10 relatively unknown facts about North and South Korea that you've never heard before. This info was written by Jack Van Der Slik, author of The Korean Crisis. You can get The Korean Crisis here: http://wbp.bz/tkca

1. Here’s what you don’t know about
North and South Korea

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3. On July 26th and 27th, 2017, North Korea
celebrated the 64th
anniversary of the Fatherland Liberation War. We
know it as the Korean War.
They celebrate victory over the United States.
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4. Sony was attacked by North Korean cyber
hackers after Sony Pictures released the
movie:The Interview. wbp.bz/tkca

5. North Korea is
home to the
world’s largest
art studio, the
Mansudae Art
Studio.
It has a labor
force of 4000
workers, a
fourth of
whom are
artists.
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6. It produces
the huge
monuments
honoring
the Kims
that are on
display
throughout
the
country.
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7. Air Koryo is the call name of North Korea’s civilian air fleet.
It consists of four aircrafts.
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8. Kim Il Sung's
embalmed
body is on
display in the
Kumsusan
Palace of the
Sun.
The body is
displayed in a
clear glass
sarcophagus.
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9. In North Korea, the accordion is
known as the people's
instrument. Prospective
schoolteachers must
demonstrate competency on
the instrument as part of their
final exam.
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10. Occasionally, North and South Korea face off in athletics.
In 2017, competing national women’s soccer teams played to a 1-1 tie in
Pyongyang.
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11. In ice hockey,
the South
Korean
women won
by 3-1 in a
match played
in
Gangneung.
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12. South Korea has successfully conducted freely contested democratic
presidential elections since 1987.
Presidents serve a single five-year term of office.
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13. Park Geun-hye, elected president of South Korea in 2012, was
impeached for assisting a close associate in corruption.
The impeachment was approved by a vote of
234-56 and upheld by the Constitutional
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14. Following the peacefully conducted process,
Moon Jae-in was elected to succeed Park.
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15. Learn more about North and South Korea in
THE KOREAN CRISIS. wbp.bz/tkca