What is the difference between north and south korea?

What is the difference between North Korea and South Korea economies?

• Answer:

  After the war between North Korea and South Korea the North stayed communist but the South went back to its natural state meaning that it was not communist. -- Well, North Korea and South Korea went to war in the late 40's or early 50's (before then, Korea was one whole country.). The economy and government are very different between the two countries. South Korea is a perfectly good country. They have cell phones and cars and internet and they're a democracy (things you probably take for granted if you live in the US or Canada or South Korea or pretty much any other free country). But in North Korea things are different. Kim Jong ll rules over North Korea. In North Korea, people are pretty much brainwashed from a young age that the ruler of the country is always right, no matter what, and there's nothing you can do about that. North Korea doesn't have internet, and even though there's a few buses there, there's no such thing as a traffic jam there. They just started allowing cell phones, only a few people have them. International calls and texts aren't allowed. North Korea is basically a country that's closed off from the rest of the world. It's very difficult to leave the country. You might not be able to leave without a good reason, and if you do get to leave you might not be able to come back. It's pretty hard to travel there too- you can't just hop on a plane and fly there. Of course people do escape from time to time- but most people don't even try, don't even think about trying, because since most North Koreans are 'brainwashed,' they don't even realize that life is way better other places. There's a borderline between North and South Korea. It's about two miles long. Doesn't seem very long, right? You could run two miles in twenty minutes. You could bike two miles in ten, probably less. You could drive two miles in two minutes. But the borderline is basically two miles of complete no-man's land. The border is technically called the Korean Demilitarized Zone, or the DMZ. There's ditches and barbed wires and stuff like that everywhere. There's probably soldiers lined up right in front of the border, making it practically impossible to get there. There's also a bridge near the DMZ. It's called 'The Bridge of No Return.' It crosses the MDL (Military Demarcation Line) between North and South Korea. The bridge was used for prisoner exchanges at the end of the Korean War in 1953. There were many Korean prisoners captured by the United States during that time (but I'm not going to go into that). The prisoners were brought to the bridge and asked if they wanted to return to North Korea, their country of captivity, but sadly their home, or to cross the bridge and go to South Korea, where they could be free. But if they crossed the bridge, they would never be allowed to return. The bridge was actually in a James Bond movie (that I don't know much about). Anyway, thanks for asking that question, because I was super bored and needed something to do and it took me a while to type this all up. Bye! (: