Economic aid - recipient:
NA; note - over $117 million in food aid through the World Food
Program in 2003 plus additional aid from bilateral donors and
non-governmental organizations
Currency (code):
North Korean won (KPW)
Currency code:
KPW
Exchange rates:
official: North Korean won per US dollar - 170 (December 2004), 150
(December 2002), 2.15 (December 2001); market: North Korean won per
US dollar - 300-600 (December 2002)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Communications Korea, North
Telephones - main lines in use:
1.1 million (2001)
Telephones - mobile cellular:
NA
Telephone system:
general assessment: NA
domestic: NA
international: country code - 850; satellite earth stations - 1
Intelsat (Indian Ocean) and 1 Russian (Indian Ocean region); other
international connections through Moscow and Beijing
Radio broadcast stations:
AM 17 (including 11 stations of Korean Central Broadcasting
Station), FM 14, shortwave 14 (2003)