- Asian Info
- CIA World Factbook: North Korea
- East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
- Ethnologue Language Database: North Korea
- Hendrick Hamel
- Korea Infogate
- Korea through Western Cartographic Eyes
- Korean History: A Bibliography
- Library of Congress Country Studies: North Korea
- Maps of Asia
- North Korea Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
- Political Resources on the Net: North Korea
- World Travel Guide: Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of)
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- Asian Info
- Links to information resources on aspects of Asian life covering art, business, culture, education, politics, and news. Geographical areas of interest include Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Myanmar, North Korea, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam.
Author: Asian Info
Subjects: asian studies, cambodia, china, india, indonesia, japan, malaysia, mongolia, myanmar, north korea, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
DeweyClass: 305.8
Resource type: index
- CIA World Factbook: North Korea
- Basic reference information about North Korea, including details of geography, people, economy, government, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues. Geographical information includes area, population, flag, maps, high and low points, co-ordinates, boundary length, border countries, climate, land use and natural resources.
Author: CIA
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 915.193
Resource type: document
- East and Southeast Asia: An Annotated Directory of Internet Resources
- Directory of political, historical, and cultural resources pertaining to the countries of East and Southeast Asia, with essays and reports on topical issues.
Author: University of Redlands Department of History
Subjects: asian studies, brunei, burma, cambodia, china, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, mongolia, north korea, philippines, singapore, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
DeweyClass: 959.9
Resource type: directory
- Ethnologue Language Database: North Korea
- A catalogue of all the languages and dialects spoken in North Korea, with details of the numbers of speakers of each language. Also some demographic data such as rates of literacy, blindness and deafness.
Author: Summer Institute of Linguistics
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 409.5193
Resource type: document
- Hendrick Hamel
- Offers information on the life of Hendrick Hamel, the Dutch sailor who was shipwrecked and held captive in Korea between 1653 and 1666. Features English and Korean translations of Hamel's journal, along with the original Dutch text. Also provides a history of Dutch involvement in the Far East, and an account of Korean language studies arising from Hamel's work.
Author: Savenije, Henny
Subjects: korean, north korea, south korea
DeweyClass: 951.9
Resource type: documents
- Korea Infogate
- Gateway to Korean resources relating to travel, shopping, and entertainment. Also features a Korean yellow pages.
Author: Korea Telecom
Subjects: north korea, south korea
DeweyClass: 915.19
Resource type: directory
- Korea through Western Cartographic Eyes
- Article examining Korea's cartographic representation as documented by Europeans from the 15th century onwards. Considers the influences of European exploration, and the origin and history of Dutch cartography.
Author: Savenije, Henny
Subjects: cartography, north korea, south korea
DeweyClass: 915.19
Resource type: article
- Korean History: A Bibliography
- Bibliography functioning as a supplement to Studies on Korea: A Scholar's Guide, as published in 1980. Citations are divided into topics such as archaeology, three kingdoms, ancient Korean-Japanese relations, Choson, Korean communities abroad, religion and philosophy, women, education, arts, and linguistics.
Author: Robinson, Ken
Subjects: korean, north korea, south korea
DeweyClass: 951.9
Resource type: bibliography
- Library of Congress Country Studies: North Korea
- Detailed handbook describing the history of North Korea and analysing its political, economic, social, and national security systems and institutions, the interrelationships of those systems and the ways they are shaped by cultural factors. Particular attention is given to the people who make up the society, their origins, dominant beliefs and values, common interests and the issues on which they are divided, and their attitudes toward each other and toward their social system and political order.
Author: Library of Congress
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 951.93
Resource type: documents
- Maps of Asia
- Set of political and relief maps produced by the CIA covering all the countries in Asia.
Author: Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Subjects: afghanistan, bangladesh, bhutan, brunei, burma, cambodia, india, indonesia, japan, laos, malaysia, maps of asia, mongolia, myanmar, nepal, north korea, pakistan, philippines, singapore, south korea, taiwan, thailand, vietnam
DeweyClass: 912.5
Resource type: map collection
- North Korea Country Report on Human Rights Practices for 2006
- Detailed assessment of human rights practices in North Korea. Topics assessed include torture, arbitrary detention or exile, fair public trial, freedom of speech and press, freedom of assembly, movement and religion; democratic rights, worker rights, and discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status.
Author: US Department of State
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 323.5193
Resource type: document
- Political Resources on the Net: North Korea
- Listing of political resources relevant to North Korea, with links to parties, organisations, government, media and results of recent elections, where available.
Author: Torre Argentina Societa di Servizi - Agora telematica Division
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 320.95193
Resource type: documents, index
- World Travel Guide: Korea (Democratic Peoples Republic of)
- Basic reference information about North Korea, such as area, capital, population, population density, geography, language, religion, time zone, history and government, plus business and social information, including details of accommodation, addresses, climate, regions, travel, visas, passports, money, health and public holidays.
Author: Columbus Press
Subjects: north korea
DeweyClass: 915.193
Resource type: documents
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