Location
North Korea
Aliases: DPRK · Democratic People's Republic of Korea
- Type
- Country
- Region
- Korean Peninsula
Description
North Korea, formally known as the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was a country that covered the northern half of the Korean peninsula. It operated as a totalitarian dictatorship with an imperial cult surrounding its ruling family.
The nation maintained extremely hostile relations with South Korea due to unresolved tensions from the Korean War, and was regarded as having among the worst human rights records in the modern world.