North Korea

North Korea, kent offeecially as the Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea^{[citation needit]}, is a kintra in east Asie occupyin the northren hauf o the Korean Peninsula. Its caipital an lairgest ceety is Pyongyang. The Korean Demilitarized Zone serves as the buffer zone atween North Korea an Sooth Korea. The Amnok River an the Tumen River form the mairch atween North Korea an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae. A section o the Tumen River in the extreme northeast is the mairch wi Roushie. In recent yars some folk hae been criticising North Korea fer nae havin' ony human richts.

Democratic Fowkrepublic o Korea 조선민주주의인민공화국 Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk[1]
Banner Emblem
Motto:  《강성대국》 (Scots: "Pouerful an Prosperous Naition")
Anthem:  《애국가》 "Aegukka"  (transliteration) (Scots: "The Patriotic Sang")
Caipital and largest city	Pyongyang 39°2′N 125°45′E
Offeecial leids	Korean
Offeecial scripts	Chosŏn'gŭl
Demonym(s)	North Korean Korean
Govrenment	Hereditary Juche single-pairty state [2]
• Eternal Preses	Kim Il-sung
• Eternal WPK General Secretar (Wirkers' Pairty o Korea)	Kim Jong-il
• Supreme Leader	Kim Jong-un[a]
• Chairman o the Assembly Presidium	Choe Ryong-hae
• Premier	Pak Pong-ju
Legislatur	Supreme Fowk's Assembly
Establishment
Aurie
• Total	120,540 km2 (46,540 sq mi) (98th)
• Water (%)	4.87
Population
• 2011 estimate	24,554,000[3] (48t)
• 2011 census	24,052,231[4]
• Density	198.3/km2 (513.6/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2011 estimate
• Total	$40 billion[5]
• Per capita	$1,800[5]
GDP (nominal)	2011 estimate
• Tot	$12.4 billion[6]
• Per capita	$506[6]
Gini (2007)	31 medium
Currency	North Korean won (₩) (KPW)
Time zone	UTC+8:30 (Pyongyang Time)
Date format	yy, yyyy년 mm월 dd일 yy, yyyy/mm/dd (CE–1911 / CE)
Drivin side	right
Cawin code	+850
ISO 3166 code	KP
Internet TLD	.kp
^ Kim Jong-un haulds fower concurrent poseetions: First Secretar o the Wirkers' Party, Chairman o the Central Militar Commission, First Chairman o the Naitional Defence Commission an Supreme Commander o the Fowk's Airmy, serve as the "supreme leader" o the DPRK. ^ Kim Yong-nam is the "heid o state for foreign affairs". The poseetion o preses (umwhile heid o state) wis written oot o the constitution in 1998. Kim Il-sung, who died in 1994, wis gien the appellation "Eternal Preses" in its preamble.

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