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  2. Human rights in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    Human-rights discourse in North Korea has a history that predates the establishment of the state in 1948. Based on Marxist theory, Confucian tradition, and the Juche idea, North Korean human-rights theory regards rights as conditional rather than universal, holds that collective rights take priority over individual rights, and that welfare and subsistence rights are important.

  3. Citizenship in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    North Korea adopted a nationality law in 1963, 15 years after being founded on 9 September 1948. [ 1] It has since been revised in 1995 and 1999. The nationality law of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) governs who is a citizen of the DPRK, and how one may gain or lose such citizenship. It prescribes citizenship qualifications ...

  4. Demographics of North Korea - Wikipedia

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    The population density is 199.54 inhabitants per square kilometre, and the 2014 estimated life expectancy is 69.81 years. In 1980, the population rose at a near consistent, but low, rate (0.84% from the two censuses). Since 2000, North Korea's birth rate has exceeded its death rate; the natural growth is positive.

  5. North Korean nationality law - Wikipedia

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    Naturalisation. DPRK law prescribes that any person wishing to naturalise as a DPRK national should petition to the Supreme People's Assembly. As the SPA is a rubber-stamp legislature, actual naturalisation powers lie in whoever the Supreme Leader of North Korea is at the time.

  6. Americans in North Korea - Wikipedia

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    On September 17, 1996, The New York Times reported the possible presence of American POWs in North Korea, citing declassified documents. The documents showed that the U.S. Defense Department knew in December 1953 that "more than 900 American troops were alive at the end of the war but were never released by the North Koreans".

  7. North Korea - Wikipedia

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    North Korea, [ c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [ d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

  8. North Korean defectors - Wikipedia

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    North Korean defectors. People defect from North Korea for political, material, and personal reasons. Defectors flee to various countries, mainly South Korea. In South Korea, they are referred to by several terms, including "northern refugees " and "new settlers". Towards the end of the North Korean famine of the 1990s, there was a steep ...

  9. Visa policy of North Korea - Wikipedia

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    Most visitors to North Korea must obtain a visa in advance from one of the North Korean diplomatic missions. [ 1] All visitors holding ordinary passports (except South Korea) must obtain a visa prior to entering North Korea. All visitors (except citizens of South Korea) who travel to North Korea for tourism purposes require prior authorization ...