North Korea 북한(Book-Han)

History

- North korea began with the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 1948. In the aftermath of the Japanese occupation of Korea which ended with Japan's defeat in World War II in 1945, Korea was divided at the 38th parallel in accordance with a United Nations arrangement, to be administered by the Soviet Union in the north and the United States in the south. And then Korean War occured in June 25, 1950,and the war ended at the border in 1953. After the war North Korea based their government as communism, and South Korea based their government in Republic. Also, North Korea leader is all from same family. Kim il-Sung and Kim Jeong-il who is son of Kim il-Sung. North Korea has very communist government and had close relationship with China, so China aids North Korea. Nowadayds, since Kim Jeong-il gets older and weaker, he claimed as his successor as Kim Jeong-Eun who is son of Kim Jeong-il.

Statistics

Population=24,051,218 in 2009
Population density= 198.3/km2 (513.8/sq mi) in 2009
Percent of the population that is hungry 85% are thought to be malnourished, 29% severely
Fertility rate (The average number of births per woman)=Total fertility rate 1.94 in 2010
Infant mortality rate? 42 infants out of 1000 infants. (2007)
Life expectancy? 67.3 overall, which ranks the 125th in the world. (Male-65.1 Female-69.3)
GNP per capita? $1200 (each person) in 2008.

By the end of 1979 per capita GNP in North Korea was about one-third of that in the South. The causes for this relatively poor performance are complex, but a major factor is the disproportionately large percentage of GNP (possibly as much as 25%) that North Korea devotes to the military.

Literacy rate=99%--rank 21 in the world
Government type=Highly centralized communist state.
Leader of North Korea = now is Jung-Il Kim,but soon to be Jeong-Eun Kim who is son of Jung-Il Kim