North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is a country in East Asia constituting the northern part of the Korean Peninsula, with Pyongyang as its capital and the largest city in the country.
Quick Facts
Capital: Pyongyang
Supreme leader: Kim Jong-un
Population: 25.49 million (2017) World Bank
Premier: Kim Jae-ryong
Government: Dictatorship, Juche, Socialist state, One-party state