15/01/07

I was not here on Monday so I don't have any note. Here are the note from Suky:

Korea - North and South

• oppressive government

• very secluded and isolated from the world

• currently headed by Kim Jong-Un

• Kim Jong-Un didn't seem to like "The Interview"

Oppressive Government

• State run socialist government that many consider to be a Stalinist dictatorship

• Official name: Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)

• notice that they say "Korea," and not North Korea

• they claim to be the legitimate rulers of the entire peninsula

Secluded and Isolated

• isolated by the government

• also somewhat isolated geographically

• after all, they are on a peninsula

• Pyongyang is the capital 

• located at 39 degrees north (latitude)

• Bel Air, Maryland is also located at 39 degrees north

• Pyongyang (capital) has a population of 3.2 million people