCHEONDOGYO, BUDDHIST, PROTESTANT, ROMAN CATHOLIC, FOLK RELIGIONIST LESS THAN 0.2 percentNONRELIGIOUS between 20.0 and 70.0 percent ... Read more