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color="#993300"><i><b>Encyclopedia of North Korean Geography and
Culture</b></i></font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Institute for Peace
Affairs (IPA)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">321-89 Galhyun-Dong,
Eunpyung-Gu,</font><font face="Times New Roman"> Seoul
122-806</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">December 1,
2005</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">E-mail: ipa21@chol.com,
Tel. 02-358-0612-5, Fax. 02-384-1924</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">To:
Ambassador</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Attn.: who it may
concern,</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Dear
Ambassador,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">I am very pleased to
inform that you are now available to get</font><font
face="Times New Roman"> North Korea¹s recent and accurate
information due to the publication of<i> Encyclopedia of North Korean
Geography and Culture</i> (ENKGC). Institute for Peace Affairs (IPA)
has recently published ENKGC according to the official contract with
North Korean authorities. ENKGC is the first cooperation between two
Koreas in publication.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">ENKGC contains lots of
facts that you want to know about North Korean geography and culture.
ENKGC consists of nearly 350,000 entries with 15,000 pictures and over
230 maps for each administrative district. Pictures were taken very
recently (mostly after 2002) and they are verified through cross-check
by IPA researchers and North Korean scholars. I am sure that this kind
of materials may give you valuable information to
understand</font><font face="Times New Roman"> North Korea and to
prepare for future investment after diplomatic normalization with
it.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">IPA is now ready to
deliver you ENKGC. It would be a great opportunity to get accurate and
latest information about</font><font face="Times New Roman"> North
Korea because ENKGC is only book for which North Korean authorities
reluctantly provided information. According to contract, IPA had asked
lots of questions to North Korean Agent and had got precious answers
which had been known incorrectly before ENKGC.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">I am sending this e-mail
with attached files which contain more details about ENKGC. Please do
not hesitate to ask us through e-mail, fax, or telephone how to buy
ENKGC. JeongWoo Lee, our research fellow, will help you with kindness.
We always thank you and your country for trying to keep warm
relationship with our country.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Truly,</font></div>
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Chairman</font></div>
<div align="right"><font face="Times New Roman" size="-1">Dr.
Young-Seok Shin</font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"
color="#FF0000"><b>The First Encyclopedia on North
Korea</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"
color="#993300"><i><b>Encyclopedia of North Korean Geography and
Culture</b></i></font></div>
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color="#000000"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#3366FF"><b>You can get
everything about North Korea!</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><i>Encyclopedia of
North Korean Geography and Culture</i> (hereafter ŒENKGC¹)
provides everything you want to know about North Korean geography,
industries, botanic, animals, mountains, rivers, villages, cities,
culture, traditions, maps, recent pictures of each village, old names
of current cities, monuments, history, transportation, cultural relics
and remains by district, national treasure, natural resources, folk
customs, food, house, family type, and over 5.000 North Korean
Leaders, etc..</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#3366FF"><b>All official
information is from North Korean government!</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">ENKGC is based on
North Korean official survey on its whole country
regions.</font><font face="Times New Roman"> Under the direction of
Kim Il-Sung and based on the cabinet resolution no. 55 in 1966 May,
the several hundreds of North Korean scholars had been organized and
tens of thousands of investigators had been mobilized to complete the
survey. Scholars from all over the country with administrative
officers had devoted for thirty years to confirm accurate names of
each village and in history across the country. The basic contents of
ENKGC were completed in the late 1990¹s. ENKGC was made up according
to that contents and ENKGC added lots of related information, which
were mentioned above, on it by region. Therefore, all the information
of ENKGC is certified by North Korean authorities.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">More information
about ENKGC is to be followed;</font></div>
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color="#800000"><b>Encyclopedia of North Korean Geography and
Culture</b></font></div>
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size="+2">Contents</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2">I.
Significance</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2">II. Background and
Circumstances</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2">III. Composition and Main
Contents</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> 1. General
Introduction</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> 2.
Composition</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> 3. Main
substance</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2">IV. Distinctive
Features</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> 1. Primary
features</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+2"> 2. Features in
substance </font></div>
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color="#3366FF"><b>Institute for Peace Affairs</b></font></div>
<div align="center"><font face="Times New Roman" color="#3366FF">Tel.
02-358-0612-5, Fax. 02-384-1924, e-mail:
afklee@hanmail.net</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b>I.
Significance</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">- ENKGC gives a comprehensive survey
result in both of the natural geography and the human geography of the
entire area of North Korea by its administrative districts such as
major city/province, city/county/labor county and Tong/Eup/Ri. One of
its purposes is to provide databases as basic information to make a
relationship with and to invest to North Korea near
future.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">- ENKGC is the first official
encyclopedia to be published about North Korean geography and culture
since the division of the Korean peninsula. Two private organizations
from the North and the South co-compiled ENKGC under official
approvals from each government. It is also meaningful symbol in
inter-Korean cooperative project.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">- Information on the natural and the
human geography of North Korea has been very limited revealed to
outside world because of the North Korea¹s information-control
policy. It is now expected that ENKGC will take a role as an important
guideline in the study of North Korea as a first-hand
resource.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b>II. Background and
Circumstances</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b> </b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">- Since its establishment, North
Korea has reorganized its administrative districts more than 60 times.
This reorganization makes it difficult to grasp a particular area by
old maps and data. Most of the materials available in South Korea were
published before the 1945 liberation of Korea or sporadically after
it. Although the maps were produced based on photos via satellite,
most of them lacked accurate boundaries and were inconsistent in their
naming of places.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-The two project partners from the
South and the North, Institute of Peace Affairs and Science
Encyclopedia Publishing, respectively, met through Chosun Cultural
Institute in China. As a result of their frequent conversations, they
agreed that com-compiling ENKGC would be a practical project because
it would correspond with the time frame of the policy of
reconciliation and cooperation.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-The two private organizations
contracted with each other without a mediator for the first time in
inter-publishing history. After receiving official approvals from each
government, they organized a co-compilation committee and it has
finally become an inter-Korean project in both name and
reality.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b>III. Composition &
Main Contents</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">a. General
Introduction </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-ENKGC consists of nearly 350
thousand entries with 15 thousand photographs and over 230
maps. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-Under the direction of Chief Kim
Il-Sung and based on the ŒCabinet command¹ no. 55, in May 1966,
the foremost scholars in North Korea organized the ŒCho-Sun Region
Dictionary Compilation¹ committee. By mobilizing more than a
thousand people a year, including scholars from all over the country
and key administrative officers, they spent 30 years surveying the
names of places across the country. The basic contents of ENKGC were
completed in the late 1990¹s. Now, for the very first time, the
public is able to access their work through the publication of
ENKGC.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">- Nearly one thousand contributors
made detailed studies both of the changes of villages themselves and
the changes of the village names. They completed these studies
by threading their way through North Korea, including even the
smallest villages. The academic world of North Korea values the data
and has called it a Œmonumental work in the time of labor party¹
and a Œmasterpiece comparable to a national
treasure.¹</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-ENKGC is a 20 volume set,
containing three parts: ŒRegion,¹ ŒFolk Customs¹ and
ŒBiography.¹ The first 16 volumes contain regional information based
on the current state of the administrative districts. Volume 17
clearly displays the customs of clothing, food and housing. Volume 18
includes more than 5 thousand biographies of contemporary North
Koreans in a variety of vocations: politics, economy, military,
society, culture, art, and the athletic world. The final two volumes
are an Index a helpful tool making it easy to access information
from the extensive material. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">-Some photographs were taken
recently (2001-2003). They present vivid pictures of each area.
Other photographs belong to organizations in North Korea which
contribute to the compilation of ENKGC. Maps that North Korea had
planned to publish in 2004 are included in ENKGC and reflect the
current administrative districts as of January 2005.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">b. Composition</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 1. Pyongyang</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 2. Major cities (Nampo,
Gaeseong, Nasun)</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 3. South Pyongan Province
1/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 4. South Pyongan Province
2/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 5. North Pyongan Province
1/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 6. North Pyongan Province
2/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 7. Jagang
Province</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 8. South Hwanghae Province
1/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 9. South Hwanghae Province
2/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 10. North Hwanghae
Province</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 11. Kangwon
Province</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 12. South Hamkyong Province
1/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 13. South Hamkyong Province
2/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 14. North Hamkyong Province
1/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 15. North Hamkyong Province
2/2</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 16. Yanggang
Province</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 17. Biography of North Korean
Leaders</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 18. Traditional
Culture</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 19. Index</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 20.
Index </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">c. Main Substance</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">ENKGC contains information on
natural geography by region: the history of the names of places,
historical changes, topography, geology, climate, mountains and
rivers, natural health resources, natural monuments, animals and
botany. There is also information on human geography: economy,
transportation, major enterprises, educational culture, historic
relics, folk customs, food and people.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Changes of the ŒAdministrative
Districts System¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">North Korea has reorganized its
administrative districts more than 60 times since the 1945 liberation
of Korea. As of January 2005, North Korea has one Special City, 9
provinces, 3 major cities, 24 cities, and 148 counties, districts and
subordinate units like ŒTong¹, ŒEup¹, ŒWorkers District¹
and ŒRi¹.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒMaps¹ Showing Even Smaller
Administrative Districts</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Maps by province, county and
district show the subdividing situation of the administrative
districts and indicate the locations of railroads, roads, mountains
and rivers in detail. Nampo, Gaeseong, and Nasun were recently
reorganized as major cities. Thanks to ENKGC, information on
these cities is now being introduced to South Korea.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒThe History of the Names of
Places¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">This section combines Œhistory¹
and Œold names¹ and alerts readers to the many name changes that
both natural landmarks and administrative places have undergone. For
example, for the history of Cheongjin, North Hamkyong province, it
explains, ³It is a city that was reorganized from Cheongjinpu
immediately after the 1945 liberation. Because the village has a ferry
located in front of Cheongam Mountain which has green rocks, it is
called Cheongjin, meaning Œgreen ferry.¹ At first, a Chinese
ideograph, Cheong, meaning green, was used, however, in the later
years, people changed it to another Chinese ideograph, Cheong, meaning
clearness.²</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">A valley located in Saegoel Ridge,
Gobi Worker District, Kangdong County, Pyeongyang, ³is called
ŒTank valley¹ because US tanks were destroyed there by North Korean
soldiers during the Korean War. A valley located to the north of
Kwanmo Ri, Kyeongseong County, North Hamkyong, is named ŒAircraft
valley¹, because a US aircraft crashed there.²</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒOld Names¹ of the
Administrative Districts from the Period of the Three States through
the Period of Chosun dynasty</u>.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">ENKGC includes names of places and
their origins in the time of the Three States and BalHae up until the
beginning of Chosun. ENKGC indicates the old Korean names of places
alongside the current administrative names. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒNature¹ Showing
Topographical Features</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Readers can picture the mountain
ranges because ENKGC describes each mountain along with its height.
The contents of ŒNature¹ in the Kangwon province (well known as
the area having the most mountains in the Korean peninsula) will give
you a good example of topographical features along with concrete
explanations.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒEconomy¹ Helping You Grasp
the Industrial System of Each Region at a Glance</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">ENKGC describes the industry
structure in detail. This part includes the comprehensive economical
situation: light industry, machine industry, chemical industry,
agriculture, fisheries and forestry. Pie charts show what percentage
of the overall industry structure each industry
comprises.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒTransportation¹ Covering
Road Information and Method of Transportation</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">ENKGC displays all of the available
transportation systems by region: railways, highways, waterways, and
marine ways. ENKGC makes it possible to see all the traffic lines for
transportation between regions. For example, the contents of
ŒTransportation¹ give you road information for moving between towns
and inform the reader about the availability of public
transportation.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Distinctive ŒMajor Enterprises¹
by Region</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Restaurants in North Korea are
distinctive because of their largeness. Pyongyang Gray Mullet Soup
Restaurant in Rak-Rang district, Pyongyang, is a special restaurant
for gray mullet soup from the Daedong River a specialty of
Pyongyang. Sin-Heung-Kwan in Ham-Heung, South Hamkyong is well-known
as the native place for Ham-Heung cold noodle. Factories and
enterprises are also closely related to the natural resources produced
in the area.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒRemains and Relics¹, Many
Nationally Designated Cultural Assets Are Handed Down from the Time of
Koguryu</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Cultural relics are systematically
presented according to their levels along with pictures of them in
full color. Around two thousand cultural relics are disclosed to
public for the first time in ENKGC. Most of the remains and relics
designated as national treasures and preservations are from the time
of Koguryu. National treasure No. 1 Pyongyang Fortress, No. 2 An-Hak
Palace, and No. 3 Common Gate, all found in Pyongyang, are originated
from Koguryu.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Identified ŒWild Special
Plants¹ and ŒMedicinal Plants¹ by Their Shape</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Wild special plants and medicinal
plants growing in North Korea are introduced based on the information
provided by the National Science Botany Institute in North Korea.
Colored drawings of collected specimens, focusing on shape, are
provided. These will be helpful for identifying the shape of each
plant.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒFolk Songs¹ Which Reflect
the Distinctiveness of Each Province</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Distinctive folk songs are arranged
by province. Readers can compare how folk songs are changed and sung
differently by province. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒNatural Monument¹ with a
Special Designation Meaning</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Included are the designation
meaning, designation year, background and substance of animals &
botany and geology & topology which the Nature Reservation
Federation of North Korea has designated. A total of 456 nationally
designated natural monuments are introduced with colored
pictures. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒSpecialties¹, Principal
Resources and Products by Region</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Specialties of each region in North
Korea refer to both traditional specialties handed down from the past
and specialties newly developed according to the features of each
region after the 1945 liberation of Korea. They are subdivided into
special products, special vegetables, special herbs, special fruits,
special fish, and special livestock.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒNatural Health Resource¹
Used for Medical Treatment</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Mineral resources such as mineral
water, hot springs and mud for medical treatment and health resorts
are introduced. Natural geographical conditions, discovery year and
origin, variety, property, adaptability, usage and future development
of each resource are covered. </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒExtraordinary Species of
Animals¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">These are categorized into mammals,
birds, reptiles, amphibians and fishes by the Red Data Book standard
from IUCN. This is the first ŒRed Data Book¹ of North Korea. The
articles in this section provide the scientific names, classification,
features in shape, habit, reproduction method, habitat and route of
migration of extraordinary animals, including endangered
species.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒNature Reservation
District¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">This part introduces nationally
designated nature reservation districts by province. North Korea
designates many nature reservation districts to protect specific
animals and plants which inhabit each district.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>Œ</u>Traditional Culture<u>
(Folk Customs)¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Volume 18 displays clothing, food
and housing, and customs of North Korea by province, studied by North
Korean folklorists. It covers aspects of dress, dietary life,
residence, family life, labor life, folk holiday and folk
play.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"><u>ŒPeople¹</u></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">Lives of over 5,000 distinctive
leaders from various fields, who have led North Korean society since
before or after the 1945 liberation of Korea, are described with
accompanying photos. Most people from the field of society, culture,
art and athletics are introduced to South Korea for the first time.
Their duties, education background, work experience, prizes and
decorations, major activity, important work and current situation are
presented chronologically. For example, Mi-Ran Oh, one of the
distinctive actresses in North Korea, is introduced by her date of
birth, place of birth, and art and serial movie works in which she
performed. The 5,000 people include actors and actresses, directors,
cameramen, dancers, dance directors, dance critics, novelists, poets,
playwrights, children¹s book writers, translators, artists,
sculptors, craftsmen, handicraft artists, composers, reporters,
philosophers, botanists, educators and theorists.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b>4. Distinctive
Features</b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman" size="+1"><b> </b></font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">a. Primary Features</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">1) ENKGC contains the most
up-to-date information on the North Korean region. North Korea has
reorganized its administrative districts many times and also kept
changing the names of schools at all levels along with the names of
enterprises. ENKGC reflects the changed situation.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">It presents never-before- released
information and vivid pictures of North Korea today, most of which
were taken recently.</font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman"> </font></div>
<div><font face="Times New Roman">By a government ordinance of the
supreme council, North Korea designated Shineauju Special
Administrative District on September 12, 2002, Mt. Keumkang Tourist
District on October 23, 2002, and Kaeseong Industrial District on
November 13, 2002. It caused many areas to be merged and abolished. On
January 9, 2004, Nampo was reorganized from a major city to a special
city, now belonging to South Pyongan. People school (which is
identical to elementary school) and high middle school (which is
identical to middle school) have become small school and middle school
respectively in 2002.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">2) ENKGC includes the most
voluminous information among the North Korean-related materials which
have so far been published both in the North and in the South. It is
more extensive and in-depth than other material about the North Korean
region.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">3) ENKGC is the result of the
Inter-Korean Cooperative project, which was accomplished by direct
contract under official approvals from each government for the first
time.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">-In North Korea, project partners
besides Science Encyclopedia Publishing include nearly 20
organizations such as Social Science Institute, Kim Il Sung
University, Institute of Chosun Culture Reservation, Foreign
Publishing and Institute of National Resource Botany. Nearly one
thousand experts contributed to ENKGC so that it can be rightly
considered official material on North Korea. The project team of
Institute of Peace Affairs carefully reviewed the manuscript and
focused its efforts on enhancing the quality as they asked North
Korean project partners for verification on numerous points. As a
result, the information on the North Korean region which used to be
sporadical and inconsistent has gained coherency. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">b. Features in
Substance</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman"> Top 10 Features</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">1) While maps of North Korea
available in South Korea today are from 1996, maps in ENKGC are from
2004. ENKGC contains the most up-to-date North Korean
maps.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">2) ENKGC offers databases for
Inter-Korean economic cooperation like joint exploitation of
underground resources, and describes distributions and locations in
detail. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">3) By describing major
transportation routes by region, ENKGC becomes not only a guide for
inter-Korean travel, but also a great reference for military and
industrial geography.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">4) The information on extraordinary
animals, plants and natural monuments will make a great contribution
to the study of the North Korean ecosystem.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">5) Place names which were changed
nearly 60 times in administrative district reorganizations are
introduced, including even a village in which only 20 people live. It
makes it possible to examine the regional situation of North Korea in
great detail. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">6) Information on the remnants and
relics known to South Korea so far are inconsistent and many are
omitted. However, the cultural relics of national treasure grade,
semi-national treasure grade and preservation grade are systematically
presented according to their levels and will make a great contribution
to the preservation of national cultural heritage. Many of the
preservation grade¹s relics found in ENKGC have never before been
open to the public. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">7) ENKGC introduces not only various
well-known scenic spots but also natural tourist attractions as yet
undeveloped. It will be an excellent reference for Inter-Korean
tourism.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">8) Traditional folk customs and food
are examined by region. Recipes for well-known food will be a valuable
source for the study and development of traditional food.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">9) There has been total lack in the
study of folk songs from all North Korea areas. ENKGC contains all
folk song words by province and will do much for the study of national
culture.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">10) Most North Koreans who are known
to South Korea are people in the field of politics, military and
economy. ENKGC describes people in the field of society, culture, art
and athletics, and will be useful for Inter-Korean exchange in
socio-culture.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Times New Roman">* Institute of Peace Affairs (IPA)
has recently published the complete 20 volume set including the volume
on Pyongyang. It is committed to offering up-to-date information by
publishing revisions in case of omissions or changes.</font></div>
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