1,400 telephones; broadcast stations - 1 AM, no FM, no TV; 1 Pacific Ocean
INTELSAT earth station

:Kiribati Defense Forces

Branches:
no military force maintained; the Police Force carries out law enforcement
functions and paramilitary duties; there are small police posts on all
islands
Manpower availability:
NA
Defense expenditures:
$NA, NA% of GDP

:Korea, North Geography

Total area:
120,540 km2
Land area:
120,410 km2
Comparative area:
slightly smaller than Mississippi
Land boundaries:
1,673 km; China 1,416 km, South Korea 238 km, Russia 19 km
Coastline:
2,495 km
Maritime claims:
Exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
Military boundary line:
50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the
Yellow Sea (all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned)
Territorial sea:
12 nm
Disputes:
short section of boundary with China is indefinite; Demarcation Line with
South Korea
Climate:
temperate with rainfall concentrated in summer
Terrain:
mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; coastal plains
wide in west, discontinuous in east
Natural resources:
coal, lead, tungsten, zinc, graphite, magnesite, iron ore, copper, gold,
pyrites, salt, fluorspar, hydropower
Land use:
arable land 18%; permanent crops 1%; meadows and pastures NEGL%; forest and
woodland 74%; other 7%; includes irrigated 9%
Environment:
mountainous interior is isolated, nearly inaccessible, and sparsely
populated; late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding
Note:
strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia

:Korea, North People

Population:
22,227,303 (July 1992), growth rate 1.9% (1992)
Birth rate:
24 births/1,000 population (1992)
Death rate:
6 deaths/1,000 population (1992)
Net migration rate:
0 migrants/1,000 population (1992)
Infant mortality rate:
30 deaths/1,000 live births (1992)
Life expectancy at birth:
66 years male, 72 years female (1992)
Total fertility rate:
2.4 children born/woman (1992)
Nationality:
noun - Korean(s);adjective - Korean
Ethnic divisions:
racially homogeneous
Religions:
Buddhism and Confucianism; some Christianity and syncretic Chondogyo;
autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored
religious groups exist to provide illusion of