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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.
In 2007, Asia Press began publishing a magazine entitled Rimjin-gang: News from Inside North Korea in Korean and Japanese.It was started by a Japanese and Korean co-joint editorial group, a chief editor and Japanese journalist, Jiro Ishimaru, and a Korean representative editor, Choi Jin I, author and North Korean defector.
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North Korea: North Korea is a sovereign country located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. [1] To the south, separated by the Korean Demilitarized Zone, lies South Korea, with which it formed one nation until division following World War II.
Tensions continue to rise between North and South Korea after the North's recent missile launch and the South's halting of joint factory operations.
In 2017, North Korea tested the Hwasong-15, an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States of America. [147] Estimates of North Korea's nuclear arsenal at that time ranged between 15 and 60 bombs, probably including hydrogen bombs. [148] Kim and Moon meet at the DMZ in 2018
Daily NK (Korean: 데일리NK; RR: Deilli NK) is an online newspaper based in Seoul, South Korea, [1] [2] where it reports on various aspects of North Korean society from information obtained from inside and outside of North Korea via a network of informants.
The contemporary culture of North Korea is based on traditional Korean culture, but has developed since the division of Korea in 1945. Juche, officially the Juche idea, is the state ideology of North Korea. Juche displays North Korea's cultural distinctiveness as it is the origin and sole adopter of the ideology. [1]
my country) [1] is the official web portal of the North Korean government. [3] It was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. [ 4 ] The portal's categories include politics , tourism , music , foreign trade , arts , press, information technology , history, and "Korea is One".