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The Korean People's won, more commonly known as the North Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW; Korean: 조선 원) and sometimes known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 원), is the official currency of North Korea. It is subdivided into 100 chon.
The banknotes bear the date "1945" and the text is in Korean. The issue of banknotes was mainly limited to the locations of Soviet military units. In December 1947, a monetary reform was carried out in North Korea, and the North Korean won was introduced instead of the Korean yen. The Won of the Red Army Command was not withdrawn from ...
Korean won primarily refers to: South Korean won, the present currency of South Korea; North Korean won, the present currency of North Korea; It can also refer to these historical currencies: Korean Empire won, 1900–1910 currency in the Korean Empire; Won of the Red Army Command, 1945–1947 currency in northern Korea under the Soviet Civil ...
Therefore, 1,000 won issued in 1983 is series II (나) because it is the second design of all 1,000 won designs since the introduction of the South Korean won in 1962. In 1962, 10 and 50 jeon, 1, 5, 10, 50, 100 and 500 won notes were introduced by the Bank of Korea.
This is a list of wars involving North Korea since 1948, when the Korean peninsula was de facto divided into North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea, DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea, ROK). For wars involving united Korea until 1948, see List of wars involving Korea until 1948
Estimating gross national product in North Korea is a difficult task because of a lack of economic data [41] and the problem of choosing an appropriate rate of exchange for the North Korean won, the nonconvertible North Korean currency. The South Korean government's estimate placed North Korea's GNP in 1991 at US$22.9 billion, or US$1,038 per ...
Currencies of Korea, including those of pre-division Korea and of South and North Korea. Most currencies in this category are historical; the only money in use on the Korean peninsula today is in the form of North Korean won and South Korean won.
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).