North Korea is often referred to as a hermit kingdom of sorts, or the last bastion of communism remaining in today’s largely capitalist world.
But it’s probably more accurate to think of it as a militaristic nation which has been on a war footing ever since the 1950s when it was the battleground for forces from the US, UN and China, as well as its own.
So, for the past 70 years, the country’s population of 25 million have had to live on food rations provided by the communist government. [Read more…] about Country Insight: The potential for development in communist North Korea
