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There are some strange statistics and fun facts that lend perspective to the Hermit Kingdom.
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
If their estimates are correct, 6.1 percent of North Korea's total population was in the military, [17] numerically the world's fourth largest active military force as of 2021. [18] [19] A survey in 2017 found that the famine had skewed North Korea's demography, impacting particularly on male infants.
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In 2017, North Korea tested the Hwasong-15, an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking anywhere in the United States of America. [147] Estimates of North Korea's nuclear arsenal at that time ranged between 15 and 60 bombs, probably including hydrogen bombs. [148] Kim and Moon meet at the DMZ in 2018
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North Korea supported the African National Congress in its struggle against apartheid in South Africa. North Korea campaigned against the white minority government and provided military training to ANC fighters in camps in Angola. In 1998, after the end of apartheid, North Korea and South Africa established diplomatic relations.
North Korea is a signatory to the Geneva Protocol, which prohibits the use of chemical weapons in warfare. [186] North Korea is also a signatory to the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC). [7] Although the nation has signed the BWC, it "has failed to provide a BWC Confidence-Building Measure declaration since 1990."