north korea

     

North Korea is the commonly use short form name for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (or DPRK), a state located in East Asia, in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, with its capital in the city of Pyongyang.

Trivia about north korea

  • In 1988 this country boycotted the Summer Olympics after its demand to co-host the games was refused
  • Of the 4 countries in the world that the U.S. does not have diplomatic relations with, the one that's farthest north
  • If you want to visit this country, you can fly into Sunan International Airport or... or not visit this country
  • It's the Korea that's the Democratic People's Republic
  • Kim Il-Sung Stadium
  • South Korea
  • The U.S. condemned this country's October 2006 nuclear test as a "provocative act"
  • On January 23, 1968 this country seized the U.S.S. Pueblo & detained its crew for espionage
  • Yongbyon in this country is the home of a nuclear reactor that may be used to make weapons
  • Son succeeded father as leader of this Asian country that said it would withdraw from the nuclear nonprolif. treaty
  • If you wear your DKNY to the DPRK, you'll be well dressed in this east Asian land
  • La Coree du Nord
  • ( Jon reports from NORTHCOM's offices. ) In July 2006, NORTHCOM detected this country's launch of the Taepodong Missile and had interceptors ready if a threat was seen
  • As the latitude line leaves China, it enters this other Commie country
  • Pyongyang is the capital city of this Asian country
  • In George Bush's "Axis Of Evil":Iran,Iraq,_____
  • It's eye-catching, it's beautiful, but it's the Ryugyong Hotel in Pyongyang in this country, so you might not stay there anytime soon
  • The one country that borders both China & the Yellow Sea
  • MarshalKim Il-sung
  • Held on spying charges by this nation, the crew of the USS Pueblo returned to the U.S. for Christmas 1968
  • Hail our banners red flying overhead onward to Pusan--& beyond! Gooooo Army!
  • The red stripes & star still symbolize its commitment to communism; the blue is peace; the white is purity
  • It has an active-duty military force of about 1.2 million; its neighbor to the south, about 680,000
  • A 2004 Gallup poll showed this East Asian country has the highest negative rating among Americans -- 83%