1. North Korea By Travis Clemens

2. Government Type: Communist state one-man dictatorship Premier: Kim Jong-un

3. Location

4. Population Population: 24,720,407 That’s 240* the population of Bloomington! Size: 46,541 sq. miles And that’s 2,300 times the size of Bloomington! Population Density (people per sq. mile): 202.9 Population density of Bloomington:3,471.7

5. Environmental Issues water pollution inadequate supplies of potable water waterborne disease deforestation soil erosion and degradation

6. Economy Economic exchanges with South Korea have begun GDP per capita of less than $2,000 “really poor”

7. United Nation Status Became member in 1991 Not a member of the security council

8. Culture Food: corn, rice, seafood, meat, bean and pea dishes Language: Korean Buddhism is the main religion

9. Separation of Korea 1945; Soviet Union is in Control of north side and America controls south side. 1946 Kim II-sung was elected for North side by the Soviet Army.

10. Human Rights 6 million starving Prison camps – Forced labor – Torture – Poor living conditions

11. Human Rights 2 Public executions Violations of freedom and expression Unfair trials – Forced confessions

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