Why South korea but not north?

Question

I always hear about South Korea but what about North Korea? Why isn't there much about the north? And is english korea's second language?

Answer 1

Alright...

South Korea is a democratic nation formed around the time of the beginnings of the Cold War. At first, it was plagued with a military dictatorship that often violently suppressed and protests for the bringing of democracy. At that time, South Korea was also a very poor nation with the average Korean making only 85 dollars per year. However, finally democracy prevailed and now South Korea is a fully functional democracy. It experienced miraculously large economic growth in the late 80s and 90s. As of now, South Korea has the 13th largest economy in the world. South Korea has freedom of media, expression, and almost all other freedoms you would find in America. Therefore, since South Korea has joined the international playing field of first world nations, you are bound to hear a lot more about them. South Korea is also a world leader in technology, specifically micro-conductors. South Korea also has a large military presence and is often a large contributor to America in military operations.

North Korea on the other hand is a brutal communist regime, led by the dictator Kim Jung Il. North Korea was founded upon the same time as South Korea and was built upon Communist ideology. At first, North Korea was prospering greatly under Communist rule. However, after a while, Communism began to fail and North Korea entered economic downfall. North Korea is extremely secluded and lacks many things a modern nation would possess. For example, there is very limited amounts of cell phones, internet, electricity, etc. in North Korea. North Korea is also very repressive and no one is legally able to leave or come into North Korea for most circumstances.

So there are two countries in a nutshell. You should read books if you really want to know about them.  

Answer 2

Korea doesn't have a second language yet. South

Korea is trying hard to help its kids speak English.

You always hear about South Korea because they

are no longer recluses to the extent that Koreans

used to be. For many years, Korea (when it was one country),

was called a "hermit nation" by outsiders.

After Korea was freed from Japanese rule, the northern part

aligned with Commuinst China and Russia. The southern part

aligned with the USA. South Korea has developed into a

modern country. North Korea (aligned with China and Russia)

has not.  

Answer 3

unfortunately North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea) is a closed country due to the political ideology of the government, which is a sort of communism/dictatorship mix, so we don't get to hear much about what goes on with them.

they are at the Olympic games though, so keepy your eyes open for them.

the difference is a great study of political ideologies as South Korea is a democracy and is amongst the wealthiest countries in the world, while DPRK is communist and one of the poorest in the world.  with this comes the difference in freedoms that Western countries take for granted like moving around and out of the country, free public speech and press, no voting, no real human rights at all really, yet DPRK has a huge standing army and has been developing nuclear weapons for ages.

Korean is spoken in both countries, and English is taught in primary school in South Korea, but is not compulsory, though most businesses realise it is the world's language, so they are demanding more people have English skills.