• the Ch'onma-ho is a little known, indigenously produced North Korean tank; information on which has proven to be elusive even to the U.S. government?
• the 1952 attack on the Sui-ho Dam knocked out electrical power to North Korea for two weeks during the Korean War?
• more than six thousand Japanese people settled in North Korea voluntarily in the 1960s, accompanying ethnic Korean spouses returning under a repatriation campaign supported by the Japanese and North Korean governments?
• the July Theses, a set of proposals found in a speech by Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu, were inspired by his visits to Communist China, Korea and Vietnam?
• the Special Boarding Unit was created by the Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Forces in response to the alleged presence of North Korean spy ships in Japanese waters in 1999?
• to combat illegal entry by foreign nationals, India and China are currently building security barriers at their borders with Bangladesh and North Korea respectively?
• the first Protestant church in Korea was founded in 1884 at Sorae in present-day Ryongyon county in South Hwanghae, North Korea?
• the designer of the Okryu Restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea, would later spend 38 years in a South Korean prison for spying?
• in North Korea, the question "How good was the taste of sungeoguk (trout soup)" is used as a common greeting to people returning from Pyongyang?
• in 2003, North Korea became the first state to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty since it came into force in 1970?
• Song Hye-rang is a North Korean defector who looked after Kim Jong-nam, the child of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il?
• Song Du-yul, a professor of philosophy and sociology at the University of Münster in Germany, was the only South Korean to attend the 1994 funeral of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung?
• Charlotte Glennie became the first New Zealand journalist to officially film in North Korea?
• On the Green Carpet was the first North Korean film to be invited to the Berlin International Film Festival, where it was screened in 2004?
• Unsung Heroes, a twenty-part North Korean spy film series, cast U.S. Army defectors Charles Jenkins and Joe Dresnok in the role of villains?
• diplomat Ted Lipman, the current Canadian ambassador to North Korea and South Korea, is married to Chinese singer Dadawa?
• among Korean regional cuisine, the luxurious style of Kaesong cuisine of North Korea is frequently compared with those of Seoul and Jeolla cuisines of South Korea?
• according to official North Korean sources, the opera The Flower Girl was written exclusively by North Korean leader Kim Il-sung?
• age controversies in gymnastics once resulted in the North Korean women's team being banned from the World Championships?

Facts on topics related to North Korea

Korea

• King Yeongjo of the Korean Joseon Dynasty was said to have been born of a concubine from the musuri slave class?
• dangui (pictured) was an upper garment worn by the royal women and court ladies for ceremonial occasions during the Korean Joseon Dynasty?
• gungnyeo is a generic Korean term referring to court ladies who waited on the king and royalty during the Goryeo and Joseon dynasties of Korea?
• Irworobongdo (pictured) is a Korean folding screen with a stylized landscape painting for symbolizing the political cosmology of the Joseon Dynasty?
• Jeon Ok, a Korean actress and the mother of actress Kang Hyo-shil, was referred to as "Queen of Tears" for her excellence at acting for tragic dramas?
• kimchi bokkeumbap is a Korean fried rice made with kimchi and any available ingredients?
• Sanggung was an official title of the senior fifth rank, the highest attainable for gungnyeo, a lady-in-waiting during the Joseon Dynasty of Korea?
• a jobawi is a Korean traditional winter cap with ear-flaps which was worn by women during the late Joseon Dynasty?
• a jokduri (pictured) is a type of Korean traditional coronet worn by women for special occasions such as weddings?
• a sotdae (pictured) is a tall wooden pole or stone pillar with a sculptured bird atop, traditionally set up for the purpose of folk belief in Korea?

Economy of North Korea

• the number of North Koreans in Russia has increased due to a decline in the North Korean economy?

Culture of Korea

• Insadong is a district of Seoul consisting of galleries and antique shops, known for "culture of the past and the present"?
• namsadang is a Korean itinerant troupe during the Joseon Dynasty that performed acrobatics (example pictured), dancing, and playing like a circus?
• a jeogori (pictured) is a Korean basic upper garment of traditional hanbok having been worn by both men and women?
• the beoseon are socks worn with hanbok, Korean traditional clothing?