The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, 122,762 km2 or 47,398 mi2 in size, is located in East Asia (Figure 1). Also known as North Korea, with a population of 24,720,000 (49th in the world), its GDP per capita in 2011 was US$1,800, the 198th place in the world (CIA 2015).
Map of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
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Kim, S., Chon, K. (2015). Korea (Democratic People’s Republic), tourism. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01669-6_405-1
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