How much do you know about North Korea ? Recently, North Korea is hot topic in the world agenda, There are no enough and reliable information about this country. Entering country is really hard and access is limited. Government has full authority on states. North Korea has secret military program and also it has secret nuclear program threats international security.
- North Korea is officially called as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
- Pyongyang is the capital and largest city of North Korea
- There are no internet connection in the country. Capital city has limited access to internet.
- Electricty in this contry is poor. Only part of capital ciity use electric energy.
- After second world war, in 1945, Korea was divided into two part. One of them was north side occupied by the Soviets and the other one was north side occupied by the Americans.
- in 1948 separate governments were formed in both sides. the socialist Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in the north, and the capitalist Republic of Korea in the south.
- An invasion started by North Korea led to the Korean War between 1950–1953. The Korean Armistice Agreement gave a result for a ceasefire. On the other hand, still there is no peace treaty was signed between two countries. ]
- North Korea describes itself as a socialist state and elections is formally held in this country.
- Famine is one of the most problematic issue in North Korea. Because of famine between 240,000 and 420,000 people are killed.
- Northe Korea has the highest number of military and paramilitary personnel. Accordong to official infirmation North Korea has nearly 9,495,000 active, reserve, and paramilitary personnel. Its active duty army of 1.21 million
- North Korea is an atheist state with no official religion and public religion is discouraged.
- about a month ago, North Korea has decalared the fist nuclear bomb testing.
- Nort Korean officials say that they have capacity to throw hydrogen bomb via ballistic misille