People's Democratic Republic of Korea

English Proper noun People's Democratic Republic of Korea 1 en Democratic People's Republic of Korea. en 1984 Zbigniew Szyndlar A description of a small collection of amphibians and reptiles from the People’s Democratic Republic of Korea with notes on the distribution of the herpetofauna in that country Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia https://archive.org/details/actazoolcrac-27-01/ 27 1 83-05154-X 0065-1710 1035576225 13 https://archive.org/details/actazoolcrac-27-01/page/13/ Korea is inhabited by 31 amphibian and reptilian species, of which 28 occur in the area of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea (the figures have been calculated by the author on the basis of the whole of literature cited; the subspecies have been excluded). en September 22, 1991 w:Don Oberdorfer COMMUNISM LIVES w:The Washington Post https://web.archive.org/web/20231228223005/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1991/09/22/communism-lives/08457c05-472b-4521-8663-88ccb2e233a1/ 28 December 2023 https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1991/09/22/communism-lives/08457c05-472b-4521-8663-88ccb2e233a1/ 0190-8286 2269358 Then, as we roared down the runway, hundreds of people came into view: a colorful crowd lined up in well-ordered rows outside the airport terminal, waving pink plastic boughs to a martial theme played by a khaki-clad military band. Two long red banners bearing solidarity slogans welcomed Chinese Foreign Minister Qian Qichen to the capital of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea. From a prominent perch at the top of the terminal, a giant portrait of President Kim Il Sung stared down on the scene. en October 22, 2006 w:Tom Zeller Jr. In North Korea, the Internet is only for a few - Technology & Media - International Herald Tribune w:The New York Times https://web.archive.org/web/20120815173848/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/technology/22iht-won.3251122.html 15 August 2012 https://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/22/technology/22iht-won.3251122.html 0362-4331 1645522 Technology The tragically backward, sometimes absurdist hallmarks of the People's Democratic Republic of Korea and in particular its leader, Kim Jong Il, are well known. There's Kim's Elton John eyeglasses and cotton-candy hairdo, for instance. en