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Korea - North and South (...but mostly North):


What do you already know (about North Korea):
-oppressive government
-very secluded and isolated from the world
-currently headed by Kim Jong-Un
-Kim Jong-Un did not seem to like The Interview


oppressive government:
-state run socialist government that many consider toil be Stalinist dictatorship

-official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

-notice that they say "Korea", not North Korea - they claim to be the legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula.

Secluded and isolated:
-isolated by the government
-also somewhat isolated geographically
-after all, they are on a peninsula
-Pyongyang is the capital  
 *located at 39 degrees north (latitude)
 *Who's also located there?
 You guessed it, us! Belair, Maryland


We also talked about like on this picture:



That red line is North Korea, they are so secluded that they barely have any lights in their country besides the tiny one in the capital. The dictator won't let them have any technology or anything. It's very bad compared to South Korea and China and Russia.