By: Sherone White

 In North Korea on special occasions and events women often wear a “hanbok” which is a colorful two piece long dress.  Men on special occasions wear pants with a lose robe or jacket.  The way people dress really depends on the occasion.  The wear in North Korea is very conservative and being bare foot in public is considered inappropriate.

 People in North Korea often do not have time to eat they wake up early in the morning and leave out to work, so they do not eat breakfast.  People do often eat lunch and that is only when they get a break from there work.  The only other meal that they do eat is dinner which is usually around late evening.  A staple food that is in many people’s diet in North Korea is “Kimch’I” which is a spiced pickled cabbage.

 In North Korea there are many different types of music, just like in America. The most popular type of music is pop.  Also in North Korean girls in school learn Gayageum, a traditional instrument.  From a young age Gayageum takes a big part in North Korean traditional music.  The Gayageum is a 12 strings and some times it has up to 21 or more strings. But 12 strings are usually what they come in.

 In North Korea eating with your fingers is considered impolite.  Also slurping while eating soup or noodles is okay there.

 The lifestyle in North Korea is very private and conservative.  The people there are constantly monitored by the government so they tend to be to them selves.  In North Korea during leisure time that they have children like to play games.  Also women and teenage girls sow and make clothes.

 In North Korea there are three different types of religion, they are  Christians  Confucianism Created by a king named Kong Qiu. Based on a man named Confucius. Some don’t even consider this a religion.  Buddhism Created by Northern India by Siddhartha Gautama in the 6 th century BC There are many more but he considers him self the highest of them all

 Not many people in rural areas go to school but children in urban areas usually do.  Age 15 and over can read and write can read in urban areas, and some people in rural areas can read and write as well.

 There family revolve around love and unity.  A tradition that is usually done in North Korean family that is very common is that when children loose their teeth they throw it on to the roof and chant this …  "Blackbird, blackbird, my old tooth I give to you. Bring me a new tooth".

 People get piercing sometimes and also tattoos.

 They speak chosungol but Russian, Chinese, and English are taught as secondary languages

 Art is mostly influenced by tradition and realism in North Korea.  Also most North Korean paintings are full of vibrant colors and are easily attracted by peoples eyes.

 Executive Branch  Legislative Branch  Judicial Branch  Administrative Division

 The only political party is democratic.

 They have relations with, South Korea, china, Japan, and United States.

 KIM Jong Un {since December 7, 2011}

 The flag of North Korea was adopted September 8,  The Soviet’s are the ones who designed the flag.  Blue represents the people's desire for peace.  Red representing the path to socialism.  White represents dignity and strength.  The red star symbolizes the role of the Korean worker's party in building socialism.

 You can’t have a criminal record to be a citizen and have to live in the country for 4 years.  You can be a citizen through marriage.  You cant get a dual citizenship after the age of 21.

 They do not have a very strict policy to sum it up they don’t mind if you come over to North Korea as long as your not doing anything illegal and you apply to all their rules.

 $1,800 (USD)

 $40,000,000,000 (USD)

 Mining,  Machine building  Armaments  Electric power  Chemicals  Metallurgy  Textiles  Food processing

 North Korea has a National dept $12.5 billion  $11 billion of the debt is owed to Russia.

 North Korean won (KPW)  North Korean Money comes in many colors and color combinations such a blue and purple, red and brown, green, violet, and orange.  $1 (USD)- $ (KPW)

 Oil and natural gases.

 There is a small Chinese community and a few Japanese.

 Total: 32.9 years  Male: 31.2 years  Female: 34.6 years

 Children go to school from kinder- garden through twelfth like here.  But children in rural areas sometime don’t go to school do to chores or because the commute to school is too long.

 15 births/ per 1,000 women

 They do not have an immigration rate because they do not keep an record of it.  But they do of their migration rate.  Their migration rate is 4%, most of it is because people migrate from there it places like Japan, China, and the US to get away from trafficking or to get a better job.

 Korea used to be an independent kingdom for a very long time and was occupied by Japan until the beginning of 1905 which is when the Russo-Japanese War happened.  Around the time of the war the country started to split but it didn’t officially split into North and South Korea until World War II.

 North Korea is a commonly know country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of forced labor and sexual exploitation  The most common form of trafficking in North Korean is women and girls who cross the border into China voluntarily because they are most likely looking for a way to escape poor social and economic conditions by the promise of food, jobs, and freedom.  But they are then forced into prostitution, marriage, or exploitative labor arrangements once in China;  Within the country, North Koreans do not have a choice in the work the government assigns them a job and are not free to change jobs at will. There has still been no turning point.

 There is 22.4% of arable land.  Terrain: mostly hills and mountains separated by deep.  Highest point: Paektu-san 2,744 m  Lowest point: Sea of Japan 0 m

 Cold and dry winters.  Summer are often hot and humid.  Winter is from November through February.  Summer is from June through August.

The national boundaries are:  China  South Korea  Russia  Sea of Japan  Yellow sea

 Baekdu-san  Ch’ilposan  Myohyang-san  Geumgang- (Diamond Mountains)  Guwol-san

 Deer  Tiger  Brown bear  Lynx  Water shrew  Hawk owl  Three-toed woodpecker

 Coal  Lead  Zinc  Graphite  Iron ore  Copper  Gold  Salt  Hydropower

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