A very nice documentary about the life in North Korea. North Korea is a state that covers the northern part of the Korean peninsula located in East Asia. The capital city is Pyongyang . It borders of China ( 1416 km of common borders ) to the north and Russia in the north-east ( 19 km of border ) and the Republic of Korea to the south ( 238 km border ). This last frontier south is lined either side of 2 km wide by the demilitarized zone (DMZ), which is actually very heavily militarized, as monitored by a total of more than one million soldiers . The Japan near maritime neighbor, is separated from North Korea by the Sea of Japan . Led by the only dynasty communist of history , North Korea is a state in single party with a " United Front "led by the Workers' Party of Korea (KWP). The country's government follows the official ideology of autonomy of the Juche developed by President Kim Il-sung . After his death in 1994 , Kim Jong-Il , his son, succeeded him as head of state but not as President of the Republic, this function being remained "forever" attached to the person of Kim Il-sung , . After the breakup of the Soviet Union and a series of natural disasters, North Korea suffered a famine by 900 000 to two million deaths , . Kim Jong Il then adopts the policy of Songun or "military first" to strengthen the country and the government. The communist regime , type Stalinist , works in a logical totalitarian , , , , , , ; It mobilizes a personality cult around Kim Il Sung and his descendants, and one of the lowest levels of human rights in the world . The regime is also dynastic: after the death of Kim Jong-il in 2011, his youngest son Kim Jong-un succeeded him . North Korea is the most militarized country in the world in regard to the proportion of the population engaged in the armed forces , with a total of 9,495,000 men active, reserve and paramilitary . The country is developing a nuclear program , and a space program . A Commission of Inquiry of the UN in 2014 estimated that hundreds of thousands of political opponents were killed in camps for the past 50 years what it calls a crime against humanity and from 80 000 to 120 000 political prisoners are detained in camps that date. As in South Korea , the company is marked by the legacy of Confucianism (which implies respect for parents, elders and teachers), but also by a socialist culture. Warm and welcoming, the Koreans are socially conservative in the field of morals 149 . Unlike the capitalist countries, the different social status of North Korean society is very hierarchical express less differences in wages in the award by the state of basic goods (housing, food, clothing, goods consumption). The liberalization of prices and wages since 2002, however, tends to undermine traditional social organization. The establishment of a system of popular democracy after 1945 overthrew social relationships, placing the old aristocracy yangban and Japanese employees at the bottom of the social ladder, while the workers and former resistance fighters were promoted. In a context where family and professional relationships are essential social networks, the division of Korea was painfully felt as a penalty imposed on a country that was not part of the defeated states, unlike the Germany . The Korean War also affected many Korean families. The reunification of Korea is a major objective for all Koreans are a people very homogeneous.

• published: 09 Feb 2015
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