What's going on with North Korea?
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A "Hermit Kingdom" is any society that walls itself off from the rest of the world, a name often synonymous with that of North Korea: the isolated, totalitarian nation of 26M citizens occupying the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, above the famed 38th parallel.
Currently led by doughy despot Kim Jong Un, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) remains one of the most repressive regimes in the modern era since the country's severing from South Korea in 1945 sparked a Cold War between the US & Russia...
...a war that some say has never ended.
Now, after 6 back-to-back rounds of missile tests from their military since October 4th, 2022, the Hermit Kingdom is at the center of geopolitical ire once again and the subject of this week's Wonder Newsroom.
NORTH KOREA, BY THE NUMBERS:
306.1 – North Korean military members per capita (1,000), the highest concentration in the world (USA has 6.5 per 1K citizens).
3/100 – North Korea's global freedom score, based on a nation’s access to civil liberties & political rights.
15 hairstyles in total are approved by the state as “non-socialist” and can be worn by men. Kim Jong Un sports the "ambition cut”.
114K is the seating capacity of Pyongyang's Rungrado 1st of May Stadium, the largest stadium in the world.
Source: Unikorea
Check out the 14th edition of the Wonder Newsroom below where we ask & answer the most pressing questions about North Korea:
How is the quality of life of an average person in North Korea?
How does North Korea promote itself as a tourist destination?
