Events from the year 2004inNorthKorea. Premier: Pak Pong-ju Supreme Leader: Kim Jong-il April 22 – Ryongchon disaster: Two trains carrying explosives...
The human rights record of NorthKorea is often considered to be among the worst in the world and has been globally condemned, with the United Nations...
defect from NorthKorea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are...
economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 inNorthKorea. During this time there was an increase in defection from NorthKorea which peaked towards the end of the...
NorthKorea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula...
Abductions of Japanese citizens from Japan by agents of the NorthKorean government took place during a period of six years from 1977 to 1983. Although...
NorthKorea competed as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the...
People inNorthKorea suffer political repression in every aspect of daily life, including speech, travel, employment, and religion. The Kim dynasty has...
The history of NorthKorea began with the end of World War II in 1945. The surrender of Japan led to the division of Korea at the 38th parallel, with...
The economy of NorthKorea is a centrally planned economy, following Juche, where the role of market allocation schemes is limited, although increasing...
W. Bush on October 18, 2004, the NorthKorean Human Rights Act was intended to promote human rights and freedom of NorthKorean refugees by: Providing...
Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인) are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent. The majority of Korean Americans trace their ancestry...
weapons per year. NorthKorea has also stockpiled a significant quantity of chemical and biological weapons. In 2003, NorthKorea withdrew from the Treaty...
Republic of Korea (commonly known as NorthKorea) first participated at the Olympic Games in 1964. The National Olympic Committee for NorthKorea is the Olympic...
NorthKorea has a life expectancy of 72 years as of 2020[update]. While NorthKorea is classified as a low-income country, the structure of North Korea's...
NorthKorea ranks among some of the most extreme censorship in the world, with the government able to take strict control over communications. North Korea...
War left NorthKoreain a military confrontation with South Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone. At the start of the Cold War, NorthKorea only had...
disaster was a train disaster that occurred on 22 April 2004in the town of Ryongchŏn, NorthKorea, near the border with the People's Republic of China....
The politics of NorthKorea (officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea or DPRK) takes place within the framework of the official state philosophy...
demographics of NorthKorea are determined through national censuses and international estimates. The Central Bureau of Statistics of NorthKorea conducted...
countries of NorthKorea and South Korea under the provisions of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953, an agreement between NorthKorea, China, and the...