North Korea
 North Korea     | |
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| Location | Asia |
| Type | nation state |
| One of the most politically and culturally isotated nations in the world, a dictatorship under Kim Jong-un. | |
North Korea was split from South Korea at the end of the Korean War. It has very limited commercial and other relationships with most other nation states.
Contents
Official narrative
North Korea was named as an "Axis of evil" member, and the country is reported to have a poor record as regards human rights.
Famine
In sharp contrast to the affluence of South Korea, North Korea suffers severe famine. In the late 1990s hundreds of thousands of people (at least) died from starvation.[1] A 2016 government warning told people to prepare for food shortages but not to despair, because “the road to revolution is long and arduous.”[2]
Internet
In December 2016, a query of their DNS revealed that their national top level internet domain (.pk) was used by just 28 websites.[3]
Nuclear Weapons
North Korea reported a successful nuclear test on 9 October 2006, and a H-bomb test on 5 January 2016. It is believed to have nuclear weapons, although the truth of these claims is debated.[4]
Event
| Event | Description |
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| Korean War/Biological warfare | Alleged experimental usage of insect-born biological/bacteriological weapons during the Korean war |
Group
| A Group Headquartered Here |
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| Kim Il-sung University |
A citizen of North Korea on Wikispooks
| Title |
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| Kim Jong-un |
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Document:Good war - Bad war | article | 12 February 2014 | John Pilger | A short readable expose of how the myth of the "Good War" is used by the Western Establishment to fashion our 'reality' - focussing on the largely forgotten devastation visited upon the Korean peninsular by the US and its victorious World War II allies. |
| Document:North Korea - The Grand Deception Revealed | article | 10 March 2017 | Christopher Black | Post-WWII Korean history and the relentless demonisation of North Korea by the US. |
| Document:The Korea issue is now in the hands of the BRICS | Article | 3 September 2017 | Adam Garrie | "Simon says: 'There's a 7½-hour flight from the BRICS summit in Xiamen, China to Pyongyang, North Korea so if Sergei Lavrov and the Chinese FM took that flight together to meet Kim Jong-un, it would have huge impact, and get the ball rolling on dialogue'." |
| Document:The sinking of the Cheonan: Another Gulf of Tonkin incident | article | 20 May 2010 | Stephen Gowans | A parallel between the Cheonan incident and the Gulf of Tonkin. |
| Document:There is no military solution in North Korea | Interview | 5 September 2017 | Mishal Husain | Former Foreign Office Minister Bill Rammell says the United States needs to bring the international community together more effectively over North Korea |
| Document:US Nuclear Policy Review: The World Is Our Enemy | Article | 8 February 2018 | Christopher Black | “We (the United States) will keep you guessing as to when and against whom we will use them (nuclear weapons). We will maintain our role as the greatest state terrorist by keeping the nuclear Damocles sword over the heads of the people of the world constantly to ensure that the world acts in our interest.” |
| Document:Washington Considers Military Action Against North Korea to Force Regime Change | article | 7 March 2017 | Stephen Gowans | A history of Post-WWII US military threats against North Korea leading to the latest escalation in Spring 2017, with due weight given to the North Korean perspective |
| Document:Why Does the West Hate North Korea? | article | 8 March 2016 | Andre Vltchek | Suppressed information about North Korea and suggestions as to why it gets such a bad press in the West |
| Document:Korea and the "Axis of Evil" | article | 2002 | Brian Willson |
