North Korea

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authoritarian state country in East Asia one-party state sovereign state

North Korea is an isolated, authoritarian state in East Asia known for its dynastic leadership, nuclear weapons program, and tense relations with much of the international community.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	15
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	8
DPRK	1
Division of Korea	1
Korea	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	authoritarian state ⓘ country in East Asia ⓘ one-party state ⓘ sovereign state ⓘ
armisticeSigned	1953 ⓘ
borderRegionName	Military Demarcation Line ⓘ surface form: Korean Demilitarized Zone
bordersCountry	China ⓘ Russia ⓘ South Korea ⓘ
capital	Pyongyang ⓘ
claimsCapitalProvince	Pyongyang ⓘ surface form: Pyongyang Directly Governed City
conductedNuclearTest	2006 ⓘ 2009 ⓘ 2013 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ 2017 ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
currency	North Korean won ⓘ
DayOfTheSunHonors	Kim Il Sung ⓘ
deFactoLeader	Kim Jong Un ⓘ
demilitarizedBorderWith	South Korea ⓘ
doesNotHaveFormalPeaceTreatyWith	South Korea ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
economicSystem	state-controlled economy ⓘ
formerLeader	Kim Jong Il ⓘ
foundingLeader	Kim Il Sung ⓘ
governmentType	single-party socialist republic ⓘ
hasCoastlineOn	Sea of Japan ⓘ Yellow Sea ⓘ
hasNuclearWeaponsProgram	true ⓘ
hasSpaceLaunchProgram	true ⓘ
headOfGovernment	Kim Tok Hun ⓘ
headOfState	Kim Jong Un ⓘ
humanRightsSituation	widely criticized ⓘ
ideology	Juche ⓘ Songun ⓘ
internetAccess	highly restricted ⓘ
isolationPolicy	self-imposed international isolation ⓘ
joinedUNTogetherWith	South Korea ⓘ
largestCity	Pyongyang ⓘ
mediaFreedom	state-controlled ⓘ
nationalHoliday	Day of the Sun ⓘ
nationalSymbol	Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea emblem red star ⓘ
officialLanguage	Korean ⓘ
officialName	North Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
politicalSystemCharacteristic	dynastic leadership ⓘ highly centralized power ⓘ personality cult of leaders ⓘ
primaryAlliesHistorical	China ⓘ Soviet Union ⓘ
region	East Asia ⓘ
rulingParty	Workers' Party of Korea ⓘ surface form: Workers’ Party of Korea
shortName	North Korea self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: DPRK
timeZone	Korea Standard Time ⓘ
UNAdmissionYear	1991 ⓘ
UNMemberState	true ⓘ
usesPropagandaExtensively	true ⓘ
war	Korean War ⓘ
writingSystem	Hangul ⓘ

Referenced by (145)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Military Demarcation Line → countryBorderBetween → North Korea ⓘ

Tsushima Current → countryCoast → North Korea ⓘ

United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 → countryConcerned → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Busan Perimeter → countryInvolved → North Korea ⓘ

Military Armistice Commission → countryInvolved → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Nakdong River line → countryInvolved → North Korea ⓘ

Choe Yong-gon → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Chaek → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Korea

Kim Il Sung → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Jong Il → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Kim Jong Un → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Kyong-hui → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Man-il → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Pyong-il → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Sung-ae → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Tok Hun → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Yong-il → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

North Korean General Nam Il → countryOfCitizenship → North Korea ⓘ

subject surface form: Nam Il

Chuch’e → countryOfOrigin → North Korea ⓘ

Juche → countryOfOrigin → North Korea ⓘ

Juché → countryOfOrigin → North Korea ⓘ

subject surface form: Juche

Korean cuisine → countryOfOrigin → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Yong-il → countryOfResidence → North Korea ⓘ

Ulchi Freedom Guardian → criticizedBy → North Korea ⓘ

Pyongyang → deFactoGovernmentSeatOf → North Korea ⓘ

Freedom Shield → deterrenceTarget → North Korea ⓘ

R-17 → exportedTo → North Korea ⓘ

R-300 Elbrus → exportedTo → North Korea ⓘ

Korea under Japanese rule → followedBy → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Division of Korea

Manchukuo → followedBy → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Soviet Civil Administration in Korea → followedBy → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Soviet Civil Administration in Korea → followedBy → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Il Sung → founderOf → North Korea ⓘ

Eternal President of the Republic → governmentalContext → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

East Asia → hasCountry → North Korea ⓘ

ASEAN Regional Forum → hasMember → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) → hasMember → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Japanese archipelago → hasNeighboringCountryAcrossSea → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Tok Hun → headOfGovernmentOf → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Yong-il → headOfGovernmentOf → North Korea ⓘ

communism → historicallyImplementedIn → North Korea ⓘ

Korean War → initiatedBy → North Korea ⓘ

Pyongyang → isCapitalOf → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

Battle of Pyongyang → isLocatedInPresentDay → North Korea ⓘ

Workers' Party of Korea → isRulingPartyIn → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Pyongyang → largestCityOf → North Korea ⓘ

Kim Jong Un → leaderOf → North Korea ⓘ

this entity surface form: Democratic People's Republic of Korea

North Korean won → legalTenderIn → North Korea ⓘ