North Korea Infrastructure

North Korea’s government is very similar to Anthem’s form of government. North Korea is a dictatorship, meaning one person has absolute power and controls everything. The people of Korea are under strict rules and if

North Korea is known to use misleading propaganda to appear as a great and power, well-built country when in reality its people are suffering greatly. The leaders know they are in the wrong yet will not admit it and seems to not truly care so long as they are powerful militarily

Understanding how North Korea as a country defines itself in a changing world. Where do they derive their customs and practices, political standings and military power? Define North Korea’s history leading into the modern age and define its culture and characteristics and how they interact with the world today. Understanding a subject as broad as the term culture begins where the culture began with the birth of civilization and the people that influenced it. There are many factors that play a role in the shaping of a nation none so much as turmoil and conflict and the Korean peninsula saw its fair share for the better part of a millennia. A complete statistical breakdown of North Korea shows a struggling nation that strongly depends on

Hey! I've been in North Korea for a few weeks now, I have been researching its cultural, political, physical and economic geography. The main down side to the whole trip is that the plane ride took 13 hours. Recently it has been very packed in North Korea its density is normally 61% but lately its extra high because it is near the celebration of Kim Il Sung's Birthday. He was the founder of the Down-With-Imperialism Union. His birthday is on April 15, that is only a few days away.

North Korea appears on the international stage as a country existing beyond the world we all know. It isolates its citizens from the rest of international community and does not obey any rules determined by international law, but requires respect and recognition. Moreover, North Korea is one of the countries that remains aggressive towards its neighbors and applies various terrorist techniques, i.e. illegal contraband, political terror and mass abductions of other countries’ citizens in its foreign policy. The reasons for which the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) behaves so unpredictably and irrationally are diversified. First of all, the DPRK as a country is managed very irrationally – regimes of Kim Il-sung and

North Korea is one of the last family-run dictatorships in the world. They have been determined to become a “Powerful and prosperous” nation (Kiener). North Korea is so set on being extremely powerful and building nuclear weapons but has not been able to feed their people for years. Missile testing has become more and more common from North Korea in the last year and has been striking fear into all nations around them. North Korea has launched missiles over Japan and most recently Hawaii; they have also conducted six underground nuclear weapon tests. Not only has North Korea become a threat to South Korea but also to the rest of the world. People all over the world are asking how can we protect ourselves and what actions will be made to stop North Korea from creating havoc throughout the world.

North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, is located in East Asia and has a population of approximately 24,983,205. The Korean Peninsula has remained divided since the end of World War II in 1945. Though both sides came to agree on a truce in 1953, North and South Korea are technically still at war today. North Korea consists of mostly mountainous terrain and valleys that are not heavily populated. The capital city of Pyongyang is a modernized city, bearing many high-rise apartment buildings as well as urban streets and broad avenues. Since 1948, North Korea has transformed from an agricultural economy into a semi-industrialized economy. Due in part to its political isolation, North Korea is one of Asia’s poorest

North Korea defines its military actions as part of a historical continuum and…will continue to use force as the single most important policy tool in the foreseeable future” –says Narushige Michishita, Deputy Director of Japan Ministry of Defense. . The Korean Peninsula is the last remaining division of Cold War along its Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). To the south lies the Republic of Korea (ROK), which is one of the world’s fastest growing economies and to its north lies the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), better known as North Korea, a country of continued repression and seclusion from the outside world. The succession Communist Kim-regime has an iron fist reign over the DPRK since the country’s formation in 1948, stands as the

North Korea is a country that is ruled by a dictator and has a communist government. A communist government rules all the land and gives the same amount of money and supplies to all the people in the country. “Daily Necessities were obtained from the Public Distribution System (PDS)” (95,Hassig). The PDS shut down in 1995 because foreign aid was cut off expect for Pyongyang, the capital city. In rural areas, a lot of the children were born as “no-count” meaning that when they were born they weren’t counted as part of the existing society and didn’t have supplies given to them. North Korea was once a unified country with South Korea until September 9, 1948 when it became a separate country. From 1910 to 1945 Japan had ruled

North Korea has a vast and growing culture. With a population of 24 million citizens living in this isolated area, most of them are ethnically Korean even with China being such a close neighbor. With such a dense population, the same believes and religion practiced throughout its nation. North Korea is located in eastern Asia with approximately 55% in the north. The Sea of Japan borders North Korea’s eastern shore and the Yellow sea boarders the western portion of the land. The boarder that separates North Korea from South Korea is approximately 148 Miles long. North Korea shares boarders with China being directly north and a small boarder is joint with Russia in the far northeastern corner of the country. (Encyclopaedia

Any technology incorporating Global Positioning Systems must be left with North Korean customs on entry into the country and collected on departure. Foreign mobile phones can be brought into the country but must be registered at the airport. They can only be used in North Korea by purchasing a North Korean SIM card.

This paper will be a summary of North Korea that will cover some of the history behind the country. This history is essential for showing why the country operates as it does. I will then cover political, military, economic, social, and information aspects that try to give a picture of a general life in North Korea. In the midst of doing so, I will attempt to demonstrate an updated operational picture of North Korea as I see it being pertinent in a military operation. I will jump topics out of order as each aspect plays into other aspects, life, and functionality of North Korea.

North Korea (officially named the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, or DPRK) is a single-party Communist state in south-east Asia, ruled since 1949 by the Korean Workers' Party (KWP). Regarded by many in the international community as a pariah state (meaning that it is an outcast), North Korea has in recent years become increasingly poverty-stricken, with many of its citizens having barely enough food to survive.

As one of the most antagonizing countries, North Korea seems to find the wrath of the United Nations more frequently than any other sovereign nation. The country’s human rights abuses and violations of international law have led the international community to impose heavy trade sanctions with North Korea (cite). While the country attempts to be largely self-sufficient, malnutrition is a growing problem for the people of North Korea (worldhunger). Based on its geographic location and violation of international law in regards to nuclear capabilities and human rights abuses, North Korea is in a perilous situation in the next seven years. Its increasing globalization and fervent nationalism suggest, however, that while the country may evolve and become more globalized, it will survive as the contentious nation-state it is today.

In the United States, Americans are given the freedom to communicate through social media, which has taken away the priority of verbal communication. In other cultures, namely North Korea, communication isn’t allowed through technology. North Korea is a communist country making technology unattainable due to its isolation from the rest of the world. The life of a typical North Korean is simple: do what the government expects. Quite the opposite, in the United States an average American can do and say what they believe in. In the realm of communication, both countries have their differences and similarities; language, individualism, power distance, gender roles, and other aspects make North Korea diverse.