NORTH KOREA

CAPITAL AND MAJOR CITIES

• Capital - pyongyang
• Hamhung
• Nampo
• Hungnam
• Kaesong

POLITICAL MAP

PHYSICAL MAP

• Baekdu Mountain, the highest point in North Korea, is a volcanic mountain near Manchuria with basalt lava plateau with elevations between 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) and 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) above sea level.

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• The Amnok River makes up the border between China and North Korea
• The Tumen River make up the border between Russia and North Korea

CLIMATE

• Temperate with rain concentrated in the summer

CULTURE

• Language - Korean
• Religion - Buddhism
• Holidays - generalissimo day Honors the day when Kim Jong Il received the title "Generalissimo of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea" posthumously in 2012.
• Traditional dress - hanbok

Spicy marinated pork
1 lb thinly sliced pork (lean & boneless preferred)
3 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp crushed garlic
½ tbsp crushed ginger root
2 tbsp brown sugar
2 tbsp gochujang (red chili pepper paste)
1 tsp red pepper flakes
2 tbsp rice wine (sake)
2 tbsp sesame oil and 1 onion

GOVERNMENT

• They are a communist country
• GDP/capita - $1,800
• Literacy rates - 100%
• Currency - won

NATURAL RESOURCES

• Natural resources: coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower

HISTORY

• Korea was first colonized by Japan from 1910 to 1945, they got there freedom when the USA beat Japan in World War II
• Some original settlements are mimana

Political conflicts are the execution of the military chief days after he nodded off during a meeting.

15 people executed in North Korea. South Korean spies say that North Korean leader Kim Jung un had some important people executed for challenging his authority.

Some environmental issues in North Korea are major deforestation and overexploitation of the soil.

TOP FIVE PLACES TO VISIT

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Juche tower

Kim II SUNG SQUARE

Pyongyang subway

Workers party monument

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• Central Intelligence Agency. Central Intelligence Agency, n.d. Web. 08 May 2015. .

"20th CENTURY: Korea as a Colony of Japan, 1910-1945 | Central Themes and Key Points | Asia for Educators | Columbia University." 20th CENTURY: Korea as a Colony of Japan, 1910-1945 | Central Themes and Key Points | Asia for Educators | Columbia University. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 May 2015. .

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