Democratic+People`s+Republic+of+Korea

toc By: Andrea Ors

=My country facts=

People
1. What are the people from the country called? North Korean, Korean.

2. What is the official language? What other languages do people speak? The official language is Korean.

3. What is the most-practiced religion? The Juche Philosophy.

4. How many inhabitants does the country have? ´North Korea has about 24.051.218 inhabitants.

Government:
1. What is the name of the leader of the country? Kim Jong-il

2. What type of government is the country ruled by? It is ruled by a Communist Dictatorship. A dictatorship is an autocratic form of government in which the governmen is ruled by an individual, the dictator.

3. What are the main political parties of the country? The Workers´ Party of Korea.

4. Was your country ever a colony? If so, when did it gain its independence? Yes. It was a Japanese colony from 1905 until 1945.

5. What is the political ideology of this dictationship? The Juche which it is based on Marxism-Leninism.

Geography:
1. Where is the country located? It is in Asia, in the Korean Peninsula.

2. What other nations border the country? People`s Republic of China, Russia and South Korea.

3. What kind of landscape does the country have? 80% of North Korea is composed of mountains and uplands.

4. What type of climate does your country have? North Korea has got a Continental Climate. Long winters bring bitter cold and snow storms. Summers are short, hot, humid and rainy.

Economy:
1. What is the most common sector of employment in the country? The most important sector of employment is heavy indsutry, this means the construction for big porjects, large buildings, chemical plants...

2. What is the unemployment rate in your country? NA%

3. How much money is earned with exportation? Which good are exported? About 2 billion dollars are earned. They are exported minerals, metallurgical products, armaments, textiles, agricultural and fishery products.

The most surprising thing I learned about my country was: The Juche philosophy, that the don`t have religion, the Juche is their philosophy, they don`t believe in God.

=My prediction:= Animal trafficking: I think my country has got animal traffickin. I think they specially traffick with exotic animals in danger of extinction such as the tiger or other exotic animals. They earn money through traffic of exotic animals. This animals can be used fo rmaking complements, to go to some zoos or circos or even as pets. I think this has to be forbidden because puts in danger the animals, and the biodiversity that surrounds them. There is also importation of animals that can be dangerous for the animals that live with them and for the landscapes and food chains.

Child labour: I think in some parts of my country there are children working from a very early age. I believe that the government must do something to solve this issue by spending more money in education and by controlling more this problem. It can be dangerous for the children`s health to work so many hours at day, the must have an education and the right of study.

=Position paper=

Democratic People's Republic of Korea Position paper