Landforms

North Korea's notable landforms include the Kaema Highlands and Hamyong Mountains in the northeast. The western part of North Korea is flatter and most of the population is located there, as well as along the coast due to the mountains and highland regions in the interior of the country. The Taedon River splits the country east to west along the center of the country. Also, on the border between China and North Korea is the beautiful Mount Baekdu, a volcano with a gorgeous caldera lake.

Citations: http://www.freeworldmaps.net/asia/north-korea/map.html; http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/articles/south-korea/Landforms-of-North-Korea/3809

Government Systems

North Korea is a highly centralised communist state. It is a totalitarian dictatorship with a false democracy in place to give the population the illusion of political freedom. The country achieved its independence from Japan in 1945 and officially formed a state in 1948. The country has one political party, the Korean Workers' Party. Suffrage is universal at age seventeen.

Citation: http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2792.htm

Natural Resources

North Korea has many deposits of coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold, pyrites, salt, and fluorspar. North Korea depends heavily on hydropower for energy.

Citations: http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/52.htm; http://www.eoearth.org/article/North_Korea

Current Issues

This young North Korean boy is holding a shovel in a corn field that was recently damaged by typhoons in the Soksa-Ri collective farm. The food Crisis in North Korea is reaching pandemic levels due to the lack of supervision from the government and persistent natural disasters. 6 million people in North Korea need food aid, and one third of North Korean children are chronically undernourished.

Citation: http://bit.ly/Jaigkb