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A North Korean military parade for the 100th birthday of the late leader Kim Il-sung.

The Koreas at a Glance

Total Land Area

46,489 square miles (North)/38,502 square miles (South)

Climate

Temperate, with rainfall concentrated in summer; long, bitter winters (North and South)

Natural Resources

Coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, precious metals, hydropower (North) / Coal, tungsten, graphite, molybdenum, lead, hydropower potential (South) Agricultural land: 21.8 percent (19.5 percent arable land, 1.9 percent permanent crops, 0.4 percent permanent pasture); forest: 46 percent; other: 32.2 percent (North)/ Agricultural land: 18.1 percent (15.3 percent arable land, 2.2 percent permanent crops, 0.6 percent permanent pasture); forest: 63.9 percent ; other: 18 percent (South) Pyongyang (3.038 million) (North)/Seoul (9.963 million); Busan (3.467 million); Incheon (2.763 million); Daegu (Taegu) (2.221 million); Daejon (Taejon (1.558 million); Gwangju (Kwangju) (1.518 million) (South) Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korean Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea; mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; wide coastal plains in west, discontinuous in east; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated (North)/Eastern Asia, southern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea; mostly hills and mountains; wide coastal plains in west and south; about 3,000 mostly small and uninhabited islands off the western and southern coasts (South) 61.9 percent of total population (North)/81.5 percent of total population (South)

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