The document summarizes information about North Korea. It states that North Korea occupies the northern portion of the Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China, Russia, and South Korea. Pyongyang is the capital city. It also notes that North Korea has a highly centralized totalitarian government led by a supreme leader, currently Kim Jong-un, and maintains a large military while devoting significant resources to its nuclear weapons and missile programs.

1. Presented By:
Ian S. Hernandez
Joseph P. Bino
A World Of Regions:
North Korea
BSIT 1B

2. North Korea
North Korea, country in East Asia. It occupies the
northern portion of the Korean peninsula, which
juts out from the Asian mainland between the
East Sea (Sea of Japan) and the Yellow Sea;
North Korea covers about 55 percent of the
peninsula’s land area. The country is bordered
by China and Russia to the north and by the
Republic of Korea (South Korea) to the south.
The national capital, P’yŏngyang, is a major
industrial and transport centre near the west
coast.

3. Official Name: The Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK, also known as North
Korea)
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK,
also known as North Korea) is a highly centralized
totalitarian state. Despite being one of the poorest
countries in the world, it maintains one of the largest
militaries and devotes significant resources to its
illicit nuclear weapons and ballistic missile
programs. These programs pose a serious threat to
international peace and security and a major
challenge to global non-proliferation objectives.

4. Kim Jung-Un
Jon-un was born in 1984, and was the youngest son of
Kim Jon-un. He ascended to power as Supreme Leader
in December of 2011. In 2012, he became a Marshal of
the Korean People’s Army, consolidating his position as
the Supreme Commander of the armed forces.
Current Leader:
The top political authority and responsibilities are highly centralized in North Korea, and tightly
controlled by the Supreme Leader. The supreme leader is the head of government and also heads
the state. He is also the head of the Workers Party of Korea and the commander in chief of the
armed forces. Since the governance style is totalitarian, the supreme leader makes laws and
decrees which have to be followed by everyone.
Role Of The Supreme Leader In North Korea

5. Foreign Policies
Basic ideals of their foreign policy are "independence, peace and friendship”. Establishment of
political, economic, cultural, and diplomatic relations with "friendly countries" on the principles of
"complete equality, independence, mutual respect, non-interference in each other's affairs and
mutual benefit.“
Other parts of the constitution explicate other foreign policies. Article 36 says that foreign trade by
the DPRK will be conducted "by state organs, enterprises, and social, cooperative organizations"
while the country will "develop foreign trade on the principles of complete equality and mutual
benefit."
• Article 37 adds that the country will encourage "institutions, enterprises and organizations in
the country to conduct equity or contractual joint ventures with foreign corporations and
individuals, and to establish and operate enterprises of various kinds in special economic
zones."
• Furthermore, Article 38 says that the DPRK will implement a protectionist tariff policy "to
protect the independent national economy"

6. • While Article 59 says the country's armed forces will "carry out the military-first
revolutionary line.“
• In terms of other foreign policy, Article 80 says that the country will grant asylum to
foreign nationals who have been persecuted "for struggling for peace and
democracy, national independence and socialism or for the freedom of scientific
and cultural pursuits.
North Korea takes its defense seriously, confronting countries they see as threatening
their sovereignty, and restricts the activities of foreign diplomats.

7. Economic Policies
The first phase of North Korea’s economic development, following the division of
the formerly unified kingdom, was dominated by industrialization. This was a difficult task,
considering the damage the infrastructure of the country weathered during the Korean War.
North Korea assumed the Soviet model of governance and centrally planned, socialist
economics, as well as the ideology of juche (self-reliance). This model emphasized the
development of heavy industry and investments in the iron, steel, cement, and machine tool
sectors.
North Korea’s economic policy is not just about trade statistics, budget figures, or
the impact of international sanctions. It revolves around the deeper and broader questions of
resource allocation priorities and the balance between central control and latitude in lower-
level units. These two issues inevitably have implications for North Korea’s domestic and
foreign policy and offer a glimpse of the extent to which Kim Jong Un will carry out economic
reform. How the North Korean economic discourse evolves is critical as the country continues
to experiment with new ideas and practices to improve its “economic management methods,”
a code word for the country’s reform-oriented economic measures.

8. Questions made based of Bloom’s
Taxonomy:
● In the Argentine Republic’s foreign policy, What
did the policy propose?
● What does the new economic plan seek to
achieve?
● In your own words, How could you characterize
Argentina's foreign policy in a single sentence?

9. Summary of Investigation:
North Korea is widely described as having the worst human rights record
in the world. A 2014 UN inquiry into human rights in North Korea concluded that "The
gravity, scale, and nature of these violations reveal a state that does not have any
parallel in the contemporary world", with Amnesty International and Human Rights
Watch holding similar views. North Koreans have been referred to as "some of the
world's most brutalized people" by Human Rights Watch, because of the severe
restrictions placed on their political and economic freedoms.
The North Korean population is strictly managed by the state and all
aspects of daily life are subordinated to party and state planning. Employment is
managed by the party on the basis of political reliability, and travel is tightly controlled
by the Ministry of People's Security. North Koreans do not have a choice in the jobs
they work and are not free to change jobs at will.

10. Questions made based of Bloom’s
Taxonomy:
• Who is the current leader of North Korea?
• In your own words, How could you characterize
North Korea’s foreign policy?
• What is the official name of North Korea?