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    Poverty in North Korea is extensive, though reliable statistics are hard to come by due to lack of reliable research, pervasive censorship and extensive...
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  • Poverty in Korea can refer to: Poverty in South Korea Poverty in North Korea This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Poverty...
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    and 2014. North Korea portal Economics portal Illicit activities of North Korea Chollima Movement Taxation in North Korea Poverty in North Korea "World Bank...
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    grounds'; Korean: 장마당; Hanja: 場마당) are North Korean local markets, farmers' markets, black markets and bazaars. Since the North Korean famine in the 1990s...
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    The Korean People's won, more commonly known as the North Korean won (Symbol: ₩; Code: KPW; Korean: 조선 원) and sometimes known as the Democratic People's...
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    North Korea has a life expectancy of 74 years as of 2022[update]. While North Korea is classified as a low-income country, the structure of North Korea's...
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    the most famous North Korean defectors in the world". She fled from North Korea to China in 2007 at age 13 before moving to South Korea, then to the United...
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  • defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are...
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  • economic crisis from 1994 to 1998 in North Korea. During this time there was an increase in defection from North Korea which peaked towards the end of the...
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    of and topical guide to North Korea: North Korea is a sovereign country located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. To the south...
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  • the South Korean Ministry of Unification registered about 9,000 North Koreans in South Korea. Many thousands of them escaped from North to South as...
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    in North Korea is tightly controlled by the North Korean government. All tourism is organized by several state-owned tourism bureaus, including Korea...
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    is present in various forms in North Korea, officially known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Many people in North Korea are stricken...
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    Korea (Korean: 한국, romanized: Hanguk in South Korea, or 조선, Chosŏn in North Korea) is a peninsular region in East Asia consisting of the Korean Peninsula...
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    produced by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Most propaganda is based on the Juche ideology, veneration of the...
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  • ever-increasing poverty, Korean women had many factors motivating them to migrate to China to find a better life. It is estimated that 80% of North Korean migrants...
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    There is a population of North Koreans in Russia on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The largest concentration of Koreans currently lives in Yelizovo. The population...
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    percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization. Poverty is about not having enough money...
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  • Korean Americans (Korean: 한국계 미국인) are Americans who are of full or partial Korean ethnic descent. The majority of Korean Americans trace their ancestry...
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    In the United States, poverty has both social and political implications. In 2020, there were 37.2 million people in poverty. Some of the many causes include...
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  • The culture of poverty is a concept in social theory that asserts that the values of people experiencing poverty play a significant role in perpetuating...
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    South is the Global North, which the UNCTAD describes as broadly comprising Northern America and Europe, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Australia, and New...
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    Leader of the Democratic Party of Korea. Born to North Korean refugees, Moon was raised in poverty in Busan. He excelled in school and studied law at Kyung...
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    Korean reunification is the hypothetical unification of North Korea and South Korea into a singular Korean sovereign state. The process towards reunification...
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  • Thumbnail for Extreme poverty
    Extreme poverty is the most severe type of poverty, defined by the United Nations (UN) as "a condition characterized by severe deprivation of basic human...
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    North Koreans in Russia consist mainly of three groups: international students, guest workers, and defectors and refugees. A 2006 study by Kyung Hee University...
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  • kotchebi, or ggotjebi (Korean: 꽃제비; RR: kkotjebi; MR: kkotchebi; lit. flowering swallows) is a Korean term for North Korean homeless people, given because...
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    Poverty reduction, poverty relief, or poverty alleviation is a set of measures, both economic and humanitarian, that are intended to permanently lift...
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    UN forces against the communist-led North Korea. Japan and South Korea formally established diplomatic relations in December 1965, under the Treaty on...
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  • "alternative" view of the North. The ragged wretched displays of poverty and starvation are edited out and the voice of North Koreans not in the direct employ...
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