FACTS about North Korea
25% of children in North Korea are chronically malnourished.
This poverty is the result not of a lack of conditions for economic development—North Korea has the same potential that saw South Korea go from one of the world’s poorest countries to the dynamic economy it is today inside 50 years—rather it is the tragic consequence of the ruling elite’s aversion to change and absolute prioritization of political stability, maintained through the micromanagement of society and the ruthless repression of alternative views, which stifles the people’s potential and has left an entire generation of North Koreans with stunted growth and higher susceptibility to health problems.
No Freedom of Speech
Criticism of the regime or the leadership in North Korea, if reported, is enough to make you and your family ‘disappear’ from society and end up in a political prison camp. It goes without saying that there is no free media inside the country. The only opinion allowed to be voiced inside the country is the regimes.
FACTS about Indonesia
With 17,000 islands and islets in Southeast Asia, Indonesia is the biggest archipelago in the world. The largest islands include Sumatra, Java (the most populous), and Bali.
Population: 246,864,200
Life Expectancy: 71 years
Access to Safe Water: 84%
School Enrollment: 99%
Land Mass: 735,358 sq. mi.
Literacy Rate: 93%
Under Age 5 Mortality Rate: 31/1000
Average Annual Income (GNI): 3,420
FACTS about Mexico
Mexico, the world’s most populous Spanish-speaking country, borders the United States, Guatemala, Belize, the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean Sea. Mountains fill the center of the country while sandy lowlands lie along the coasts.
Population: 120,847,500
Life Expectancy: 77 years
Access to Safe Water: 94%
School Enrollment: 99%
Land Mass: 758,449 sq. mi.
Literacy Rate: 94%
Under Age 5 Mortality Rate: 16/1000
Average Annual Income (GNI): 9,740
