north+korea+general+information

religious traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) //note:// autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom ethic racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese government  type: Communist state one-man dictatorship types of languages: korean political pressure: None population: 22,665,345 Airport with unpaved runways: total 41 Pipe lines: oil 5,235 Km water ways: 2,250 Km (most navigable only by small carft)