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What every visitor should know about North Korea:
- Money
- The currency is the North Korean won
(KPW). 100 KPW is worth
about US$0.74, or €0.52.
- Crime
- CrimeSafe Travel Score™: 5 out of 5 (Very safe)
- Capital
- Pyongyang
- Tap water
- Not recommended. Water is usually drinkable in large cities, but quality is uneven.
North Korea facts and figures:
People
- Population
- 22,665,345
- Language
- Korean
- Ethnicity
- Racially homogeneous; there is a small Chinese community and a few ethnic Japanese
Economy
- GDP
- US$1,800 (per capita)
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