Communism: North Korea is communist, and war, and pain, and hunger. The communism in North Korea appeared as a political movement in the very early 20th century. In South Korea, communism remains illegal through the National Security Law.
Capitalism: South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world with a annual fee of about 67 dollars per unit. At the end of the Second World War and until the mid- 60's North Korea’s economy was a lot more advanced than South Korea’s because Japan was interested in developing the northern side in order to expand its occupation to neighbor China.
North and South Korea were separated at the end of World War II. They've walked quite different paths since then. The North led by a family dynasty on being independent, has turned into a very poor and very unpredictable nation.
Capitalism: South Korea was one of the poorest countries in the world with a annual fee of about 67 dollars per unit. At the end of the Second World War and until the mid- 60's North Korea’s economy was a lot more advanced than South Korea’s because Japan was interested in developing the northern side in order to expand its occupation to neighbor China.
North and South Korea were separated at the end of World War II. They've walked quite different paths since then. The North led by a family dynasty on being independent, has turned into a very poor and very unpredictable nation.
- South Korea's GDP is $1,622 billion. North Korea's is $40 billion.
- South Korea's GDP is 2.7%. In the North it is 0.8%.
- The GDP per capita is $32,400 in South Korea. In the North it is just $1,800.
- South Korea exports total $552.6 billion, while the North's are just $4.71 billion.
- For every 1,000 live births in South Korea, 4.08 of the infants die on average. In the North, 26.21 die.
- Life expectancy in the South is 79.3 years. In the North it is ten years less at 69.2