Independence Day or Republic Day in North Korea
Independence Day or Republic Day in North Korea is held on September 9. Celebrates the proclamation of Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948. This event in the first decade of the month September is annual. Help us
North Korea is a country with a population of some 25 million people, located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula between the East Sea (Sea of Japan) and the Yellow Sea. Formally known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, or DPRK, it was founded in 1948 when the United States and the Soviet Union divided control of the peninsula after World War II. North Korea is a highly secretive communist state that remains isolated from much of the rest of the world.
It was former North Korea President Kim Il Sung who created the Juche policy. North Korea's capital city is Pyongyang. Korean is North Korea's official language. KPW or Korean People's Won is North Korea's official currency.
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