North Korea has recently declared that it is at war with South Korea. This is not really because of anything South Korea has done, but rather it is an attempt to pressure the international community which has recently enacted economic sanctions against North Korea, in an effort to discourage North Korea from pursuing its nuclear weapons program. North Korea cannot pretend to be at war with South Korea and still conduct business as usual with them. That would not make sense, and would show that the declaration of war is meaningless. Whether North Korea will take the next step, of actually invading South Korea, remains to be seen. If they do, then they will have a real war on their hands.
KIM IL-SUNG was the President of North Korea during the Korean War.
Yes. Kim Il Sung was North Korea's leader when the war started. Kim Il Sung (the "Great Leader") was the Premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the leader of the DPRK for the first 44 years of the "Fatherland Liberation War"- the North Korean name for the Korean War. He was succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Il, the "Dear Leader" upon his death.
Kim Jong Un is the leader of North Korea. (Presidents are elected by the people... the North Korean people did not choose their leader so he is not called a president. He is called Supreme Leader). He wants to control all the information that the North Korean people have access to and wants to limit the information the rest of the world has about his country. So journalists are not allowed to report anything that is not approved by the government.
Currency of North Korea is North Korean won (KPW).
Communist North Korea physically attacked South Korea. They did it because Communist Leader Joseph Stalin (Leader of Russia/Soviet Union) provided the equipment/support and urging to do it.
North Korean population (2009 est.) : 23,906,000 South Korean population (2009 est.) : 48,379,392 South Korea has more than twice as many people as North Korea.
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1,187,682-1,545,822 people died in the North Korean province
They use the North Korean Won.
North Korea and South Korea lie on the Korean Peninsula.
Type of Government: DYNASTIC COMMUNIST STATECurrent Leader (as of 2016): KIM JONG-UN
He is the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (also known as North Korea). He is the Chairman of the National Defense Commission, Supreme Commander of the Korean People's Army, and General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (the ruling party since 1948). He succeeded his father Kim Il-sung, founder of North Korea, who died in 1994, and commands the fourth largest standing army in the world. North Korea officially refers to him as the "Dear Leader" and the "Great Leader". (I wouldn't call him Dear Leader and Great Leader, he is horrible.)