2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 3, Political Rights: 7, Civil Liberties: 7
North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (abbreviated as DPRK, PRK, DPR Korea or Korea DPR), is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Pyongyang is the capital and largest city. To the north and northwest, the country is bordered by China and by Russia along the Amnok (known as the Yalu in Chinese) and Tumen rivers; it is bordered to the south by South Korea, with the heavily fortified Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two. Nevertheless, North Korea, like its southern counterpart, claims to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula and adjacent islands. Both North Korea and South Korea became members of the United Nations in 1991.
Geographical type: Territory
Latitude: 40° N — Longitude: 127° E
Area: 120,540 km²
ISO 3166-2 code: KP
Measures of Freedom
2016: Status: Not Free, Aggregate Score: 3, Political Rights: 7, Civil Liberties: 7
Articles
Discusses George W. Bush's behavior with regard to his enemies, pondering he may have never learned one of the fundamental concepts of chess strategy
Comments on the first North Korean nuclear test and the political prospects for the Korean peninsula, considering also China and the United States
The introductory paragraph uses material from the Wikipedia article "North Korea" as of 1 Oct 2018, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.