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661 relations: Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Aegukka, African Renaissance Monument, Agitprop, Agnosticism, Agreed Framework, Agricultural cooperative, Agricultural subsidy, Air Koryo, Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Media Network, Alcoholic beverage, All-female band, Amnesty International, Anno Domini, Anthrax, Anthropocentrism, Anti-tank guided missile, Appellate court, Aquaculture, Arab states of the Persian Gulf, Argentina, Arirang Mass Games, Armoured personnel carrier, Ascribed status, ASEAN, Asian Survey, Assassination of Kim Jong-nam, Associated Press, Association football, Asymmetric warfare, Atheism, August faction incident, Autumn Uprising of 1946, Axis of evil, Balhae, Ballistic missile, Banchan, Barack Obama, Basketball, BBC, BBC News, Beijing, Bertolt Brecht, Bibliography of North Korea, Bill Clinton, Biological agent, Biomass, Bloomberg News, Blue House raid, ... Expand index (611 more) »
- 1948 establishments in North Korea
- Atheist states
- Communist states
- East Asian countries
- Former Japanese colonies
- Korea
- Korean-speaking countries and territories
- Northeast Asian countries
- One-party states
- States and territories established in 1948
- States with limited recognition
- Totalitarian states
Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The Academy of Sciences of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (조선민주주의인민공화국과학원) or State Academy of Sciences, formerly the National Academy of Sciences, is the national academy of sciences of North Korea.
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Aegukka
"" (Chosŏn'gŭl: 애국가), officially translated as "Patriotic Song", is the national anthem of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea.
African Renaissance Monument
The African Renaissance Monument (French: Monument de la Renaissance Africaine) is a tall bronze statue located on top of one of the twin hills known as Collines des Mamelles, outside Dakar, Senegal.
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Agitprop
Agitprop (from r, portmanteau of agitatsiya, "agitation" and propaganda, "propaganda") refers to an intentional, vigorous promulgation of ideas.
Agnosticism
Agnosticism is the view or belief that the existence of God, the divine, or the supernatural is either unknowable in principle or currently unknown in fact.
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Agreed Framework
The Agreed Framework between the United States of America and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (북미제네바기본합의서) was signed on 21 October 1994, between North Korea (DPRK) and the United States.
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Agricultural cooperative
An agricultural cooperative, also known as a farmers' co-op, is a producer cooperative in which farmers pool their resources in certain areas of activities.
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Agricultural subsidy
An agricultural subsidy (also called an agricultural incentive) is a government incentive paid to agribusinesses, agricultural organizations and farms to supplement their income, manage the supply of agricultural commodities, and influence the cost and supply of such commodities.
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Air Koryo
Air Koryo is North Korea’s flag carrier and only commercial airline.
Al Jazeera English
Al Jazeera English (AJE; lit) is a 24-hour English-language news channel operating under Al Jazeera Media Network, which is partially funded by the government of Qatar.
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Al Jazeera Media Network
Al Jazeera Media Network (AJMN; The Peninsula) is a private-media conglomerate headquartered at Wadi Al Sail, Doha, funded in part by the government of Qatar.
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Alcoholic beverage
An alcoholic beverage (also called an adult beverage, alcoholic drink, strong drink, or simply a drink) is a beverage containing alcohol.
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All-female band
An all-female band is a musical group in popular music that is exclusively composed of female musicians.
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Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom.
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Anno Domini
The terms anno Domini. (AD) and before Christ (BC) are used when designating years in the Julian and Gregorian calendars.
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Anthrax
Anthrax is an infection caused by the bacterium Bacillus anthracis.
Anthropocentrism
Anthropocentrism is the belief that human beings are the central or most important entity on the planet.
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Anti-tank guided missile
An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.
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Appellate court
An appellate court, commonly called a court of appeal(s), appeal court, court of second instance or second instance court, is any court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal.
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Aquaculture
Aquaculture (less commonly spelled aquiculture), also known as aquafarming, is the controlled cultivation ("farming") of aquatic organisms such as fish, crustaceans, mollusks, algae and other organisms of value such as aquatic plants (e.g. lotus).
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Arab states of the Persian Gulf
The Arab states of the Persian Gulf or the Arab Gulf states (دول الخليج العربي) refers to a group of Arab states bordering the Persian Gulf.
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Argentina
Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. North Korea and Argentina are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Arirang Mass Games
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang, also known as the Arirang Mass Games, or the Arirang Festival is a mass gymnastics and artistic festival held in the Rungrado 1st of May Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Armoured personnel carrier
An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones.
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Ascribed status
Ascribed status is a term used in sociology that refers to the social status of a person that is assigned at birth or assumed involuntarily later in life.
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ASEAN
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, commonly abbreviated as ASEAN, is a political and economic union of 10 states in Southeast Asia.
Asian Survey
Asian Survey: A Bimonthly Review of Contemporary Asian Affairs is a bimonthly academic journal of Asian studies published by the University of California Press on behalf of the Institute of East Asian Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.
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Assassination of Kim Jong-nam
On 13 February 2017, Kim Jong-nam, the older half-brother of the dictator of North Korea Kim Jong Un, was assassinated at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.
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Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
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Association football
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Asymmetric warfare
Asymmetric warfare (or asymmetric engagement) is a type of war between belligerents whose relative military power, strategy or tactics differ significantly.
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Atheism
Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.
August faction incident
The August faction incident (8월 종파 사건), officially called the "Second Arduous March", was an attempted removal of Kim Il Sung from power by leading North Korean figures from the Soviet-Korean faction and the Yan'an faction, with support from the Soviet Union and China, at the 2nd Plenary Session of the 3rd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in 1956.
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Autumn Uprising of 1946
The Autumn Uprising of 1946, also called the 10.1 Daegu Uprising of 1946 was a peasant uprising in South Korea against the policies of the United States Army Military Government in Korea headed by General John R. Hodge and in favor of restoration of power to the people's committees that made up the People's Republic of Korea.
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Axis of evil
The phrase "axis of evil" was first used by U.S. President George W. Bush and originally referred to Iran, Ba'athist Iraq, and North Korea.
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Balhae
Balhae (p, translit) or Jin, also rendered as Bohai, was a multiethnic kingdom established in 698 by Dae Joyeong (Da Zuorong) and originally known as the Kingdom of Jin (震, Zhen) until 713 when its name was changed to Balhae.
Ballistic missile
A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target.
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Banchan
Banchan are small side dishes served along with cooked rice in Korean cuisine.
Barack Obama
Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
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BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.
BBC News
BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.
Beijing
Beijing, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital of China.
Bertolt Brecht
Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht (10 February 1898 – 14 August 1956), known professionally as Bertolt Brecht, was a German theatre practitioner, playwright, and poet.
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Bibliography of North Korea
This is a list of works important to the study of North Korea.
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Bill Clinton
William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001.
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Biological agent
Biological weapons are pathogens used as weapons.
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Biomass
Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms.
Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.
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Blue House raid
The Blue House raid, also known in South Korea as the January 21 Incident, was a raid launched by North Korean commandos in an attempt to assassinate President of South Korea Park Chung Hee in his residence at the Blue House in Seoul, on January 21, 1968.
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Botswana–North Korea relations
Botswana–North Korea relations (보쯔와나공화국-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계) refers to the current and historical relationship between Botswana and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea.
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Boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art.
Brazil national football team
The Brazil national football team (Seleção Brasileira de Futebol), nicknamed Seleção Canarinho ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF), the governing body for football in Brazil.
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Brian Reynolds Myers
Brian Reynolds Myers (born 1963), usually cited as B. R. Myers, is an American professor of international studies at Dongseo University in Busan, South Korea, best known for his writings on North Korean propaganda.
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Brigade
A brigade is a major tactical military formation that typically comprises three to six battalions plus supporting elements.
Bulgogi
(American English) is a gui (Korean-style grilled or roasted dish) made of thin, marinated slices of meat, most commonly beef, grilled on a barbecue or on a stove-top griddle.
Cabinet of North Korea
The Cabinet of Democratic People's Republic of Korea or North Korea (Naegak) is, according to the Constitution of North Korea, the administrative and executive body and a general state-management organ in the Government of North Korea.
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Cambodia–North Korea relations
Cambodia–North Korea relations (ទំនាក់ទំនងកម្ពុជា–កូរ៉េខាងជើង; 캄보쟈–조선민주주의인민공화국 관계) refers to the bilateral relationship between Cambodia and the DPRK.
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Cambodian genocide
The Cambodian genocide was the systematic persecution and killing of Cambodian citizens by the Khmer Rouge under the leadership of Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea, Pol Pot.
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Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Captive Nations
"Captive Nations" is a term that arose in the United States to describe nations under undemocratic regimes.
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Cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is any disease involving the heart or blood vessels.
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Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) is a nonpartisan international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington, D.C., with operations in Europe, South and East Asia, and the Middle East as well as the United States.
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Catholic Church
The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.
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Ceasefire
A ceasefire (also known as a truce or armistice), also spelled cease fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees with the other to suspend aggressive actions, often due to mediation by a third party.
Censorship in North Korea
North Korea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world, with the government able to take strict control over communications.
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Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is North Korea's central bank.
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Central Bureau of Statistics (North Korea)
Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS;; also known as the Central Statistic Bureau, or the Central Statistical Bureau) is the national statistical office of North Korea.
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Central Court (North Korea)
The Central Court is the supreme court and the highest organ in the judiciary of North Korea.
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Central Korean deciduous forests
The Central Korea deciduous forests is a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion on the Korean Peninsula, covering portions of South Korea and North Korea.
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Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea
The Central Military Commission of the Workers' Party of Korea (CMC) is an organ of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) which heads the Korean People's Army (KPA).
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Centre for the Study of World Christianity
The Centre for the Study of World Christianity (CSWC) is a research centre based in New College, the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh.
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Chad
Chad, officially the Republic of Chad, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. North Korea and Chad are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Chagang Province
Chagang Province (Chagangdo) is a province in North Korea; it is bordered by China's Jilin and Liaoning provinces to the north, Ryanggang and South Hamgyong to the east, South Pyongan to the south, and North Pyongan to the west.
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Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
The chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, formerly known as the president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, is the presiding officer of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, which is the permanent body of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's highest organ of state power.
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Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly
The Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly is the presiding officer of the Supreme People's Assembly, the legislature of North Korea.
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Changbai Mountains mixed forests
The Changbai Mountains mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0414) covers the Changbai Mountains and surrounding foothills in China and North Korea.
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Changgeuk
Changgeuk or ch'angguk is a genre of traditional Korean opera, performed as a but in the Korean folk song style known as pansori.
Charles K. Armstrong
Charles King Armstrong (born February 11, 1962) is an American historian of North Korea.
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Charlie's Angels (2000 film)
Charlie's Angels is a 2000 American action comedy film directed by McG in his feature film directorial debut, and written by Ryan Rowe, Ed Solomon, and John August.
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Chemical weapon
A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans.
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Cheondoism
Cheondoism (spelled Chondoism in North Korea) is a 20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century Donghak religious movement founded by Choe Je-u and codified under Son Byong-hi.
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China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. North Korea and China are atheist states, communist states, east Asian countries, member states of the United Nations, northeast Asian countries, one-party states, republics and states with limited recognition.
China–North Korea border
The China–North Korea border is an international border separating China and North Korea, extending from Korea Bay in the west to a tripoint with Russia in the east.
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China–North Korea relations
The bilateral relations between the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) (translit) have been generally friendly, although they have been somewhat strained in recent years because of North Korea's nuclear program.
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Chinese Civil War
The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led government of the Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), with armed conflict continuing intermittently from 1 August 1927 until 7 December 1949, resulting in a communist victory and control of mainland China.
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Chinese folk religion
Chinese folk religion, also known as Chinese popular religion, comprehends a range of traditional religious practices of Han Chinese, including the Chinese diaspora.
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Chinese language
Chinese is a group of languages spoken natively by the ethnic Han Chinese majority and many minority ethnic groups in China.
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Chinese people in Korea
A recognizable community of Chinese people in Korea has existed since the 1880s, and are often known as Hwagyo.
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Choe Ryong-hae
Choe Ryong-hae (born 15 January 1950) is a North Korean politician and military officer who currently serves as Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and First Vice President of the State Affairs Commission, holding both positions since April 2019.
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Cholera
Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
Chondoist Chongu Party
The Chondoist Chongu Party is a popular front party in North Korea.
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Chongjin
Chŏngjin is the capital of North Korea's North Hamgyong Province (함경북도) and the country's third-largest city.
Chongjin concentration camp
Chongjin concentration camp (Chosŏn'gŭl: 청진 제25호 관리소, also spelled Ch'ŏngjin) is a labour camp in North Korea for political prisoners.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Christianity in Korea
The practice of Christianity in Korea is marginal in North Korea, but significant in South Korea, where it revolves around Protestantism and Catholicism, accounting for 8.6 millionAccording to figures compiled by the South Korean National Statistical Office.
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a type of progressive lung disease characterized by long-term respiratory symptoms and airflow limitation.
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Chung-guyok
Chung-guyok (Central Ward) is one of the 19 guyok which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Civil law (legal system)
Civil law is a legal system originating in Italy and France that has been adopted in large parts of the world.
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Classical music
Classical music generally refers to the art music of the Western world, considered to be distinct from Western folk music or popular music traditions.
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Closed platform
A closed platform, walled garden, or closed ecosystem is a software system wherein the carrier or service provider has control over applications, content, and/or media, and restricts convenient access to non-approved applicants or content.
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Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams.
Cold War
The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.
Collective farming
Collective farming and communal farming are various types of "agricultural production in which multiple farmers run their holdings as a joint enterprise".
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Command and control
Command and control (abbr. C2) is a "set of organizational and technical attributes and processes...
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Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries
The Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries (CCRFC) is a North Korean organization tasked with organizing cultural exchange with other countries.
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Communist party
A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism.
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Congee
Congee (derived from Tamil கஞ்சி) is a form of savoury rice porridge made by boiling rice in a large amount of water until the rice softens.
Constitution of North Korea
The Socialist Constitution of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the constitution of North Korea.
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Coronary artery disease
Coronary artery disease (CAD), also called coronary heart disease (CHD), ischemic heart disease (IHD), myocardial ischemia, or simply heart disease, involves the reduction of blood flow to the cardiac muscle due to build-up of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries of the heart.
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COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea
The COVID-19 pandemic in North Korea was part of a global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2).
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Crime
In ordinary language, a crime is an unlawful act punishable by a state or other authority.
Crimes against humanity
Crimes against humanity are certain serious crimes committed as part of a large-scale attack against civilians.
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Criminal code
A criminal code or penal code is a document that compiles all, or a significant amount of, a particular jurisdiction's criminal law.
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Cultural assets of North Korea
Designated cultural assets of North Korea (Conservation-grade relics) are tangible artifacts, sites, and buildings deemed to have significant historical or artistic value.
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Cultural assimilation
Cultural assimilation is the process in which a minority group or culture comes to resemble a society's majority group or assimilates the values, behaviors, and beliefs of another group whether fully or partially.
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Cyberwarfare
Cyberwarfare is the use of cyber attacks against an enemy state, causing comparable harm to actual warfare and/or disrupting vital computer systems.
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Daily NK
Daily NK is an online newspaper based in Seoul, South Korea, where it reports on various aspects of North Korean society from information obtained from inside and outside of North Korea via a network of informants.
Dangun
Dangun or Tangun, also known as Dangun Wanggeom, was the legendary founder and first king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom.
De-Stalinization
De-Stalinization (translit) comprised a series of political reforms in the Soviet Union after the death of long-time leader Joseph Stalin in 1953, and the thaw brought about by ascension of Nikita Khrushchev to power, and his 1956 secret speech "On the Cult of Personality and Its Consequences", which denounced Stalin's cult of personality and the Stalinist political system.
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Death and state funeral of Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung died of a sudden heart attack on the early morning of 8 July 1994 at age 82.
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Death and state funeral of Kim Jong Il
The death of Kim Jong Il was reported by North Korean state television news on 19 December 2011.
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Defense industry of North Korea
North Korea's defence industry predates the Korean War, but has emerged as a major supplier to the North Korean armed forces beginning in the 1970s, but increasingly so after the fall of the Soviet Union and to supplement those purchased from China.
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Demilitarized zone
A demilitarized zone (DMZ or DZ) is an area in which treaties or agreements between states, military powers or contending groups forbid military installations, activities, or personnel.
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Demographics of North Korea
The demographics of North Korea are determined through national censuses and international estimates.
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Dennis Rodman
Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player.
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Deutsche Welle
("German Wave"), commonly shortened to DW, is a German public, state-owned international broadcaster funded by the German federal tax budget.
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Diamondback terrapin
The diamondback terrapin or simply terrapin (Malaclemys terrapin) is a species of terrapin native to the brackish coastal tidal marshes of the East Coast of the United States and the Gulf of Mexico coast, as well as in Bermuda.
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Dictatorship
A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government which is characterized by a leader, or a group of leaders, who hold governmental powers with few to no limitations.
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Digital library
A digital library (also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, a library without walls, or a digital collection) is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital media formats or a library accessible through the internet.
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Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
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Division (military)
A division is a large military unit or formation, usually consisting of between 10,000 and 25,000 soldiers.
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Division of Korea
The division of Korea began on August 15, 1945 when the official announcement of the surrender of Japan was released, thus ending the Pacific Theater of World War II.
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Divorce
Divorce (also known as dissolution of marriage) is the process of terminating a marriage or marital union.
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.
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Doosan Encyclopedia
Doosan Encyclopedia is a Korean-language encyclopedia published by Doosan Donga (두산동아).
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DPR Korea Football League
The DPR Korea Football League (Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국 축구 리그) is North Korea's association football league.
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Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
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DVD
The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format.
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.
East Asia
East Asia is a geographical and cultural region of Asia including the countries of China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan.
Eastern Bloc
The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).
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Economic development
In the economics study of the public sector, economic and social development is the process by which the economic well-being and quality of life of a nation, region, local community, or an individual are improved according to targeted goals and objectives.
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Economic freedom
Economic freedom, or economic liberty, refers to the agency of people to make economic decisions.
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Elections in North Korea
Elections in North Korea are held every four-to-five years for the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the country's national legislature, and every four years for Local People's Assemblies.
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Elections in the Soviet Union
The electoral system of the Soviet Union was varying over time, being based upon Chapter XIII of the provisional Fundamental Law of 1922, articles 9 and 10 of the 1924 Constitution and Chapter XI of the 1936 Constitution, with the electoral laws enacted in conformity with those.
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Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire, Imperial Japan, or simply Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until the enactment of the reformed Constitution of Japan in 1947.
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End of World War II in Asia
World War II officially ended in Asia on September 2, 1945, with the surrender of Japan on the.
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English language
English is a West Germanic language in the Indo-European language family, whose speakers, called Anglophones, originated in early medieval England on the island of Great Britain.
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Erich Kästner
Emil Erich Kästner (23 February 1899 – 29 July 1974) was a German writer, poet, screenwriter and satirist, known primarily for his humorous, socially astute poems and for children's books including Emil and the Detectives and The Parent Trap.
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Estonia
Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. North Korea and Estonia are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Eternal leaders of North Korea
The eternal leaders of North Korea are mentions of deceased leaders of North Korea.
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Executive (government)
The executive, also referred to as the juditian or executive power, is that part of government which executes the law; in other words, directly makes decisions and holds power.
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Exploration of the Moon
The physical exploration of the Moon began when Luna 2, a space probe launched by the Soviet Union, made a deliberate impact on the surface of the Moon on September 14, 1959.
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Extended family
An extended family is a family that extends beyond the nuclear family of parents and their children to include aunts, uncles, grandparents, cousins or other relatives, all living nearby or in the same household.
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Extensive growth
Extensive growth, in economics, is growth in the quantity of output produced based on the expansion of the quantity of inputs used.
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Famine
A famine is a widespread scarcity of food caused by several possible factors, including, but not limited to war, natural disasters, crop failure, widespread poverty, an economic catastrophe or government policies.
Fascism
Fascism is a far-right, authoritarian, ultranationalist political ideology and movement, characterized by a dictatorial leader, centralized autocracy, militarism, forcible suppression of opposition, belief in a natural social hierarchy, subordination of individual interests for the perceived good of the nation or race, and strong regimentation of society and the economy.
Fertilizer
A fertilizer (American English) or fertiliser (British English) is any material of natural or synthetic origin that is applied to soil or to plant tissues to supply plant nutrients.
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Fiber-optic communication
Fiber-optic communication is a method of transmitting information from one place to another by sending pulses of infrared or visible light through an optical fiber.
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FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often called the World Cup, is an international association football competition among the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.
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Film
A film (British English) also called a movie (American English), motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere through the use of moving images.
Forbes
Forbes is an American business magazine founded by B. C. Forbes in 1917 and owned by Hong Kong-based investment group Integrated Whale Media Investments since 2014.
Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea)
The Foreign Languages Publishing House (FLPH) is the central North Korean publishing bureau of foreign-language documents, located in the Potonggang-guyok of Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Foreign Policy
Foreign Policy is an American news publication founded in 1970 focused on global affairs, current events, and domestic and international policy.
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Forest Landscape Integrity Index
The Forest Landscape Integrity Index (FLII) is an annual global index of forest condition measured by degree of anthropogenic modification.
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France–North Korea relations
Relations between France and North Korea are non-existent, as the two nations have no formal diplomatic relations with one another.
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Freedom House
Freedom House is a non-profit organization based in Washington, D.C. It is best known for political advocacy surrounding issues of democracy, political freedom, and human rights.
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Freedom of religion in North Korea
Freedom of religion in North Korea (DPRK) is officially a right in North Korea.
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Friedrich Lohr
Friedrich Lohr is a German diplomat and a scholar.
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Galbi-tang
Galbi-tang.
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General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
The General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party, officially the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, is the leader of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the sole ruling party of the People's Republic of China (PRC).
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General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea
The General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea is the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), the ruling party in North Korea, and the country's supreme leader.
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General State Laws for the Prussian States
The General State Laws for the Prussian States (Allgemeines Landrecht für die Preußischen Staaten, ALR) were an important code of Prussia, promulgated in 1792 and codified by Carl Gottlieb Svarez and Ernst Ferdinand Klein, under the orders of Frederick II.
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George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009.
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Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe. North Korea and Germany are member states of the United Nations.
Ginseng
Ginseng is the root of plants in the genus Panax, such as Korean ginseng (P. ginseng), South China ginseng (P. notoginseng), and American ginseng (P. quinquefolius), characterized by the presence of ginsenosides and gintonin.
GitHub
GitHub is a developer platform that allows developers to create, store, manage and share their code.
Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS), originally Navstar GPS, is a satellite-based radio navigation system owned by the United States government and operated by the United States Space Force.
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Global Slavery Index
The Global Slavery Index is a global study of modern slavery published by the Minderoo Foundation's Walk Free initiative.
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Global Telecom Holding
Global Telecom Holding S.A.E. (GTH; formerly Orascom Telecom Holding) is a holding company based in Amsterdam, and a subsidiary of the multinational telecommunications services company VEON. GTH previously owned mobile network operators in multiple countries.
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Goguryeo tombs
Goguryeo tombs, officially designated as the Complex of Koguryo Tombs, are tombs in North Korea.
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Gojong of Korea
Gojong (8 September 1852 – 21 January 1919), personal name Yi Myeongbok, later Yi Hui, also known as the Gwangmu Emperor, was the penultimate Korean monarch.
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Gojoseon
Gojoseon, also called Joseon, was the first kingdom on the Korean Peninsula.
Goryeo
Goryeo (Hanja: 高麗) was a Korean state founded in 918, during a time of national division called the Later Three Kingdoms period, that unified and ruled the Korean Peninsula until the establishment of Joseon in 1392.
Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Gross national income
The gross national income (GNI), previously known as gross national product (GNP), is the total domestic and foreign financial output claimed by residents of a country, consisting of gross domestic product (GDP), plus factor incomes earned by foreign residents, minus income earned in the domestic economy by nonresidents.
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Group of 77
The Group of 77 (G77) at the United Nations (UN) is a coalition of developing countries, designed to promote its members' collective economic interests and create an enhanced joint negotiating capacity in the United Nations.
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Guam
Guam (Guåhan) is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States in the Micronesia subregion of the western Pacific Ocean.
Guinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known from its inception in 1955 until 1999 as The Guinness Book of Records and in previous United States editions as The Guinness Book of World Records, is a British reference book published annually, listing world records both of human achievements and the extremes of the natural world.
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Gyeonggi dialect
The Gyeonggi dialect or Seoul dialect of the Korean language is the prestige dialect in South Korea, as well as the basis of the standardized form of the language in the country.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance.
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Haeju
Haeju is a city located in South Hwanghae Province near Haeju Bay in North Korea.
Hamgyong Mountains
The Hamgyong Mountains (산맥, 山脈, Hamgyeong Sanmaek), officially known as the Gangbaekjeonggan and formerly known as the or, is a North Korean mountain range.
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Hamhung
Hamhŭng (Hamhŭng-si) is North Korea's second-most populous city, and the capital of South Hamgyŏng Province.
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul or Hangeul in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern writing system for the Korean language.
Hanja
Hanja, alternatively known as Hancha, are Chinese characters used to write the Korean language.
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by British author J. K. Rowling.
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Haymarket Books
Haymarket Books is a left-wing non-profit, independent book publisher based in Chicago.
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Hendrick Hamel
Hendrick Hamel (1630 – after 1692) was a Dutch sailor.
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Hermit kingdom
The term hermit kingdom is an epithet used to refer to any country, organization or society that willfully isolate itself off, either metaphorically or physically, from the rest of the world.
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Heroes' Acre (Namibia)
Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia.
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Heuristic
A heuristic or heuristic technique (problem solving, mental shortcut, rule of thumb) is any approach to problem solving that employs a pragmatic method that is not fully optimized, perfected, or rationalized, but is nevertheless "good enough" as an approximation or attribute substitution.
High-speed rail
High-speed rail (HSR) is a type of rail transport network utilizing trains that run significantly faster than those of traditional rail, using an integrated system of specialized rolling stock and dedicated tracks.
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Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong
Historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kaesong, North Korea.
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History of Korea
The Lower Paleolithic era on the Korean Peninsula and in Manchuria began roughly half a million years ago. North Korea and History of Korea are Korea.
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Hoeryong concentration camp
Hoeryong concentration camp (or Haengyong concentration camp) was a death camp in North Korea that was reported to have been closed in 2012.
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Honey
Honey is a sweet and viscous substance made by several species of bees, the best-known of which are honey bees.
Hong Gildong jeon
Hong Gildong jeon is a Korean novel, often translated as The Biography of Hong Gildong, written during the Joseon Dynasty.
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HuffPost
HuffPost (The Huffington Post until 2017; often abbreviated as HuffPo) is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions.
Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.
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Human rights in North Korea
The human rights record of North Korea is often considered to be among the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations and groups such as Human Rights Watch having condemned it.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Human spaceflight
Human spaceflight (also referred to as manned spaceflight or crewed spaceflight) is spaceflight with a crew or passengers aboard a spacecraft, often with the spacecraft being operated directly by the onboard human crew.
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Human torpedo
Human torpedoes or manned torpedoes are a type of diver propulsion vehicle on which the diver rides, generally in a seated position behind a fairing.
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Human trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation.
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Humid continental climate
A humid continental climate is a climatic region defined by Russo-German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1900, typified by four distinct seasons and large seasonal temperature differences, with warm to hot (and often humid) summers, and cold (sometimes severely cold in the northern areas) and snowy winters.
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Hwasong concentration camp
Hwasong concentration camp (Chosŏn'gŭl: 화성 제16호 관리소, also spelled Hwasŏng or Hwaseong) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners.
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Hydroelectricity
Hydroelectricity, or hydroelectric power, is electricity generated from hydropower (water power).
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Hyesan
Hyesan is a city in the northern part of Ryanggang province of North Korea.
Ideocracy
Ideocracy (a portmanteau word combining "ideology" and kratos, Greek for "power") is "governance of a state according to the principles of a particular (political) ideology; a state or country governed in this way".
Ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea
Officially, the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK)the ruling party of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)is a communist party guided by Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism, a synthesis of the ideas of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky (– 6 April 1971) was a Russian composer and conductor with French citizenship (from 1934) and American citizenship (from 1945).
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Immortality
Immortality is the concept of eternal life.
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Improved sanitation
Improved sanitation (related to but distinct from a "safely managed sanitation service") is a term used to categorize types of sanitation for monitoring purposes.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia. North Korea and India are member states of the United Nations.
Indonesia–North Korea relations
Indonesia–North Korea relations refers to bilateral relations between Indonesia and North Korea.
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Infantry fighting vehicle
An infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), also known as a mechanized infantry combat vehicle (MICV), is a type of armoured fighting vehicle used to carry infantry into battle and provide direct-fire support.
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Inflation
In economics, inflation is a general increase in the prices of goods and services in an economy.
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) is a national and international public health agency and research institute working in the area of global health statistics and impact evaluation, located at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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International airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world.
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International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea
The International Coalition to Stop Crimes Against Humanity in North Korea (ICNK) was formed on September 8, 2011.
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International Olympic Committee
The International Olympic Committee (IOC; Comité international olympique, CIO) is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland.
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Intranet
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders.
Iraq–North Korea relations
Iraq–North Korea relations (이라크-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계, العلاقات بين العراق وكوريا الشمالية) are relations between North Korea and Iraq.
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Iron ore
Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.
Irreligion
Irreligion is the absence or rejection of religious beliefs or practices.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
Islam in Korea
Islam is a minor religion in South Korea and North Korea.
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Israel–North Korea relations
Israel and North Korea do not have official diplomatic relations, and communications between the two countries are hostile.
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Italy national football team
The Italy national football team (Nazionale di calcio dell'Italia) has represented Italy in men's international football since its first match in 1910.
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Ivory Coast national football team
The Ivory Coast national football team (French: Équipe de football de Côte d'Ivoire, recognized as the Côte d'Ivoire by FIFA) represents Ivory Coast in men's international football.
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Jangmadang
Jangmadang are North Korean local markets, farmers' markets, black markets and bazaars.
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Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910
The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, was made by representatives of the Empire of Japan and the Korean Empire on 22 August 1910.
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Japan–North Korea relations
Japan–North Korea relations (日朝関係; 조일 관계) refers to international relations between Japan and North Korea.
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Japanese people in North Korea
Japanese people in North Korea are people of Japanese descent living in North Korea.
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Jeju uprising
The Jeju uprising, known in South Korea as the Jeju April 3 incident, was an uprising on Jeju Island from April 1948 to May 1949.
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Johannes Brahms
Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 – 3 April 1897) was a German composer, virtuoso pianist, and conductor of the mid-Romantic period.
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Joseon
Joseon, officially Great Joseon State, was a dynastic kingdom of Korea that existed for 505 years.
Joseph Stalin
Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin (born Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili; – 5 March 1953) was a Soviet politician and revolutionary who led the Soviet Union from 1924 until his death in 1953.
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Juche
Juche, officially the Juche idea, is the state ideology of North Korea and the official ideology of the Workers' Party of Korea.
Juche calendar
The Juche calendar, named after the Juche ideology, is the system of year-numbering used in North Korea.
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July 4 South–North Joint Statement
The July 4 South–North Joint Statement, also known as the July 4 South–North Joint Communiqué, was the first joint statement by the governments of South Korea and North Korea, signed on July 4, 1972.
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June 15th North–South Joint Declaration
The June 15th North–South Joint Declaration was adopted between leaders of North Korea and South Korea in June 2000 after various diplomatic meetings between the North and South.
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K-pop
K-pop, short for Korean popular music, is a form of popular music originating in South Korea as part of South Korean culture.
Kaechon internment camp
Kaechon Internment Camp (also spelled Kae'chŏn or Gaecheon) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners and descendants of alleged criminals.
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Kaesong
Kaesong is a special city in the southern part of North Korea (formerly in North Hwanghae Province), and the capital of Korea during the Taebong kingdom and subsequent Goryeo dynasty.
Kaesong Industrial Region
The Kaesŏng Industrial Region (KIR) or Kaesŏng Industrial Zone (KIZ) is a special administrative industrial region of North Korea (DPRK).
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Kanggye
Kanggye is the provincial capital of Chagang, North Korea and has a population of 251,971.
Kangwon Province, North Korea
Kangwon Province (Kangwŏndo) is a province of North Korea, with its capital at Wŏnsan.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kim Dae-jung
Kim Dae-jung (6 January 192418 August 2009) was a South Korean politician and activist who served as the 8th (15th election) president of South Korea from 1998 to 2003.
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Kim family (North Korea)
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
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Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung (born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician and the founder of North Korea, which he led as Supreme Leader from the country's establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994. Afterwards, he was succeeded by his son Kim Jong Il and was declared Eternal President.
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Kim Il Sung bibliography
Kim Il Sung (15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was the leader of North Korea for 46 years, from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994.
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Kim Il Sung Square
Kim Il Sung Square is a large city square in the Central District of Pyongyang, North Korea, and is named after the country's founding leader, Kim Il Sung.
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Kim Il Sung Stadium
Kim Il Sung Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea.
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Kim Il Sung University
Kim Il Sung University is a university in Taesong, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Kim Jong Il
Kim Jong Il (born Yuri Irsenovich Kim; 16 February 1941 or 1942 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea.
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Kim Jong Un
Kim Jong Un (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) is a North Korean politician who has been supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.
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Kim Tok-hun
Kim Tok Hun (born 1961) is a North Korean politician who is currently the premier of North Korea and a full member on the Presidium of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Kim Un-guk
Kim Un-guk (born 28 October 1988) is a North Korean weightlifter, Olympic Champion, and two time World Champion.
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Kimchi
Kimchi (gimchi) is a traditional Korean side dish (banchan) consisting of salted and fermented vegetables, most often napa cabbage or Korean radish.
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is a preschool educational approach based on playing, singing, practical activities such as drawing, and social interaction as part of the transition from home to school.
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Knowledge economy
The knowledge economy, or knowledge-based economy, is an economic system in which the production of goods and services is based principally on knowledge-intensive activities that contribute to advancement in technical and scientific innovation.
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Korea
Korea (translit in South Korea, or label in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula (label in South Korea, or label in North Korea), Jeju Island, and smaller islands. North Korea and Korea are Korean-speaking countries and territories.
Korea Bay
Korea(n) Bay, sometimes West Korea(n) Bay, is a bight and the northern extension of the Yellow Sea, between the southeastern coastline of China's Liaoning Province and the western coastline of North Korea's North Pyongan, South Pyongan and South Hwanghae provinces.
Korea Computer Center
The Korea Computer Center (KCC) is the North Korean government information technology research center.
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Korea under Japanese rule
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled as a part of the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (Hanja: 朝鮮, Korean: 조선), the Japanese reading of Joseon. North Korea and Korea under Japanese rule are former Japanese colonies.
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Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea.
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Korean Armistice Agreement
The Korean Armistice Agreement (한국정전협정 / 조선정전협정; t) is an armistice that brought about a cessation of hostilities of the Korean War.
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Korean axe murder incident
The Korean axe murder incident was the killing of two United Nations Command officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
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Korean Buddhism
Korean Buddhism is distinguished from other forms of Buddhism by its attempt to resolve what its early practitioners saw as inconsistencies within the Mahayana Buddhist traditions that they received from foreign countries.
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Korean Central News Agency
The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) is the state news agency of North Korea.
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Korean Central Television
Korean Central Television (KCTV) is a North Korean television service operated by the Korean Central Broadcasting Committee, a state-owned broadcaster in North Korea.
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Korean Committee of Space Technology
The Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST;, Hanja: 朝鮮宇宙空間技術委員會) was the agency of the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) responsible for the country's space program.
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Korean Confucianism
Korean Confucianism is the form of Confucianism that emerged and developed in Korea.
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Korean cuisine
Korean cuisine has evolved through centuries of social and political change.
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Korean Culture and Information Service
The Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) is an affiliated organization of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the South Korean government and runs 32 Korean cultural centers in 27 countries.
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Korean Declaration of Independence
The Korean Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the 33 Korean representatives meeting at Taehwagwan, the restaurant located in what is now Insa-dong, Jongno District, Seoul on March 1, 1919, four months after the end of World War I, which announced that Korea would no longer tolerate Japanese rule.
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Korean Demilitarized Zone
The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a heavily militarized strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula near the 38th parallel north.
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Korean Empire
The Korean Empire, officially the Empire of Korea or Imperial Korea, was a Korean monarchical state proclaimed in October 1897 by King Gojong of the Joseon dynasty.
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Korean ethnic nationalism
Korean ethnic nationalism, or Korean racial nationalism, is a political ideology and a form of ethnic and racial identity for Korean people.
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Korean language
Korean (South Korean: 한국어, Hangugeo; North Korean: 조선말, Chosŏnmal) is the native language for about 81 million people, mostly of Korean descent.
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Korean mythology
Korean mythology is the group of myths told by historical and modern Koreans.
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Korean People's Army
The Korean People's Army (KPA) encompasses the combined military forces of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
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Korean People's Army Air Force
The Korean People's Army Air Force (KPAF;; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 空軍) is the unified military aviation force of North Korea.
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Korean People's Army Ground Force
The Korean People's Army Ground Force (KPAGF) is the main branch of the Korean People's Army, responsible for land-based military operations.
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Korean People's Army Special Operations Forces
The Korean People's Army Special Operations Forces (KPASOF; Korean: 조선인민군 특수작전군; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 特殊作戰軍; Chosŏn-inmin'gun teugsujagjeongun) are the special forces of Korean People's Army.
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Korean People's Army State Merited Chorus and Symphony Orchestra
The State Merited Chorus and Symphony Orchestra of the Korean People's Army is the principal musical performing unit of the Korean People's Army (KPA), based in the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang.
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Korean People's Army Strategic Force
The Korean People's Army Strategic Force, previously known as the Korean People's Army Strategic Rocket Force, is a military branch of the Korean People's Army (KPA) founded in 2012 that operates surface-to-surface missiles in the nuclear and conventional strike roles.
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Korean People's Navy
The Korean People's Army Navy (KPANF;; or the Korean People's Navy (KPN), is the naval component of the Korean People's Army, the North Korean armed forces. There are some 780 vessels including 70 midget submarines (including the Yono-class submarine and Sang-O-class submarine), 20 Romeo-class submarines, and about 140 air cushioned landing craft.
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Korean reunification
Korean reunification is the hypothetical unification of North Korea and South Korea into a singular Korean sovereign state. North Korea and Korean reunification are Korea.
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Korean revolutionary opera
Korean revolutionary opera is a tradition of revolutionary opera in North Korea inspired by Chinese Revolutionary Opera which blossomed during the Cultural Revolution.
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Korean shamanism
Korean shamanism, also known as or Mu-ism, is a religion from Korea.
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Korean Social Democratic Party
The Korean Social Democratic Party (KSDP) is a political party in North Korea that is allied with the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
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Korean War
The Korean War was fought between North Korea and South Korea; it began on 25 June 1950 when North Korea invaded South Korea and ceased upon an armistice on 27 July 1953.
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Koreans
Koreans are an East Asian ethnic group native to Korea.
Koryolink
Koryolink (고려링크, styled as koryolink) is a North Korean wireless telecommunications provider.
Kwalliso
Kwalliso or kwan-li-so is the term for political penal labor and rehabilitation colonies in North Korea.
Kwangmyŏngsŏng program
The Kwangmyŏngsŏng program was a class of experimental satellites developed by North Korea.
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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2
Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3 Unit 2 or Gwangmyeongseong-3 ho 2-hogi (English: Bright Star-3 Unit 2 or Lodestar-3 Unit 2) was the first satellite successfully launched from North Korea, an Earth observation spacecraft that was launched on 12 December 2012, 00:49 UTC, in order to replace the original Kwangmyŏngsŏng-3, which failed to reach orbit on 13 April 2012.
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Kwangmyŏngsŏng-4
or KMS-4 is a reconnaissance satellite launched by North Korea on 7 February 2016.
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Kwangmyong (network)
Kwangmyong (광명) is a North Korean "walled garden" national intranet service opened in the early 2000s.
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Labor camp
A labor camp (or labour camp, see spelling differences) or work camp is a detention facility where inmates are forced to engage in penal labor as a form of punishment.
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Languages of Europe
There are over 250 languages indigenous to Europe, and most belong to the Indo-European language family.
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Laos
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia. North Korea and Laos are communist states, member states of the United Nations, one-party states and republics.
Launch vehicle
A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space.
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Lee Myung-bak
Lee Myung-bak (born 19 December 1941) often referred to by his initials MB, is a South Korean businessman and politician who served as the 10th (17th election) president of South Korea from 2008 to 2013.
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Legislature
A legislature is a deliberative assembly with the legal authority to make laws for a political entity such as a country, nation or city.
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Leiden University
Leiden University (abbreviated as LEI; Universiteit Leiden) is a public research university in Leiden, Netherlands.
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Library of Congress Country Studies
The Country Studies are works published by the Federal Research Division of the United States Library of Congress, freely available for use by researchers.
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Linux
Linux is both an open-source Unix-like kernel and a generic name for a family of open-source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991, by Linus Torvalds.
List of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel
This is a list of countries by number of military and paramilitary personnel.
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List of islands of North Korea
The following is a list of major islands of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), arranged by province.
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List of newspapers in North Korea
There are some 12 major newspapers published in North Korea and many other smaller ones.
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List of stadiums by capacity
The following is a list of notable sports stadiums, ordered by their capacity, which refers to the maximum number of spectators they can normally accommodate.
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List of states with nuclear weapons
Eight sovereign states have publicly announced successful detonation of nuclear weapons.
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List of things named after Kim Il Sung
Kim Il Sung was the founder and first leader of North Korea.
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List of United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning North Korea
The Security Council of the United Nations (UNSC) has adopted 21 resolutions concerning North Korea.
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London
London is the capital and largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in.
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a regional American daily newspaper that began publishing in Los Angeles, California in 1881.
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Lower Paleolithic
The Lower Paleolithic (or Lower Palaeolithic) is the earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic or Old Stone Age.
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Lower respiratory tract infection
Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) is a term often used as a synonym for pneumonia but can also be applied to other types of infection including lung abscess and acute bronchitis.
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MacOS
macOS, originally Mac OS X, previously shortened as OS X, is an operating system developed and marketed by Apple since 2001.
Malaysia–North Korea relations
Malaysia–North Korea relations were once strong but deteriorated following the 2017 assassination of Kim Jong-nam in Kuala Lumpur.
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Man-portable air-defense system
Man-portable air-defense systems (MANPADS or MPADS) are portable surface-to-air missiles.
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Manchuria
Manchuria is a term that refers to a region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China, and historically parts of the modern-day Russian Far East, often referred to as Outer Manchuria.
Manchurian mixed forests
The Manchurian mixed forests ecoregion (WWF ID: PA0426) covers the forested hills surrounding the river plains of northern China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea.
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Mansudae Art Studio
The Mansudae Art Studio is an art studio in Pyeongcheon District, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Mansudae Overseas Projects
Mansudae Overseas Projects is a construction company based in Jongphyong-dong, Phyongchon District, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses.
Marshall Cavendish
Marshall Cavendish is a subsidiary company of Times Publishing Group, the printing and publishing subsidiary of Singapore-based conglomerate Fraser and Neave (which in turn currently owned by ThaiBev, a Thai beverage company), and at present is a publisher of books, business directories and magazines.
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Marxism–Leninism
Marxism–Leninism is a communist ideology that became the largest faction of the communist movement in the world in the years following the October Revolution.
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Masikryong Ski Resort
Masikryong Ski Resort (마식령 스키장) is a ski resort at the summit of the Taehwa Peak (대황산) some outside Wonsan City in Kangwon Province, North Korea.
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Mass surveillance in North Korea
Mass surveillance in North Korea is a routine practice employed throughout the country.
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Matsutake
, Tricholoma matsutake, is a species of choice edible mycorrhizal mushroom that grows in Eurasia and North America.
McCune–Reischauer
McCune–Reischauer romanization is one of the two most widely used Korean-language romanization systems.
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Means of production
In political philosophy, the means of production refers to the generally necessary assets and resources that enable a society to engage in production.
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Media coverage of North Korea
Media coverage of North Korea (officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is hampered by an extreme lack of reliable information, coupled with an abundant number of sensationalist falsehoods.
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Michael Kirby (judge)
Michael Donald Kirby (born 18 March 1939) is an Australian jurist and academic who is a former Justice of the High Court of Australia, serving from 1996 to 2009.
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Midget submarine
A midget submarine is any submarine under 150 tons, typically operated by a crew of one or two but sometimes up to six or nine, with little or no on-board living accommodation.
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Militarism
Militarism is the belief or the desire of a government or a people that a state should maintain a strong military capability and to use it aggressively to expand national interests and/or values.
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Military satellite
A military satellite is an artificial satellite used for a military purpose.
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Minister (government)
A minister is a politician who heads a ministry, making and implementing decisions on policies in conjunction with the other ministers.
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Ministry of Defence (North Korea)
The Ministry of Defence (formerly 인민무력성/人民武力省 or Ministry of the People's Armed Forces) is the government agency under the State Affairs Commission tasked with general administrative and logistical coordination of the Korean People's Army (KPA).
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Botswana)
Botswana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a department of the government of Botswana responsible for managing the country's diplomatic relations with other countries and international organizations.
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Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (North Korea)
The Ministry of Post and Telecommunications is a government ministry in North Korea which is responsible for the North Korean postal service, telephone system, and media such as television and print press.
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Ministry of Social Security (North Korea)
The Ministry of Social Security commonly known as BoAn (보안; Hanja: 保安) or the Ministry of People's Security is the interior ministry and principal law enforcement agency within North Korea.
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Ministry of State Security (North Korea)
The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea.
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Mobile web
The mobile web comprises mobile browser-based World Wide Web services accessed from handheld mobile devices, such as smartphones or feature phones, through a mobile or other wireless network.
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Modern Library
The Modern Library is an American book publishing imprint and formerly the parent company of Random House.
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Monetization
Monetization (also spelled monetisation in the UK) is, broadly speaking, the process of converting something into money.
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Monsoon
A monsoon is traditionally a seasonal reversing wind accompanied by corresponding changes in precipitation but is now used to describe seasonal changes in atmospheric circulation and precipitation associated with annual latitudinal oscillation of the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) between its limits to the north and south of the equator.
Moon Jae-in
Moon Jae-in (born 24 January 1953) is a South Korean politician who served as the 12th (19th election) president of South Korea from 2017 to 2022.
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Moranbong Band
The Moranbong Band (lit. "Tree Peony Peak Band"), also known as the Moran Hill Orchestra, is a North Korean girl group.
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Mount Kumgang
Mount Kumgang or the Kumgang Mountains is a mountain massif, with a peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea.
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Mountain range
A mountain range or hill range is a series of mountains or hills arranged in a line and connected by high ground.
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Mullet (fish)
The mullets or grey mullets are a family (Mugilidae) of ray-finned fish found worldwide in coastal temperate and tropical waters, and some species in fresh water.
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Mural
A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate.
Naenara
Naenara is the official web portal of the North Korean government.
Naengmyeon
Naengmyeon.
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Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country in Southern Africa. North Korea and Namibia are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Nampo
Nampo (North Korean official spelling: Nampho), also spelled Namp'o, is a city in North Korea which is the country's fourth-largest by population.
Nanotechnology
Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm).
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National Aerospace Technology Administration
National Aerospace Technology Administration (NATA) is the official space agency of North Korea, succeeding the Korean Committee of Space Technology (KCST).
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National Treasure (North Korea)
A National Treasure is a tangible artifact, site, or building deemed by the Government of North Korea to have significant historical or artistic value to the country.
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Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability
The Nautilus Institute for Security and Sustainability is a public policy think tank founded in 1992.
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Naver
Naver (stylized as NAVER) is a South Korean online platform operated by the Naver Corporation.
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (– 11 September 1971) was First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964, and Chairman of the Council of Ministers (premier) from 1958 to 1964.
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NK News
NK News is an American subscription-based news website that provides stories and analysis about North Korea.
No Motherland Without You
"No Motherland Without You" (or "Ode to Kim Jong Il") is a North Korean song about the country's second supreme leader, Kim Jong Il.
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Non-Aligned Movement
The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is a forum of 120 countries that are not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc.
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Noodle
Noodles are a type of food made from unleavened dough which is either rolled flat and cut, stretched, or extruded, into long strips or strings.
Nordpolitik
Nordpolitik (German for "Northern Policy") was the signature foreign policy of South Korean president Roh Tae-woo.
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North Hamgyong Province
North Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngbukdo) is the northernmost province of North Korea.
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North Hwanghae Province
North Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaebuk-to;, lit. "north Yellow Sea province") is a province of North Korea.
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North Korea and weapons of mass destruction
North Korea has a military nuclear weapons program and, as of 2024, is estimated to have an arsenal of approximately 50 nuclear weapons and sufficient production of fissile material for six to seven nuclear weapons per year.
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North Korea at the Olympics
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (commonly known as North Korea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964.
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North Korea men's national basketball team
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea national basketball team (recognized as DPR Korea by FIBA and known colloquially and in the media as North Korea) represents the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in international basketball and is controlled by the Amateur Basketball Association of DPR of Korea, the governing body for basketball in North Korea.
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North Korea national football team
The North Korea national football team (Munhwaeo 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가종합팀 (North Korean romanisation: Josŏn minjujuŭi inmin konghwaguk kukka chonghap thim), recognized as Korea DPR by FIFA) represents North Korea in men's international football and it is controlled by the DPR Korea Football Association, the governing body for football in North Korea.
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North Korea–Russia relations
North Korea–Russia relations (로씨야련방-조선민주주의인민공화국관계; Российско-северокорейские отношения) are the bilateral relations between Russia and North Korea.
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North Korea–Taiwan relations
North Korean–Taiwan relations (中華民國—朝鮮民主主義人民共和國關係) On April 13, 1919; the Republic of China recognized the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea.
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North Korea–Ukraine relations
North Korea–Ukraine relations are the bilateral foreign relations between North Korea and Ukraine.
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North Korea–United States relations
Relations between North Korea and the United States have been historically hostile.
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North Korea–Vietnam relations
North Korea–Vietnam relations (윁남사회주의공화국-조선민주주의인민공화국 관계; Quan hệ Việt Nam – Cộng hòa Dân chủ Nhân dân Triều Tiên) is a bilateral relationship between Vietnam and North Korea.
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North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens
Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the North Korean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983.
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North Korean cult of personality
The North Korean cult of personality surrounding the Kim family has existed in North Korea for decades and can be found in many examples of North Korean culture.
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North Korean famine
The North Korean famine, also known as the Arduous March (고난의 행군), was a period of mass starvation together with a general economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 in North Korea.
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North Korean standard language
North Korean standard language or is the North Korean standard version of the Korean language.
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North Korean won
The Korean People's won, more commonly known as the North Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW) and sometimes known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea won, is the official currency of North Korea.
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North Pyongan Province
North Pyongan Province (also spelled North P'yŏngan) is a western province of North Korea.
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North–South differences in the Korean language
The Korean language has diverged between North and South Korea due to the length of time that the two states have been separated.
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Northern and Southern States period
The Northern and Southern States period (698–926 CE) is the period in ancient Korean history when Unified Silla and Balhae coexisted in the south and north of the peninsula, respectively.
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Nuclear weapon
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion.
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Nuclear weapon design
Nuclear weapon designs are physical, chemical, and engineering arrangements that cause the physics package of a nuclear weapon to detonate.
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Nulla poena sine lege
Nulla poena sine lege (Latin for "no penalty without law", Anglicized pronunciation) is a legal formula which, in its narrow interpretation, states that one can only be punished for doing something if a penalty for this behavior is fixed in criminal law.
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Official script
An official script is a writing system that is specifically designated to be official in the constitutions or other applicable laws of countries, states, and other jurisdictions.
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Okryu-gwan
Okryu-gwan or Okryu Restaurant is a restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea, founded in 1960.
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Olympic Games
The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are the leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.
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On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work
On Eliminating Dogmatism and Formalism and Establishing Juche in Ideological Work, also known as the "Juche speech", was a speech delivered on 28 December 1955 by Kim Il Sung.
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One-party state
A one-party state, single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a governance structure in which only a single political party controls the ruling system. North Korea and one-party state are one-party states.
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Open Doors
Open Doors is a non-denominational mission supporting persecuted Christians around the world.
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Outer Space Treaty
The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a multilateral treaty that forms the basis of international space law.
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Outline of North Korea
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to North Korea: North Korea is a sovereign country located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia.
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Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's five oceanic divisions.
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Paektu Mountain
Paektu Mountain or Baekdu Mountain is an active stratovolcano on the Chinese–North Korean border.
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Pak In-chol (politician)
Pak In-chol (박인철) is a North Korean politician who has been serving since January 2023 as the Chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly, North Korea's unicameral parliament.
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Panmunjom
Panmunjom (also spelled Panmunjeom) was a village just north of the de facto border between North Korea and South Korea, where the 1953 Korean Armistice Agreement that ended the Korean War was signed.
Panmunjom Declaration
The Panmunjom Declaration for Peace, Prosperity and Reunification of the Korean Peninsula was adopted between the President of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Moon Jae-in and the President of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Kim Jong Un, on 27 April 2018, during the 2018 inter-Korean Summit on the South Korean side of the Peace House in the Joint Security Area.
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Peace treaty
A peace treaty is an agreement between two or more hostile parties, usually countries or governments, which formally ends a state of war between the parties.
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People's Committee of North Korea
The People's Committee of North Korea was a provisional government governing the Northern portion of the Korean Peninsula from 1947 until 1948. North Korea and People's Committee of North Korea are communist states.
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People's Republic of Korea
The People's Republic of Korea (PRK) was a short-lived provisional government that was organized at the time of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II.
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People's Volunteer Army
The People's Volunteer Army (PVA), officially the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV), was the armed expeditionary forces deployed by the People's Republic of China during the Korean War.
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Persecution of Christians
The persecution of Christians can be historically traced from the first century of the Christian era to the present day.
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Planned economy
A planned economy is a type of economic system where the distribution of goods and services or the investment, production and the allocation of capital goods takes place according to economic plans that are either economy-wide or limited to a category of goods and services.
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Pluralism (political philosophy)
Pluralism as a political philosophy is the diversity within a political body, which is seen to permit the peaceful coexistence of different interests, convictions, and lifestyles.
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Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble
The Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble (PEE) is an orchestra from North Korea.
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Pol Pot
Pol Pot (born Saloth Sâr; 19 May 1925 – 15 April 1998) was a Cambodian communist revolutionary, politician and a dictator who ruled Cambodia as Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea between 1976 and 1979.
Political faction
A political faction is a group of people with a common political purpose, especially a subgroup of a political party that has interests or opinions different from the rest of the political party.
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Political freedom
Political freedom (also known as political autonomy or political agency) is a central concept in history and political thought and one of the most important features of democratic societies.
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Political rehabilitation
Political rehabilitation is the process by which a disgraced member of a political party or a government is restored to public respectability and thus political acceptability.
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Political repression in North Korea
People in North Korea suffer political repression in every aspect of daily life, including speech, travel, employment, and religion.
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Polymer chemistry
Polymer chemistry is a sub-discipline of chemistry that focuses on the structures of chemicals, chemical synthesis, and chemical and physical properties of polymers and macromolecules.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Population and Development Review
Population and Development Review is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal published by Wiley-Blackwell on behalf of the Population Council.
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Portugal national football team
The Portugal national football team (Seleção Portuguesa de Futebol) has represented Portugal in men's international football competitions since 1921.
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Poster
A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.
Potato production in North Korea
In North Korea, the cultivation of potatoes is an important aspect to the livelihood of the country's population.
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Prehistoric Korea
Prehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written records do not exist.
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Premier of North Korea
The premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly called the premier of North Korea, is the head of government of North Korea and leader of the Cabinet.
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Preschool
A preschool (sometimes spelled as pre school or pre-school), also known as nursery school, pre-primary school, play school or creche, is an educational establishment or learning space offering early childhood education to children before they begin compulsory education at primary school.
Presidency of George W. Bush
George W. Bush's tenure as the 43rd president of the United States began with his first inauguration on January 20, 2001, and ended on January 20, 2009.
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President of China
The president of China, officially titled the president of the People's Republic of China, is the state representative of the People's Republic of China, which on its own is a ceremonial office and has no real power in China's political system.
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President of the State Affairs of North Korea
The President of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, alternatively styled "President of State Affairs" in official translations, is the supreme leader and head of state of North Korea.
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Preventive healthcare
Preventive healthcare, or prophylaxis, is the application of healthcare measures to prevent diseases.
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Private property
Private property is a legal designation for the ownership of property by non-governmental legal entities.
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Protecting power
A protecting power is a country that represents another sovereign state in a country where said sovereign state lacks its own formal diplomatic representation (e.g., lacks an embassy or consulate) in the protecting power’s state.
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Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
The Provisional People's Committee of North Korea was the provisional government of North Korea. North Korea and provisional People's Committee of North Korea are communist states.
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Public holidays in North Korea
This is a list of public holidays in North Korea.
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Public housing
Public housing is a form of housing tenure in which the property is usually owned by a government authority, either central or local.
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Pukchang concentration camp
Pukch'ang concentration camp (Hangeul: 북창 제18호 관리소, also spelled Bukchang) is a labor camp in North Korea for political prisoners.
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Purchasing power parity
Purchasing power parity (PPP) is a measure of the price of specific goods in different countries and is used to compare the absolute purchasing power of the countries' currencies.
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Pyongan dialect
The Pyeongan dialect, alternatively Northwestern Korean, is the Korean dialect of the Northwestern Korean Peninsula and neighboring parts of China.
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Pyongsong
Pyongsong (평성,, officially Phyongsong) is a city in North Korea, the capital city of South Pyongan province in western North Korea.
Pyongyang
Pyongyang (Hancha: 平壤, Korean: 평양) is the capital and largest city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution".
Pyongyang (restaurant chain)
Pyongyang is a restaurant chain named after the capital of North Korea, with around 130 locations worldwide.
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Pyongyang International Airport
Pyongyang International Airport, also known as Pyongyang Sunan International Airport (평양 순안 국제공항), is the main international airport serving Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
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Pyongyang Marathon
Pyongyang International Marathon, previously known as Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon, is an annual marathon race contested each April in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (7 May 1840 – 6 November 1893) was a Russian composer during the Romantic period.
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Rajin station
Rajin station is a railway station in Rajin-guyŏk, Rasŏn Special City, North Korea.
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Rajin-guyok
Rajin-guyŏk is a North Korean ward on Rason in the Sea of Japan (East Sea of Korea) in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea.
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Rangoon bombing
The Rangoon bombing of 9 October 1983, was an assassination attempt against Chun Doo-hwan, the fifth president of South Korea, in Rangoon, Burma.
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Rangrim Mountains
The Rangnim Mountains are a mountain range stretching from north to south, west of the Kaema Highlands, in central North Korea.
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Rason
Rason (formerly Rajin-Sŏnbong) is a North Korean special city and ice-free port in the Sea of Japan in the North Pacific Ocean on the northeast tip of North Korea.
Rason Special Economic Zone
The Rason Special Economic Zone, earlier called the Rajin-Sonbong Economic Special Zone, was established by the North Korean government at Rason, bordering China and Russia, in 1991 to promote economic growth through foreign investment.
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Re-education through labor
Re-education through labor (RTL), abbreviated laojiao was a system of administrative detention in mainland China.
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Recitative
Recitative (also known by its Italian name recitativo is a style of delivery (much used in operas, oratorios, and cantatas) in which a singer is allowed to adopt the rhythms and delivery of ordinary speech. Recitative does not repeat lines as formally composed songs do. It resembles sung ordinary speech more than a formal musical composition.
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Recycling
Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.
Red Star OS
Red Star OS is a North Korean Linux distribution, with development first starting in 1998 at the Korea Computer Center (KCC).
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Regiment
A regiment is a military unit.
Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The Report of the Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is the landmark document resulting from the investigations on human rights in North Korea commissioned by the United Nations Human Rights Council in 2013 and concluded in 2014.
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders (RWB; Reporters sans frontières; RSF) is an international non-profit and non-governmental organization focused on safeguarding the right to freedom of information.
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Rhythmic gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus: hoop, ball, clubs, ribbon and rope.
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Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Right-wing politics
Right-wing politics is the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position based on natural law, economics, authority, property, religion, biology, or tradition.
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Robotics
Robotics is the interdisciplinary study and practice of the design, construction, operation, and use of robots.
Rodong Sinmun
Rodong Sinmun is a North Korean newspaper that serves as the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Rogue state
"Rogue state" (or sometimes "outlaw state") is a term applied by some international theorists to states that they consider threatening to the world's peace.
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Roh Moo-hyun
Roh Moo-hyun (1 September 1946 – 23 May 2009) was a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the ninth president of South Korea between 2003 and 2008.
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ROKS Cheonan sinking
The ROKS Cheonan sinking occurred on 26 March 2010, when, a of the Republic of Korea Navy, carrying 104 personnel, sank off the country's west coast near Baengnyeong Island in the Yellow Sea, killing 46 seamen.
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Routledge
Routledge is a British multinational publisher.
Rowman & Littlefield
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an American independent academic publishing company founded in 1949.
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Rungrado 1st of May Stadium
The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium occupying an area of on Rungra Island, Pyongyang, North Korea.
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Russia
Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. North Korea and Russia are member states of the United Nations and northeast Asian countries.
Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which started in 2014.
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Russian language
Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.
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Russian ruble
The ruble or rouble (rublʹ; symbol: ₽; abbreviation: руб or р. in Cyrillic, Rub in Latin; ISO code: RUB) is the currency of the Russian Federation.
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Ryanggang Province
Ryanggang Province (Ryanggangdo) is a province in North Korea.
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Samguk yusa
Samguk yusa or Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms is a collection of legends, folktales and historical accounts relating to the Three Kingdoms of Korea (Goguryeo, Baekje, and Silla), as well as to other periods and states before, during and after the Three Kingdoms period.
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Sariwon
Sariwŏn is a city in North Korea.
Science fiction
Science fiction (sometimes shortened to SF or sci-fi) is a genre of speculative fiction, which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life.
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Sea of Blood
Sea of Blood is a propagandist North Korean opera credited to Kim Il Sung.
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Sea of Japan
The Sea of Japan is the marginal sea between the Japanese archipelago, Sakhalin, the Korean Peninsula, and the mainland of the Russian Far East.
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Secondary sector of the economy
In macroeconomics, the secondary sector of the economy is an economic sector in the three-sector theory that describes the role of manufacturing.
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Sejong Institute
Sejong Institute (Korean: 세종연구소, Hanja: 世宗硏究所) is a non-profit, independent organization for public interest and a think tank in South Korea, dedicated to developing strategies and policies in areas of foreign and security affairs and Korean unification, regional issues, and international political economy.
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Sejong the Great
Sejong (15 May 1397 – 30 March 1450), personal name Yi Do, commonly known as Sejong the Great, was the fourth monarch of the Joseon dynasty of Korea.
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Self-sustainability
Self-sustainability and self-sufficiency are overlapping states of being in which a person, being, or system needs little or no help from, or interaction with others.
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Senegal
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country. North Korea and Senegal are member states of the United Nations and republics.
Sexual abuse
Sexual abuse or sex abuse, also referred to as molestation, is abusive sexual behavior by one person upon another.
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Shell (computing)
In computing, a shell is a computer program that exposes an operating system's services to a human user or other programs.
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Shinto
Shinto is a religion originating in Japan.
Siberia
Siberia (Sibir') is an extensive geographical region comprising all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east.
Simon & Schuster
Simon & Schuster LLC is an American publishing company owned by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
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Sinseollo
Sinseollo.
Sinuiju
Sinŭiju, is a city in North Korea which faces Dandong, Liaoning, China, across the international border of the Yalu River.
Slate (magazine)
Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.
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Slavery in the 21st century
Contemporary slavery, also sometimes known as modern slavery or neo-slavery, refers to institutional slavery that continues to occur in present-day society.
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Smallpox
Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by variola virus (often called smallpox virus), which belongs to the genus Orthopoxvirus.
Smoking in North Korea
Tobacco smoking is popular in North Korea and culturally acceptable among men, but not for women.
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Socialist realism
Socialist realism was the official cultural doctrine of the Soviet Union that mandated an idealized representation of life under socialism in literature and the visual arts.
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Socialist state
A socialist state, socialist republic, or socialist country, sometimes referred to as a workers' state or workers' republic, is a sovereign state constitutionally dedicated to the establishment of socialism.
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Socialized medicine
Socialized medicine is a term used in the United States to describe and discuss systems of universal health care—medical and hospital care for all by means of government regulation of health care and subsidies derived from taxation.
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Sohae Satellite Launching Station
Sohae Satellite Launching Station (also known as Tongch'ang-dong Space Launch Center and Pongdong-ri) is a rocket launching site in Tongch'ang-ri, Cholsan County, North Pyongan Province, North Korea.
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Soju
Soju is a clear and colorless distilled alcoholic beverage, traditionally made from rice, but later from other grains and has a flavor similar to vodka.
Songbun
Songbun, formally chulsin-songbun (from Sino-Korean 出身, "origin" and 成分, "constituent"), is the system of ascribed status used in North Korea.
Songun
Songun is the "military-first" policy of North Korea, prioritizing the Korean People's Army in the affairs of state and allocation of resources.
South China Morning Post
The South China Morning Post (SCMP), with its Sunday edition, the Sunday Morning Post, is a Hong Kong-based English-language newspaper owned by Alibaba Group.
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South Hamgyong Province
South Hamgyong Province (Hamgyŏngnamdo) is a province of North Korea.
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South Hwanghae Province
South Hwanghae Province (Hwanghaenamdo;, lit. "south Yellow Sea province") is a province in western North Korea.
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South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. North Korea and South Korea are east Asian countries, former Japanese colonies, Korea, Korean-speaking countries and territories, member states of the United Nations, northeast Asian countries, republics, states and territories established in 1948 and states with limited recognition.
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South Pyongan Province
South Pyongan Province is a province of North Korea.
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Soviet Civil Administration
The Soviet Civil Administration (SCA;; Soviet occupation zone in Korea) was the government of the northern half of Korea from 24 August 1945 to 9 September 1948 though governed concurrently after the setup of the Provisional People's Committee for North Korea in 1946.
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Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. North Korea and Soviet Union are communist states.
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Space exploration
Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.
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Spaceport
A spaceport or cosmodrome is a site for launching or receiving spacecraft, by analogy to a seaport for ships or an airport for aircraft.
Special cities of North Korea
Special cities are one of the first-level administrative divisions within North Korea.
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Stalinism
Stalinism is the totalitarian means of governing and Marxist–Leninist policies implemented in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 1927 to 1953 by dictator Joseph Stalin.
Standard-gauge railway
A standard-gauge railway is a railway with a track gauge of.
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State Affairs Commission of North Korea
The State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (SAC) is constitutionally the supreme political authority of North Korea.
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State atheism
State atheism or atheist state is the incorporation of hard atheism or non-theism into political regimes.
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State school
A state school, public school, or government school is a primary or secondary school that educates all students without charge.
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State Sponsors of Terrorism (U.S. list)
"State Sponsors of Terrorism" is a designation applied to countries that are alleged to have "repeatedly provided support for acts of international terrorism" per the United States Department of State.
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State Symphony Orchestra of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
The State Symphony Orchestra of the DPRK (SSO) is a symphonic orchestra in North Korea and the first classical music ensemble to be established there.
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State-owned enterprise
A state-owned enterprise (SOE) is a business entity which is established and/or owned by a national or state/provincial government, by an executive order or an act of legislation, in order to earn profit for the government, control monopoly of the private sector over means of production, provide commodities to citizens at a lower price, implement government policies, and/or to deliver products and services to remote locations that otherwise have trouble attracting private vendors.
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Statism in Shōwa Japan
is the nationalist ideology associated with the Empire of Japan, particularly during the Shōwa era.
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Stealth technology
Stealth technology, also termed low observable technology (LO technology), is a sub-discipline of military tactics and passive and active electronic countermeasures, which covers a range of methods used to make personnel, aircraft, ships, submarines, missiles, satellites, and ground vehicles less visible (ideally invisible) to radar, infrared, sonar and other detection methods.
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Stroke
Stroke (also known as a cerebrovascular accident (CVA) or brain attack) is a medical condition in which poor blood flow to the brain causes cell death.
Subsistence agriculture
Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow crops to meet the needs of themselves and their families on smallholdings.
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Sunshine Policy
The Sunshine Policy is one of the approaches for South Korea's foreign policy towards North Korea, lasting from 1998-2008 and again from 2017-2020.
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Supreme Leader (North Korean title)
The title of supreme leader of North Korea generally means the de facto top leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army.
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Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) is the legislature of North Korea.
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Surrender of Japan
The surrender of the Empire of Japan in World War II was announced by Emperor Hirohito on 15 August and formally signed on 2 September 1945, ending the war.
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Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. North Korea and Sweden are member states of the United Nations.
Syncretism
Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.
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Syngman Rhee
Syngman Rhee (26 March 1875 – 19 July 1965) was a South Korean politician who served as the first president of South Korea from 1948 to 1960.
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Table tennis
Table tennis (also known as ping-pong or whiff-whaff) is a racket sport derived from tennis but distinguished by its playing surface being atop a stationary table, rather than the court on which players stand.
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Taebaek Mountains
The Taebaek Mountains are a mountain range that stretches across North Korea and South Korea.
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Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. North Korea and Taiwan are east Asian countries, former Japanese colonies, northeast Asian countries, republics and states with limited recognition.
Tales from Shakespeare
Tales from Shakespeare is an English children's book written by the siblings Charles and Mary Lamb in 1807, intended "for the use of young persons" while retaining as much Shakespearean language as possible.
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Taoism in Korea
Taoism or "Do" is thought to be the earliest state philosophy for the Korean people.
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Telephone numbers in North Korea
Telephone numbers in North Korea are regulated by the Ministry of Post and Telecommunications.
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Telephony
Telephony is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.
Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System
Ten Principles for the Establishment of a Monolithic Ideological System (also known as the Ten Principles of the One-Ideology System) are a set of ten principles and sixty-five clauses establishing standards for governance and guiding the behaviors of the people of North Korea.
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Terenty Shtykov
Terenty Fomich Shtykov (Тере́нтий Фоми́ч Шты́ков; – 25 October 1964) was a Soviet general who supervised the liberation of North Korea, as the de facto head of its 1945–1948 military occupation and the first Soviet Ambassador to North Korea from 1948 until 1950.
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Tertiary education
Tertiary education, also referred to as third-level, third-stage or post-secondary education, is the educational level following the completion of secondary education.
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The Chosun Ilbo
The Chosun Ilbo, also known as The Chosun Daily, is a newspaper of record for South Korea and the oldest active daily newspaper in the country.
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The Economist
The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.
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The Guardian
The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.
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The Interview
The Interview is a 2014 American political satire action comedy film produced and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg in their second directorial work, following This Is the End (2013).
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The Korea Herald
The Korea Herald (코리아헤럴드) is a leading English-language daily newspaper founded in August 1953 and published in Seoul, South Korea.
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The Korea Times
The Korea Times is a daily English-language newspaper in South Korea.
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The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
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The Real North Korea
The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia is a 2013 non-fiction book by Andrei Lankov about North Korea.
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The Seattle Times
The Seattle Times is an American daily newspaper based in Seattle, Washington.
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The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
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The Washington Post
The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.
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The World Factbook
The World Factbook, also known as the CIA World Factbook, is a reference resource produced by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with almanac-style information about the countries of the world.
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Thermonuclear weapon
A thermonuclear weapon, fusion weapon or hydrogen bomb (H bomb) is a second-generation nuclear weapon design.
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Three Kingdoms of Korea
The Three Kingdoms of Korea or Samhan (Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla) competed for hegemony over the Korean Peninsula during the ancient period of Korean history.
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Time (magazine)
Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.
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Time in North Korea
Time in North Korea, called Pyongyang Time (or PYT) or Standard Time of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is since May 2018 equal to Korea Standard Time: 9 hours ahead of UTC (UTC+09:00).
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Timeline of first orbital launches by country
This is a timeline of first orbital launches by country.
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Titanic (1997 film)
Titanic is a 1997 American epic romantic disaster film directed, written, co-produced and co-edited by James Cameron.
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Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground
The Tonghae Satellite Launching Ground(동해위성발사장), also known as Musudan-ri, is a rocket launching site in North Korea.
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Totalitarianism
Totalitarianism is a political system and a form of government that prohibits opposition political parties, disregards and outlaws the political claims of individual and group opposition to the state, and controls the public sphere and the private sphere of society.
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Tourism in North Korea
Tourism in North Korea is tightly controlled by the North Korean government.
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Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China.
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Traditional Korean medicine
Traditional Korean medicine (known in North Korea as Koryo medicine) refers to the forms of traditional medicine practiced in Korea.
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Trans-Siberian Railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East.
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Tumen River
The Tumen River (река Туманная,; Korean pronunciation), also known as the Tuman River or Duman River, is a long river that serves as part of the boundary between China (left shore), North Korea (right) and Russia (left), rising on the slopes of Mount Paektu and flowing into the Sea of Japan.
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X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, is a social networking service.
UNESCO
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.
Unha
The Unha or Eunha (은하, 銀河, "Galaxy") is a North Korean expendable carrier rocket, which partially utilizes the same delivery system as the Taepodong-2 orbital launch system.
Unified Silla
Unified Silla, or Late Silla, is the name often applied to the Korean kingdom of Silla, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea, after 668 CE.
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United Daily News
United Daily News (UDN) is a newspaper published in Taiwan.
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United Nations
The United Nations (UN) is a diplomatic and political international organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and serve as a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations.
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United Nations Command
United Nations Command (UNC or UN Command) is the multinational military force established to support the Republic of Korea (South Korea) during and after the Korean War.
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United Nations Environment Programme
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system.
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United Nations Security Council
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN) and is charged with ensuring international peace and security, recommending the admission of new UN members to the General Assembly, and approving any changes to the UN Charter.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1695, adopted unanimously on July 15, 2006, after recalling resolutions 825 (1993) and 1540 (2004) concerning North Korea and the non-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction respectively, the Council banned the selling of material that would further the ability of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (the DPRK, or North Korea) to bolster its ballistic missiles programme.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1718 was adopted unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on October 14, 2006.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1874 was adopted unanimously by the United Nations Security Council on 12 June 2009.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2087, adopted unanimously on January 22, 2013, after recalling all previous relevant resolutions on the situation concerning North Korea, including resolutions 825 (1993), 1540 (2004), 1695 (2006), 1718 (2006), and 1874 (2009), the Council condemned the December 12, 2012 rocket launch by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
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United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2397 is a resolution adopted unanimously on 22 December 2017 in response to North Korea's launch of a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile on 28 November of that year.
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United States Army Center of Military History
The United States Army Center of Military History (CMH) is a directorate within the United States Army Training and Doctrine Command.
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United States Army Military Government in Korea
The United States Army Military Government in Korea (USAMGIK) was the official ruling body of the southern half of the Korean Peninsula from 8 September 1945 to 15 August 1948.
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United States Department of State
The United States Department of State (DOS), or simply the State Department, is an executive department of the U.S. federal government responsible for the country's foreign policy and relations.
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United States Forces Korea
The United States Forces Korea (USFK) is a sub-unified command of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM).
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Universal suffrage
Universal suffrage or universal franchise ensures the right to vote for as many people bound by a government's laws as possible, as supported by the "one person, one vote" principle.
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University of Colorado Boulder
The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.
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University of Minnesota Press
The University of Minnesota Press is a university press that is part of the University of Minnesota.
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Uriminzokkiri
Uriminzokkiri was a North Korean state-controlled news website, much of whose content is syndicated from other news groups within the country, such as KCNA.
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Vice President of the State Affairs Commission
The vice presidents of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, previously titled as vice chairmen of the State Affairs Commission, are members of the State Affairs Commission under the President of the State Affairs of North Korea and above the commission's members.
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Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a conflict in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975.
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Violence
Violence is the use of physical force to cause harm to people, or non-human life, such as pain, injury, death, damage, or destruction.
W. W. Norton & Company
W.
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Walk Free
Walk Free is an international human rights organisation based in Perth, Western Australia.
Wangjaesan Light Music Band
The Wangjaesan Light Music Band is a light music (kyŏngŭmak) group in North Korea.
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Watt
The watt (symbol: W) is the unit of power or radiant flux in the International System of Units (SI), equal to 1 joule per second or 1 kg⋅m2⋅s−3.
Waudo-guyok
Waudo-guyŏk is a kuyŏk in Namp'o Special City, South P'yŏngan province, North Korea.
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Weightlifting
Weightlifting or weight lifting generally refers to physical exercises and sports in which people lift weights, often in the form of dumbbells or barbells.
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Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 62 kg
The Men's 62 kilograms weightlifting event at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, took place at ExCeL London on 30 July.
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Western Bloc
The Western Bloc, also known as the Capitalist Bloc, is an informal, collective term for countries that were officially allied with the United States during the Cold War of 1947–1991.
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Wonsan
Wonsan, previously known as Wonsanjin (元山津), is a port city and naval base located in Kangwon Province, North Korea, along the eastern side of the Korean Peninsula, on the Sea of Japan and the provincial capital.
Workers' Party of Korea
The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) is the sole ruling party of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea.
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Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House
The Workers' Party of Korea Publishing House (WPKPH) is the principal publishing house of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and one of the two main publishers in the country.
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Workers' Party of North Korea
The Workers' Party of North Korea was a communist party in North Korea from 1946 to 1949 and was a predecessor of the current Workers' Party of Korea.
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World Athletics Label Road Races
World Athletics Label Road Races are races that World Athletics (until 2019: IAAF) designates as the "leading road races around the world." The classification was first introduced for the 2008 running season, upon the suggestion of the IAAF Road Running Commission.
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World Food Programme
The World Food Programme (WFP) is an international organization within the United Nations that provides food assistance worldwide.
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World Health Organization
The World Health Organization (WHO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations responsible for international public health.
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World Heritage Committee
The World Heritage Committee is a committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization that selects the sites to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, including the World Heritage List and the List of World Heritage in Danger, defines the use of the World Heritage Fund and allocates financial assistance upon requests from States Parties.
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World Heritage Site
World Heritage Sites are landmarks and areas with legal protection by an international convention administered by UNESCO for having cultural, historical, or scientific significance.
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World Press Freedom Index
The World Press Freedom Index (WPFI) is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) since 2002 based upon the organization's own assessment of the countries' press freedom records in the previous year.
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World record
A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity.
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World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two alliances: the Allies and the Axis powers.
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World War II casualties of the Soviet Union
World War II losses of the Soviet Union were about 27,000,000 both civilian and military from all war-related causes, although exact figures are disputed.
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Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping (or often;, pronounced; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has been the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus the paramount leader of China, since 2012.
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Yakovlev Yak-18
The Yakovlev Yak-18 (Яковлев Як-18; NATO reporting name Max) is a tandem two-seat military primary trainer aircraft manufactured in the Soviet Union.
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Yalu River
The Yalu River or Amnok River is a river on the border between China and North Korea.
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Yan'an faction
The Yan'an faction were a group of pro-China communists in the North Korean government after the division of Korea following World War II.
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Yellow Sea
The Yellow Sea, also known as North Sea, is a marginal sea of the Western Pacific Ocean located between mainland China and the Korean Peninsula, and can be considered the northwestern part of the East China Sea.
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Yodok concentration camp
Yodok concentration camp was a kwalliso in North Korea.
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Yonhap News Agency
Yonhap News Agency is a major South Korean news agency.
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YouTube
YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google.
.kp
.kp is the Internet country code top-level domain (ccTLD) for North Korea (DPRK).
124th meridian east
The meridian 124° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, Australia, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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131st meridian east
The meridian 131° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
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1964 Winter Olympics
The 1964 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IX Olympic Winter Games (IX.) and commonly known as Innsbruck 1964 (Austro-Bavarian), was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Innsbruck, Austria, from January 29 to February 9, 1964.
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1966 FIFA World Cup
The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup, a quadrennial football tournament for men's senior national teams.
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1972 Summer Olympics
The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad and officially branded as Munich 1972 (München 1972), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972.
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1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXIV Olympiad and officially branded as Seoul 1988, were an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
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2000 inter-Korean summit
2000 inter-Korean summit was a meeting between South Korean president Kim Dae-jung and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-il, which took place in Pyongyang from June 13 to June 15, 2000.
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2002 State of the Union Address
The 2002 State of the Union Address was given by the 43rd president of the United States, George W. Bush, on January 29, 2002, at 9:00 p.m. EST, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives to the 107th United States Congress.
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2006 North Korean nuclear test
The 2006 North Korean nuclear test was the detonation of a nuclear device conducted by North Korea on October 9, 2006.
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2008 North Korean census
The 2008 North Korean census (2008년 조선민주주의인민공화국 인구일제조사) was the second North Korea national census.
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2010 FIFA World Cup
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship for men's national football teams.
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2010 Yeonpyeong bombardment
The Bombardment of Yeonpyeong was an artillery engagement between the North Korean military and South Korean forces stationed on Yeonpyeong Island on 23 November 2010.
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2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom.
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2014 Sony Pictures hack
On November 24, 2014, a hacker group identifying itself as "Guardians of Peace" leaked a release of confidential data from the film studio Sony Pictures Entertainment (SPE).
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2018–19 Korean peace process
The 2018–19 Korean peace process was initiated to resolve the long-running Korean conflict and denuclearize Korea.
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2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
The 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit, commonly known as the Hanoi Summit, was a two-day summit meeting between North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. president Donald Trump, held at the French Colonial Hôtel Métropole in Hanoi, Vietnam, during February 27–28, 2019.
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37th parallel north
The 37th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 37 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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38 North
38 North is a website devoted to analysis about North Korea.
38th parallel north
The 38th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 38 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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3G
3G is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology.
43rd parallel north
The 43rd parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 43 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane.
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8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea
The 8th Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea was held at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang from 5 to 12 January 2021.
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See also
1948 establishments in North Korea
- 1st Cabinet of North Korea
- 1st Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
- 1st Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea
- 2nd Central Auditing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- 2nd Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- 2nd Political Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- 2nd Standing Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea
- Korean Newsreel
- Ministry of Finance (North Korea)
- New Korean Orthography
- North Korea
- Organization and Guidance Department
- Pyongyang Medical University
- Wonsan Agricultural University
Atheist states
- China
- Communist states
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Democratic Kampuchea
- Derg
- North Korea
- People's Republic of Angola
- People's Republic of Mozambique
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Socialist Republic of Romania
Communist states
- China
- Communist state
- Criticism of communist party rule
- Cuba
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Democratic Kampuchea
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Democratic Republic of Madagascar
- Derg
- East Germany
- Highest organ of state power
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Inner Mongolian People's Republic
- Laos
- List of communist states
- List of socialist states
- Mass killings under communist regimes
- Mongolian People's Republic
- North Korea
- People's Committee of North Korea
- People's Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
- People's Republic of Angola
- People's Republic of Benin
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- People's Republic of China
- People's Republic of Kampuchea
- People's Republic of Mozambique
- People's Republic of the Congo
- People's Revolutionary Government (Grenada)
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- People's republic
- Polish People's Republic
- Provisional People's Committee of North Korea
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Somali Democratic Republic
- South Yemen
- Soviet Central Asia
- Soviet Union
- Soviet republics
- Soviet satellite states
- Urban planning in communist countries
- Vietnam
East Asian countries
- China
- Japan
- Mongolia
- North Korea
- South Korea
- Taiwan
Former Japanese colonies
- Caroline Islands
- Federated States of Micronesia
- Japanese colonial empire
- Japanese occupation of Hong Kong
- Japanese occupation of Singapore
- Japanese occupation of the Philippines
- Karafuto
- Karafuto Prefecture
- Korea under Japanese rule
- Kuril Islands
- Kwantung Leased Territory
- Manchukuo
- Marshall Islands
- North Korea
- Northern Mariana Islands
- Palau
- Philippines
- Sakhalin
- South Korea
- South Seas Mandate
- Taiwan
- Taiwan under Japanese rule
Korea
- Buyeo Hunhae
- Economy of Korea
- Education in Korea
- Environment of Korea
- Geography of Korea
- Government of Korea
- History of Korea
- Korea
- Korean law
- Korean people
- Korean reunification
- Nationalism in Korea
- North Korea
- Politics of Korea
- Science and technology in Korea
- South Korea
- Sport in Korea
- Transport in Korea
Korean-speaking countries and territories
- Korea
- North Korea
- South Korea
Northeast Asian countries
One-party states
- Carpatho-Ukraine
- Central African Empire
- China
- Cuba
- Eritrea
- Estado Novo (Portugal)
- Laos
- North Korea
- One-party state
- People's Republic of Angola
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Vietnam
- Wa State
- Zaire
States and territories established in 1948
- All-Palestine Protectorate
- Annam (French protectorate)
- Banjar Region
- Bastar district
- Bautista Saavedra Province
- Central Sumatra
- Chittorgarh district
- Colón Free Trade Zone
- Czechoslovak Socialist Republic
- Dominion of Ceylon
- Faroe Islands
- Federal Capital Territory (Karachi)
- Federation of Malaya
- First Republic of Korea
- Hyderabad State (1948–1956)
- Israel
- Jordanian annexation of the West Bank
- Kapalong
- Kutch State
- Madhya Bharat
- Malacca
- Myanmar
- North Korea
- Patiala and East Punjab States Union
- Provisional Central Government of Vietnam
- Santiago Rodríguez Province
- Saurashtra (state)
- South Korea
- Southeast Borneo Federation
- State of East Java
- State of Madura
- State of South Sumatra
- Tokelau
- Udaipur district
- Union of Burma (1948–1962)
- United States of Matsya
- Vindhya Pradesh
States with limited recognition
- Abkhazia
- Armenia
- China
- Cook Islands
- Israel
- Kosovo
- List of states with limited recognition
- Niue
- North Korea
- Northern Cyprus
- Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
- Somaliland
- South Korea
- South Ossetia
- State of Palestine
- Taiwan
- Transnistria
Totalitarian states
- Afghanistan
- Ba'athist Iraq
- Communist states
- Democratic Kampuchea
- Democratic Republic of Afghanistan
- Derg
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Fascist Italy
- Finnish Democratic Republic
- Francoist Spain
- History of Equatorial Guinea
- History of Malawi
- History of Rwanda
- History of the People's Republic of China (1949–1976)
- Hungarian People's Republic
- Independent State of Croatia
- Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (1996–2001)
- Italian Social Republic
- Italian protectorate of Albania (1939–1943)
- Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1946)
- List of totalitarian regimes
- Manchukuo
- Mongolian People's Republic
- National Legionary State
- Nazi Germany
- North Korea
- People's Republic of Bulgaria
- People's Socialist Republic of Albania
- Polish People's Republic
- Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
- Quisling regime
- Second Philippine Republic
- Second Republic of Uganda
- Slovak Republic (1939–1945)
- Socialist Republic of Romania
- Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma
- Somali Democratic Republic
- State of Burma
- Syria
- Territory of the Islamic State
- Turkmenistan
- Zaire
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