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    North and South Korea have followed very different paths since separating after World War II. The South has become an economic powerhouse under pro-American governments, with a GDP per capita over $32,000. In contrast, North Korea has a GDP per capita of just $1,800 under its self-sufficient Juche philosophy and family dynasty. Data shows vastly better economic and social outcomes in the South across metrics like GDP, exports, infant mortality, life expectancy, and internet access. However, North Korea maintains a larger active military of 1.19 million compared to South Korea's 655,000.

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    North and South Korea have followed very different paths since separating after World War II. The South has become an economic powerhouse under pro-American governments, with a GDP per capita over $32,000. In contrast, North Korea has a GDP per capita of just $1,800 under its self-sufficient Juche philosophy and family dynasty. Data shows vastly better economic and social outcomes in the South across metrics like GDP, exports, infant mortality, life expectancy, and internet access. However, North Korea maintains a larger active military of 1.19 million compared to South Korea's 655,000.

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    Life in North Korea

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    North and South Korea have followed very different paths since separating after World War II. The South has become an economic powerhouse under pro-American governments, with a GDP per capita over $32,000. In contrast, North Korea has a GDP per capita of just $1,800 under its self-sufficient Juche philosophy and family dynasty. Data shows vastly better economic and social outcomes in the South across metrics like GDP, exports, infant mortality, life expectancy, and internet access. However, North Korea maintains a larger active military of 1.19 million compared to South Korea's 655,000.

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    11/24/2015

    LifeInNorthKoreaVs.SouthKoreaBusinessInsider

    ACrazyComparisonOfLifeIn
    NorthKoreaAndSouthKorea
    ADAMTAYLOR
    APR.8,2013,3:23PM

    EthanWilkes/TheMorningSidePost

    NorthandSouthKoreawereseparatedattheendofWorldWarII.They'vewalkedquite
    differentpathssincethen.
    UndersuccessiveproAmericangovernments,theSouthhasbecomeaneconomic
    powerhouse,oneoftheG20majoreconomies.SouthKoreancompanieslikeSamsung,
    Hyundai,andLGarerenownedaroundtheworld.
    TheNorth,ledbyafamilydynastybasedon"Juche"philosophyofselfsufficiency,has
    turnedintoabitterlypoorandunpredictablenation.
    http://www.businessinsider.com/lifeinnorthkoreavssouthkorea20134?IR=T&r=US&IR=T

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    11/24/2015

    LifeInNorthKoreaVs.SouthKoreaBusinessInsider

    TheGuardian'sDataBloghaspublishedsomefiguresthatshowjusthowdivergentthe
    twonationsare,economicallyandsocially.Herearesomeofthecrazierones:
    SouthKorea'sGDP(purchasingpowerparity)is$1,622billion.NorthKorea'sis
    $40billion.
    SouthKorea'sGDP(realgrowthrate)is2.7%.IntheNorthitis0.8%.
    TheGDPpercapitais$32,400inSouthKorea.IntheNorthitisjust$1,800.
    SouthKoreaexportstotal$552.6billion,whiletheNorth'sarejust$4.71
    billion.
    Forevery1,000livebirthsinSouthKorea,4.08oftheinfantsdieonaverage.In
    theNorth,26.21die.
    LifeexpectancyintheSouthis79.3years.IntheNorthitistenyearslessat69.2.
    81.5%ofSouthKoreahasaccesstotheInternet.Lessthan0.1%ofNorth
    Koreansdo.
    Theintentionalhomiciderateper100,000peopleis2.6intheSouth.InNorth
    Koreaitis15.2.
    OnewellknownstatisticnotfeaturedbytheGuardiantheBBCreportsthat
    NorthKoreanstendtobe1.23.1inchesshorterthantheirSouthKorean
    counterparts.
    So,judgingbythisitlooksalotliketheSouthtrumpstheNorth.Exceptinonekeyarea:
    TheSouthhas655,000activelyservinginthemilitaryservice.TheNorthhas1.19
    million.
    Ofcourse,dataisn'teverythingoneofthestrangerfactorsintheNorthSouth
    relationshipisthesurprisingnumberofNorthKoreanrefugeeswhoreturntotheNorth
    afterlivingintheSouthforawhile.
    However,thewildlydivergentfigurescertainlyshowwhat50yearsofeconomicpolicy
    willdo.
    It'salsolikelytobeabigfactorifreunificationeverbecomespoliticallypossible.When
    Germanywasreunified,EastGermany'sGDPpercapitawas40%ofthatintheWest.In
    NorthKorea,GDPpercapitaisbarely5%ofthatintheSouth.
    Seemoredata.alongwithsourcesanddates,overattheGuardian'sspreadsheet.
    More:SouthKoreaNorthKorea

    http://www.businessinsider.com/lifeinnorthkoreavssouthkorea20134?IR=T&r=US&IR=T

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