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![]() http://www.everyculture.com/Ja-Ma/North-Korea.html This is a fantastic North Korea culture website. This website provides a lot of details about North Korea culture. You can find all kinds of unique North Korea culture on it, history, food, region, art and social problems, it covers all. Also, for each type of culture, this website provides pictures with it, so you can better understand it.. |
https://www.britannica.com/place/North-Korea/Cultural-life
This is my favorite North Korea culture website. This website classifies different type of North Korea culture, so you can easily find it by click the toolbar. It not only provides the culture and life in North Korea, it also will update the news and what happened everyday in North Korea. This is a very useful website for you to learn about this country. |
This is a map for both South Korea and North Korea culture. This is the best one I found online since North Korea is a mysterious country. This map has really cute painting, shows the North Korean's people, building, traditional clothes, animals,historical place in North Korea.
Also, with the South Korea part, you can compare two different life. Although they were one country, because of different policy, they separate into two countries, they have so many difference now, but you can still find the same culture they both share on this map. Roh, A. (2014, November 17). Korea map. Retrieved February 15, 2017, from https://www.pinterest.com/pin/482659285039362173/ |
What shape type is this pyramid? A Christmas tree, box or cup (from Population Pyramid slideshow)
It looks like a tower What does the shape say about the distribution of the population? The old famle's population is more than old male. The most population distributed in middle age. Which age group has the highest percentage of the population? 45-49 Which age group has the lowest percentage of the population? 90-94 Are there any usual/interesting anomalies in the pyramid? The birth rate declined and the population aging has increased. |
What shape type is this pyramid? A Christmas tree, box or cup (from Population Pyramid slideshow)
It looks like a Chrismas tree What does the shape say about the distribution of the population? The shape shows that the women and men's population is equal to each other. Also, most population distributed in 0-34 and rest of the population'a age rage is 35-89. Which age group has the highest percentage of the population? 15-19 Which age group has the lowest percentage of the population? 85-89 Are there any usual/interesting anomalies in the pyramid? The difference of highest oercentage of the population and the lowest one is 5.8% |
Compare the North Korean population in these two periods, we can see the total population has definitely increased. But the birth rate declined and the population aging has increased. We can easily see that in 1990, the age rage highest percent population is 15-19, but in 2016, the highest one become 45-49. Also, in the younger age rage the female's population is equal to the male, but in older age rage, the female's population is more than male's. I think in the future, North Korean's population aging will become more and more serious, the birth rage will decrease a lot. The birth rate will be much lower than the death rate and the life expectancy will growth. According to the statistic from populationpyramids.net, I think the North Korea's elder population will double in the next 40 years and casting an economic problem in the future.
Country Demographic Data
Category Statistic
Population growth rate 0.53%(2016 est)
Brith rate 14.6 briths/1000 population(2016 est)
Death rate 9.3%deaths/1000 population(2016 est)
Urban population 60.9 of total population(2015 est)
Infant mortality rate 22.9deaths/1000 live births
Total fertility rate 1.96 children born/woman (2016 est)
Category Statistic
Population growth rate 0.53%(2016 est)
Brith rate 14.6 briths/1000 population(2016 est)
Death rate 9.3%deaths/1000 population(2016 est)
Urban population 60.9 of total population(2015 est)
Infant mortality rate 22.9deaths/1000 live births
Total fertility rate 1.96 children born/woman (2016 est)
Figure 1. Comparison of changes in infant mortality between 1990 and 2015 in North Korea, as portrayed by gapminder .org.
Compare 1990’s infant mortality rate and 2015’s, we can see that the downward trend is clear. In 1990, the infant mortality rate is pretty high, this may because that North Koreans had experienced nutritional deprivation long before the mid-1990s, the economic system decline and failed policies provided the context for the famine, but the floods of the mid-1990s were the immediate cause that increase the infant mortality. In 2015, we can see that the infant mortality rate had decreased a lot, I think this because of the develop of North Korean, especially in production and medicine. The improve of these two areas had played a very important role for decline the infant mortality. |
Figure 2. Comparison of changes in GDP between 2001 and 2015 in North Korea, as portrayed by gapminder .org.
The figure 2 shows the GDP changes between 2001-2015 in North Korea, the North Korea’s GDP growth over previous year stood at 3.7% in 2001, this may because that North Korea has made great efforts to turn around its economy through normalization of mainstay industries, expansion of consumer goods production and development of its information and communication industry. However, from 2001-2015, the GDP only growth 20 per capita, this is because that North Korea’s economy fell into recession and suffered its worst contraction between 2001-2015 as trade plummeted and most sectors of economy shrank. |
Figure 3. Comparison of changes in population growth between 2006 and 2011 in North Korea, as portrayed by gapminder .org.
This is the population growth in 2006 and 2011, we can see that the population growth in 2011 is lower than 2006’s, the population growth in North Korean has slowed dramatically in these years. There are a number of reasons for this slowing population growth rate including increasing urbanization, delayed marriage, a high proportion of men among the young North Korean population and, perhaps most importantly in recent years, the impact of famine in North Korea. |
Figure 3. Comparison of changes in agricultural land between 1961 and 1988 in North Korea, as portrayed by gapminder .org.
We all know that agricultural is very important in North Korea, that most North Korean people live by farming. In 1961 there are only 19.8% land for agricultural and because of some movements of the earth, the mountain area occupies about 80% of the total area of North Korea. And since people need land to survival, through decades of efforts, in 1988, the agricultural land become 20.9% and that save lots of North Korean people from famine. |
The religious in North Korea are very interesting. There are no known official statistics of religions in North Korea. North Korea is a secular state where public religion is discouraged. Based on estimates from the late 1990s and the 2000s North Korea is mostly atheist and agnostic, with the religious life dominated by the traditions of Korean shamanism and Chondoism (Religion in Korea). There are small communities of Buddhists and Christians. Chondoism which is represented in politics by the Party of the Young Friends of the Heavenly Way, and is regarded by the government as Korea's "national religion" because of its identity as a minjung (popular) and "revolutionary anti-imperialist" movement (Religion in Korea).
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Here is a word religious map, I circled the North Korea, so you can easily find it.
Figure 1, Global Religious Map
No Religion Is Third-Largest World Group: Or, How Inaccurate Are Surveys On Religious Belief? (2012, December 19). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://wmbriggs.com/post/6865/
Figure 1, Global Religious Map
No Religion Is Third-Largest World Group: Or, How Inaccurate Are Surveys On Religious Belief? (2012, December 19). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://wmbriggs.com/post/6865/
However, religious freedom does not exist in North Korea, where the government has a policy of actively discriminating against religious believers. The North Korean state severely represses public and private religious activities. So, the truth is religion did not play important role in the social development or culture in North Korea. The only role of the religion in North Korea is, it become an oppression to the religious adherents. In North Korea, officials have stratified North Korean society into 51 specific categories on the basis of family background and perceived loyalty to the regime. Religious adherents are by definition relegated to a lower category than others, receiving fewer privileges and opportunities, such as education and employment. Persons in lower categories have reportedly been denied food aid. Thousands of North Koreans have fled to China in recent years. Refugees who are either forcibly repatriated or captured after having voluntarily returned to the DPRK are accused of treason; those found to have had contacts with South Koreans or Christian missionaries are subjected to severe punishment, including the death penalty (Life).
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Here's a picture to show the government's attitude to the religion in North Korea.
Religion In North Korea. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from https://www.pinterest.com/explore/religion-in-north-korea/
Religion In North Korea. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from https://www.pinterest.com/explore/religion-in-north-korea/
In North Korea, since the religions are not allowed, according to my research, Kim Il Sung's birth house in Mangyongdae-Guyok which considered North Korea's most sacred place. Since this is the house of their great leader and in North Korea, for almost everyone, communism is their brief, religion, and Kim ll Sung and his family is the founder, to save North Korean people from hard life. Expect this, I could not find other scared place for religion in North Korea.
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This is the birth-place of The Great Leader, Kim Il Sung; outside Pyongyang.
Photo - North Korea / DPRK. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://www.cqj.dk/photo-dprk.htm
Photo - North Korea / DPRK. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://www.cqj.dk/photo-dprk.htm
The status of non-religious people in North Korea, who account for almost two-thirds of the population, is influenced by a variety of different factors. In North Korea's original 1949 constitution, it states that there is freedom of religion and religious services. In 1972 an amendment was added saying that there is religious liberty and people also are free to oppose religion (Religious). In the 1992 amendment, which was kept in the 1998 constitution, it says that there is freedom of religion and that religious buildings and ceremonies are allowed. Despite what the Constitution says many suspect the ruling Kim family has eradicated religion in the country over many years and are only sponsoring official religious groups to give the illusion of freedom of religion and to deflect human rights criticism.The government is in control of a person's reasoning to choose his or her religious belief. They are against religious groups. People that will get punished are refugees, missionaries, religious persons, and nongovernmental organizations. These people have been arrested and have suffered harsh punishment. Members of underground Christian churches are killed instantly, by violation of Korean authority, because they are an atheist country.However, it is almost impossible for outside observers to know what goes on it the country, so people can only guess based on the writings of founder Kim II-sung (1912-1994), people who have defected from the country or from intelligence reports. Since it is communist and has a national doctrine of Juche that says people should break from being dependent on spiritual ideas (Religious). All of these factors over decades led to a country that is very irreligious, as practicing or promoting can have extremely dire consequences if not officially sanctioned by the government.
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This picture is of a public execution to religious people.
The Violations. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://northkoreahumanrightsviolations.com/the-violations.html
The Violations. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from http://northkoreahumanrightsviolations.com/the-violations.html
For me, I think the future of religion in North Korea is most likely going to keep the same status quo that it currently has for the foreseeable future. Barring a massive change in the ideology of the current government and leadership or the government being overthrown or collapsing, nothing is likely to change with how North Korea treats religion and those who practice religion. Although North Korean culture has an age-old Confucian tradition, this heritage does not exist in today's North Korea as it did in the past. Rather, its form and direction changed due to the intervention of leader-focused socialism. Kim Il Sung often is depicted in a paternalistic manner, personified as a benevolent father (and at times, father-mother, asexually or bisexually) who looks after the whole population as children and disciples. Kim Il Sung created the notion of a family state with himself as the head of the nation. Indeed, a popular North Korean children's song includes this refrain: "Our Father is Marshal Kim Il Sung/ Our home is the bosom of the party/ We are one big family/ We have nothing to envy in the whole wide world (Life)."
Works citied
"Life Inside North Korea.". (2014, January 22). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from
http://www.uscirf.gov/advising-government/congressional-testimony/life-inside-north-korea
Religious Beliefs in North Korea. (2016, December 08). Retrieved March 01, 2017,
from http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-north-korea.html
Religion in Korea. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Religion_in_Korea#Religion_in_North_Korea
Works citied
"Life Inside North Korea.". (2014, January 22). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from
http://www.uscirf.gov/advising-government/congressional-testimony/life-inside-north-korea
Religious Beliefs in North Korea. (2016, December 08). Retrieved March 01, 2017,
from http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/religious-beliefs-in-north-korea.html
Religion in Korea. (n.d.). Retrieved March 01, 2017, from
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Religion_in_Korea#Religion_in_North_Korea
This is what North Korean people eat at home.
Picture from: Last SEO News. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2017, from http://keywordteam.net/gallery/289201.html
What people eat in North Korea
North Korean food is largely based on rice, vegetables and meats. The traditional North Korean meal include the number of side dishes and steam cooked rice. Kimchi is almost always served at every meal. Commonly used sauces include sesame oil, soy sauce, salt, singer and cabbage. There's no connection between food and religion, since the brief of North Korean people is their president's family. Also, since the North Korea is lack of food, so the vegetables and meet in North Korea is pretty expensive. Only rich family and officer can eat the imported meet.
Picture from: Last SEO News. (n.d.). Retrieved April 20, 2017, from http://keywordteam.net/gallery/289201.html
What people eat in North Korea
North Korean food is largely based on rice, vegetables and meats. The traditional North Korean meal include the number of side dishes and steam cooked rice. Kimchi is almost always served at every meal. Commonly used sauces include sesame oil, soy sauce, salt, singer and cabbage. There's no connection between food and religion, since the brief of North Korean people is their president's family. Also, since the North Korea is lack of food, so the vegetables and meet in North Korea is pretty expensive. Only rich family and officer can eat the imported meet.
Popular dish-Kimchi:
Kimchi refers to oftern fermented vegetable dishes usually made with napa cabbage, Korean radish, or sometimes cucumber, commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, scallions, and chili pepper.
There are endless varieties with regional variations, and it is served as a side dish or cooked into soups and rice dishes. North Koreans traditionally make enough kimchi to last for the entire winter season, as fermented foods can keep for several years.
From: Encyclopædia Britannica article on "kimchi"
Kimchi refers to oftern fermented vegetable dishes usually made with napa cabbage, Korean radish, or sometimes cucumber, commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, scallions, and chili pepper.
There are endless varieties with regional variations, and it is served as a side dish or cooked into soups and rice dishes. North Koreans traditionally make enough kimchi to last for the entire winter season, as fermented foods can keep for several years.
From: Encyclopædia Britannica article on "kimchi"