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Ambassadors from Finland > Current Finnish Ambassadors > Ambassador	Antti Kuosmanen
Capital city	Pyongyang
DEFINITION: The location of the seat of government.		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of Ambassadors from Finland
countries' copyright length > Usual term of copyright protection	Berne
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
date of transition to republican system of government > Republic since	October 29, 1923
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries' copyright length
Flag modification	8		[145th of 197]
DEFINITION: The date on which the nation's flag was last modified.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by date of transition to republican system of government
Foreign relations > Croatia > Date of Establishment	November 30, 1992
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Flagspot
Foreign relations > Nepal > Date of Establishment	May 15, 1974
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Croatia
Foreign relations of Western Sahara > States recognizing the SADR > Date of recognition	March 16, 1976
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Nepal
Independence Day > Date	September 9
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SOURCE: Wikipedia: Foreign relations of Western Sahara
Kuala Lumpur embassies > Neighborhood	Taman U-Thant
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Independence Day
Management time dealing with officials > % of management time	3.21 %		[25th of 38]
DEFINITION: Time dealing with officials is the percentage of management time in a given week spent on requirements imposed by government regulations (taxes, customs, labor regulations, licensing and registration).		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of Kuala Lumpur embassies
Parliamentary seats > Female	20%		[22nd of 143]
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Policy uncertainty > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	40.44 %		[4th of 38]
DEFINITION: Policy uncertainty measures the share of senior managers who ranked economic and regulatory policy uncertainty as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliament > %	20.1 %		[55th of 174]
DEFINITION: Women in parliaments are the percentage of parliamentary seats in a single or lower chamber occupied by women.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Status	dictatorship
DEFINITION: Democracy: state in which democratic structures provide for an alternance of power Pseudo-Democracy: state in which there are democratic structures but without a real chance for an alternance of power Transition State: a state with a transitional structure Absolute Monarchy: a one-party state, or a state governed by an absolute monarchy or dictatorship.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Trademarks, nonresidents	6,112		[23rd of 99]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: electionworld.org
Trademarks, residents	14,239		[16th of 98]
DEFINITION: Trademark applications filed are applications for registration of a trademark with a national or regional trademark office. Trademarks are distinctive signs that identify goods or services as those produced or provided by a specific person or enterprise. Trademarks protect owners of the mark by ensuring exclusive right to use it to identify goods or services or to authorize its use in return for payment.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Transnational Issues > Disputes > International risking arrest, imprisonment, and deportation, tens of thousands of North Koreans cross into China to escape famine, economic privation, and political oppression; North Korea and China dispute the sovereignty of certain islands in Yalu and Tumen rivers; Military Demarcation Line within the 4-km wide Demilitarized Zone has separated North from South Korea since 1953; periodic incidents in the Yellow Sea with South Korea which claims the Northern Limiting Line as a maritime boundary; North Korea supports South Korea in rejecting Japan's claim to Liancourt Rocks (Tok-do/Take-shima)
DEFINITION: This entry includes a wide variety of situations that range from traditional bilateral boundary disputes to unilateral claims of one sort or another. Information regarding disputes over international terrestrial and maritime boundaries has been reviewed by the US Department of State. References to other situations involving borders or frontiers may also be included, such as resource disputes, geopolitical questions, or irredentist issues; however, inclusion does not necessarily constitute official acceptance or recognition by the US Government.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
UN membership date	17 Sep. 1991
DEFINITION: Date of United Nations Membership
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008

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