North Korea has an area of 123,000 square kilometers and a population of 25 million.
South Korea covers an area of 103,290 square kilometers, about 52 million people, more than double the former's population.
North Korea is a non-Marxist-Leninist socialist country, and South Korea is a standard capitalist country, using a presidential republic, enjoying the power of being the head of state, head of government and commander-in-chief of the armed forces, serving a five-year term without renewal.
North Korea's population density is 214.1 people/square kilometer, South Korea's is 527.3 people/square kilometer, especially the capital, Seoul, is one of the most densely populated cities in the world, second only to Tokyo, Japan.
Education in North Korea is free, starting from kindergarten, not capped, South Korea implements free education below high school, lunch at noon, including legal foreign students, if foreigners want to learn Korean, there are also free Korean schools.
One of the interesting phenomena of Korean universities is that it is difficult for locals to enter universities, but it is relatively easy for foreigners, which is somewhat similar to that of the mainland.
Although North Korea is a small country, it is very tough internationally, and its every move has attracted much attention, especially its neighboring countries, while South Korea is similar to Canada, although it is a developed country, but its voice in the international community is not so obvious, in most cases, it follows the United States.
North Korea is a market economy, everything is the state, concentrate on doing big things, and South Korea is completely a market economy, many people may only hear of Samsung, Hyundai and other private giants, in fact, South Korea also has many state-owned enterprises, such as Korea Petroleum Commune, Korea Gas Commune, Korea Power Technology, etc., but these enterprises do not make money at all, purely public welfare.
North Korea is good at filming hero dramas and costume dramas, such as "The Fate of Kim Hee and Eunhime", "Ahn Jung-geun Kills Ito Hirofumi", etc., in Pyongyang has built Pyongyang Film and Television City, South Korea likes to shoot idol dramas, soap operas, leading the Korean wave to the world, many people wipe tears while watching TV.
The night view of South Korea and North Korea looks like this from the air.
North Korea is almost self-sufficient, even without foreign trade, the economy has not changed much, while South Korea is different, foreign trade is its vitality, the economy is very dependent on exports. Once foreign countries, especially populous countries, boycott South Korean goods, the South Korean economy is in trouble.
North Korea's per capita GDP, South Korea's per capita GDP, on the surface, it seems that South Korea's wages are high, but North Korea's food, clothing, housing and transportation almost do nothing, South Korea can not do without money, and the price is not cheap, a watermelon is more than 140 yuan.
There are subways in 6 cities in South Korea, namely Seoul, Busan, Daegu, Daejeon, Gwangju, Incheon, the earliest is Seoul Line 1, built in 1971 and opened to traffic in 1974, there are currently 18 subway lines.
North Korea's only capital Pyongyang has a subway, the first line was built in 1968, opened in 1973, the second opened in 1978, decades have passed, still those two, unchanged, in addition, until 2000 has been using the buses of China Changchun Rail Bus Co., Ltd., and then made in Germany.
Pyongyang also has three above-ground tram railways, using locomotives made in China, the Czech Republic, Germany and other countries.
North Korea has its own computer operating system, the Red Star system, and has a customized version of the "domestic mobile phone Arirang", which 80% of the local population uses, and most people in South Korea use Samsung and Apple.
Whether it is a rural or urban area in North Korea, houses are allocated, such as teachers, scientists and other talents, there are special buildings, called teacher buildings, science and technology buildings!
Koreans need to build their own house or buy a house, to build a house you need to buy land first, this land can be hereditary, permanent, buy a single house or townhouse, you can also buy an apartment, but no matter what price is not cheap, especially in a densely populated area like Seoul.
There are nine countries that have granted visa-free access to North Korea, namely Malaysia, Dominica, Gambia, Guyana, Haiti, Ecuador, Kyrgyzstan and so on.
There are 190 visa-free countries for South Korea, the second largest number in the world, after Japan.