North Korea

North Korea is a country in East Asia. It borders China, Russia, and South Korea, its mostly known due to its isolation and its ridiculous leaders.
== Government ==
The North Korean government, along with the Somali one, are the most corrupt in the world (It would be funny if Kim Jong Un died lel) , 3 million people, more than the people living in the Capital city, are in poverty, while the government does nothing. The government mostly spens on military due to a possible 2nd Korean War, because relations with South Korea and Japan are hostile.
== Cities ==
North Korea has some cities, the largest one with around 2 million people is Pyongyang, other minor cities such as Rason, have a pop less than 900,000.
== Economy ==
North Korea's Economy is poor compared to bordering countries, and its not rising due to its poverty and corrupt government.
== History ==
North Korea has a bloody history..
=== Early History ===
Korea has a long history going back to ancient times. It has been governed by many different kingdoms, with different borders, including multiple kingdoms existing at the same time. For centuries it struggled under Chinese domination. At the end of the nineteenth century, it decisively asserted its independence, creating the Korean Empire. Its resistance to foreign influence led to it being dubbed the "hermit kingdom".
=== Japanese Occupation ===
In 1910, in the aftermath of the Russo-Japanese War, Korea was annexed by the Empire of Japan.
Japan tried to suppress Korean traditions and culture and ran the economy primarily for its own benefit. Anti-Japanese, pro-liberation rallies took place nationwide on 1 March 1919 (the 1 March Movement). About 7,000 people were killed during the suppression of this movement. Continued anti-Japanese uprisings, such as the nationwide uprising of students in 1929, led to the strengthening of military rule in 1931. After the outbreaks of the Sino-Japanese War in 1937 and World War II, Japan stepped up efforts to extinguish Korean culture.
Koreans were forced to adopt Japanese names. Worship at Japanese Shinto shrines was made compulsory. The school curriculum was radically modified to eliminate teaching in the Korean language and history. Numerous Korean cultural artifacts were destroyed or taken to Japan. Resistance groups known as Dongnipgun (Liberation Army) operated along the Sino-Korean border, fighting guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces. Some of them took part in allied action in China and parts of South East Asia. One of the guerrilla leaders was the Communist Kim Il-sung, who later became the leader of North Korea.
During World War II, Koreans at home were forced to support the Japanese war effort. Tens of thousands of men were conscripted into Japan's military. Around 200,000 girls and women, many from Korea, were forced to engage in sexual services for the Japanese military, with the euphemism "comfort women".
=== Division of Korea ===
The military of North Korea invaded the South on 25 June 1950, and swiftly overran most of the country. A United Nations force, led by the United States, intervened to defend the South, and rapidly advanced into North Korea. As they neared the border with China, Chinese forces intervened on behalf of North Korea, shifting the balance of the war again. Fighting ended on 27 July 1953, with an armistice that approximately restored the original boundaries between North and South Korea. More than one million civilians and soldiers were killed in the war. As a result of the war, almost every substantial building in North Korea was destroyed.
Although some have referred to the conflict as a civil war, other important factors were involved. The Korean War was also the first armed confrontation of the Cold War and set the standard for many later conflicts. It is often viewed as an example of the proxy war, where the two superpowers would fight in another country, forcing the people in that country to suffer most of the destruction and death involved in a war between such large nations. The superpowers avoided descending into an all-out war against one another, as well as the mutual use of nuclear weapons. It also expanded the Cold War, which to that point had mostly been concerned with Europe.
A heavily guarded demilitarized zone still divides the peninsula, and an anti-Communist and anti-North Korea sentiment remains in South Korea. Since the war, the United States has maintained a strong military presence in the South which is depicted by the North Korean government as an imperialist occupation force.
=== Post War 20th Century ===
The relative peace between the South and the North following the armistice was interrupted by border skirmishes, celebrity abductions, and assassination attempts. The North failed in several assassination attempts on South Korean leaders, most notably in 1968, 1974 and the Rangoon bombing in 1983; tunnels were frequently found under the DMZ and war nearly broke out over the axe murder incident at Panmunjom in 1963, In 1973, extremely secret, high-level contacts began to be conducted through the offices of the Red Cross, but ended after the Panmunjom incident, with little progress having been made and the idea that the two Koreas would join international organizations separately.
North Korea remained closely aligned to China and the Soviet Union until the mid-1960s. Recovery from the war was quick — by 1957 industrial production reached 1949 levels. The last Chinese troops withdrew from the country in October 1958. In 1959, relations with Japan had improved somewhat, and North Korea began allowing the repatriation of Japanese citizens in the country. The same year, North Korea revalued the North Korean won, which held greater value than its South Korean counterpart. Until the 1960s, economic growth was higher than in South Korea, and North Korean GDP per capita was equal to that of its southern neighbor as late as 1976.
In the early 1970s China began normalizing its relations with the West, particularly the U.S., and reevaluating its relations with North Korea. The diplomatic problems culminated in 1976 with the death of Mao Zedong. In response, Kim Il-sung began severing ties with China and reemphasizing national and economic self-reliance enshrined in his JucheIdea, which promoted producing everything within the country. By the 1980s the economy had begun to stagnate, started its long decline in 1987, and almost completely collapsed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 when all Russian aid was suddenly halted. The North began reestablishing trade relations with China shortly thereafter, but the Chinese could not afford to provide enough food aid to meet demand. Flooding in the mid-1990s exacerbated the economic crisis, severely damaging crops and infrastructure and led to widespread famine which the government proved incapable of curtailing. In 1996, the government accepted UN food aid.
In 1992, as Kim Il-sung's health began deteriorating, Kim Jong-il slowly began taking over various state tasks and after his father died of a heart attack in 1994, declared a three-year period of national mourning before officially announcing his position as the new leader. Kim Jong-il instituted a policy called Songun, or "military first". There is much speculation about this policy being used as a strategy to strengthen the military while discouraging coup attempts. Restrictions on travel were tightened and the state security apparatus was strengthened.
In the late 1990s, North Korea began making attempts at normalizing relations with the West and negotiating disarmament deals with U.S. officials in exchange for economic aid. At the same time, building on Nordpolitik, South Korea began to engage with the North as part of its Sunshine Policy.
=== 21st Century ===
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The international environment changed with the election of U.S. President George W Bush in 2001. His administration rejected South Korea's Sunshine Policyand former President Bill Clinton's negotiations with North Korea. The U.S. government treated North Korea as a rogue state, while North Korea redoubled its efforts to acquire nuclear weapons to avoid the fate of Iraq.
On October 9, 2006, North Korea announced it had conducted its first nuclear weapons test.
In August 2009, former U.S. president Bill Clinton met with Kim Jong-il to secure the release of two American journalists who had been sentenced for entering the country illegally. Current U.S. President Barack Obama's position towards North Korea has been to resist making deals with North Korea for the sake of defusing tension, a policy known as "strategic patience."
Tensions with South Korea and the United States increased in 2010 with the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan and North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island.
On 17 December 2011, the Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il died from a heart attack.[56] His youngest son Kim Jong-un was announced as his successor.
In 2013 an international crisis erupted regarding North Korea's attempts to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles.
== Divisions ==
Name 	Administrative Seat
Pyongyang (Capital City)	(Chung-Gyouk)
Rason (Special City) 	(Rajin Gyouk)
South Pyongyan 	Pyongsong
South Hwangaee 	Haeju
North Pyongyan 	Sinuiju
North Hwangaee 	Sariwon
Kangwon 	Wonsan
South Hamyong 	Hamhung
North Hamyong 	Chongjing
Ryangyaang 	Hyesan
== Future ==
Eridan: Japan takes over Korea.
Thunder: North Korea will die
Giratina720: North Korea will fall and China and South Korea will be like the Berlin Wall bringing another Cold War, this time between the west (including South Korea) and China and its allies.
Olimario: North Korea conquer wolrd because strong!
Ethan: North Korea launches nukes.
P&MS: North Korea gets rekt. Another good job by 'Murica! :)
PlatinumDiamondX: Simple; It will get constantly nuked until Kim Jong-Un dies or 'Murica will send their Army to kill Kim Jong-Un.
Evergreen Mapper: North Korea will collapse and the territory will be reunited with South Korea.
itzscallywag: north korea takes over south korea and eastern china. after that a rebellion happens and kim jong-un gets killed. north korea becomes a peaceful nation.
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