KOREA, DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF (DPRK)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Choson Minjujuui Inmin Konghwa-guk CAPITAL: P’yongyang FLAG: A wide horizontal red stripe is bordered on top and bottom by narrow blue stripes, separated from the red by thin white stripes. The left half of the red stripe contains a red five-pointed star on a circular white field. ANTHEM: The Song of General Kim Il Sung. MONETARY UNIT: The won (W) of 100 ch’on (or jeon) is the national currency. There are coins of 1, 5, 10, and 50 ch’on, and 1 won, and notes of 1, 5, 10, 50, and 100 won. W1 = $0.00674 (or $1 = W148.33; as of April 2003). WEIGHTS AND MEASURES: The metric system and native Korean units of measurement are used. HOLIDAYS: New Year’s Day, 1 January; Kim Jong Il’s Birthday, 16 February; International Women’s Day, 8 March; Kim Il Sung’s Birthday, 15 April; May Day, 1 May; Liberation Day, 15 August; National Foundation Day, 9 September; Founding of the Korean Workers’ Party, 10 October; Anniversary of the Constitution, 27 December. TIME: 9 PM = noon GMT.