North Korea
Subtitle: a country study
By: Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Robert L. Worden.
Contributors: Worden, Robert L.; Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.
Edition: 5th ed.
Series: Area handbook series; DA Pam -- 550-81
Publisher: Division; For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. GPO
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9780844411880
Subjects: Korea (North)
Description: This volume presents the dominant social, political, economic, and military aspects of contemporary North Korea. Sources of information included scholarly journals and monographs, official reports of governments and international organizations, foreign and domestic newspapers, and numerous periodicals and Internet sources.
Notes: "Research completed October 2007."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. Historical setting; title: 2. The Society and Its environment; title: 3. The Economy; title: 4. Government and politics.