FACTOID # 6: Of the eight countries which include the word "democratic" in their conventional long form name, three are dictatorships: North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) and the Democratic republic of the Congo.
 
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Asia > Korea, North > Identification

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Country name Korea, North
Country name > Abbreviation DPRK Time series
Country name > Conventional long form
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Country name > Conventional short form North Korea Time series
Country name > Local long form
Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk
Country name > Local short form Choson Time series
Country name > Note
the North Koreans generally use the term "Choson" to refer to their country
ISO 3166-2:2004-03-08
KP
ISO code 408
ISO long PRK
ISO short KP
Native names Chosŏn 조선
Oceanographic code KR
Translation > Catalan Corea del Nord
Translation > French Core du Nord
Translation > German Nordkorea
Translation > Italian Corea del Nord
Translation > Portugese Coria do Norte
Translation > Spanish
Korea del Norte
UN code 408

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SOURCES: CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; Wikipedia: ISO 3166-2:2004-03-08 ; Microsoft.com; Wkipedia; IOC country codes;

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Korea, North, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea, Choson-minjujuui-inmin-konghwaguk, korea, democratic people's republic of, democratic people’s republic of korea, korea, dem. people's rep., korea, dem., korea-north nk, Korea DPR, DPR Korea, Korea (DPR), Korea, Democratic People's Republic, D.P.R. Korea

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