Korea (North)

Capital: Pyongyang
Languages: Korean
Area: (km2)120540
Population: 25,100,000
Currency: North Korean won (KPW)
Time zone: +9
Calling code: 850
Drives: right

For decades North Korea has been one of the world's most secretive societies. It is one of the few countries still under nominally communist rule.
North Korea's nuclear ambitions have exacerbated its rigidly maintained isolation from the rest of the world.
The country emerged in 1948 from the chaos following the end of World War Two. Its history is dominated by its Great Leader, Kim Il-sung, who shaped political affairs for almost half a century.
Decades of this rigid state-controlled system have led to stagnation and a leadership dependent on a cult of personality. The totalitarian state also stands accused of systematic human rights abuses.

1945 - Japan's colonial rule ends with its World War Two surrender.
1948 - Korea is divided between the Soviet-backed North and the US-backed South.
1950-1953 - Korean War ends in truce.
1994 - Founding President Kim Il-sung dies, succeeded by his son Kim Jong-il, who dies in 2011.
2018 - Kim Jong-un becomes first North Korean leader to enter the South when he meets South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks. Weeks later he meets US President Donald Trump.

information provided by www.bbcnews.co.uk & https://www.expat-quotes.com/guides