Arirang Mass Games, Pyongyang, North Korea
photo by Kok Leng Yeo

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Korean - North Korean won (KPW)
Area120,540 km2
Callingcode+850
Electricity220V/60Hz (European plug)
GovernmentTotalitarian dictatorship
Population23,113,019 (July 2006 est.)
ReligionAtheist. Traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) Note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
TimezoneUTC +9
Tld.kp