North Korea (across Han River estuary)

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North Korea is an isolated, authoritarian state on the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, known for its centralized dictatorship, nuclear weapons program, and tense relations with much of the international community.

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instanceOf authoritarian state
one-party state
sovereign state
acrossFrom South Korea across Han River estuary
alliedWith China NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
borderFeature Korean Demilitarized Zone NERFINISHED
borderWith China NERFINISHED
Russia NERFINISHED
South Korea NERFINISHED
capital Pyongyang NERFINISHED
capitalCityLocatedOnRiver Taedong River NERFINISHED
conductedNuclearTests yes
continent Asia
currency North Korean won NERFINISHED
economicSystem state-controlled economy
formerLeader Kim Il Sung NERFINISHED
Kim Jong Il NERFINISHED
founderOfRegime Kim Il Sung NERFINISHED
governmentType single-party socialist republic
hasCoastlineOn Sea of Japan NERFINISHED
Yellow Sea NERFINISHED
headOfGovernment Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED
headOfState Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED
humanRightsSituation widely criticized
ideology Juche NERFINISHED
Songun NERFINISHED
internetAccess highly restricted
locatedOn Korean Peninsula NERFINISHED
mediaFreedom none
militaryCharacteristic large standing army
priority to military spending
nuclearWeaponsProgram yes
officialLanguage Korean
officialName Democratic People’s Republic of Korea NERFINISHED
politicalSystemCharacteristic centralized dictatorship
personality cult of leadership
populationCharacteristic largely ethnically homogeneous Korean
religiousPolicy state atheism and tight control of religion
rulingParty Workers’ Party of Korea NERFINISHED
shortName DPRK NERFINISHED
subjectTo international sanctions
supremeLeader Kim Jong Un NERFINISHED
tensionWith Japan NERFINISHED
South Korea NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
UNAdmissionYear 1991
UNMembershipStatus member state

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Ganghwa County borderedBy North Korea (across Han River estuary)