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Bbc News: North Korea a Political History WebsiteBbc News: North Korea a Political History Website
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BBC
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9th - 10th
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Social Studies & History
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Bbc News: North Korea a Political History

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This site from BBC News provides a good article on the political history of North Korea. Provides a picture, as well as information on Kim Il-sung and his effects upon North Korea. Topics also include a look ahead at the prospects for the future of North Korea.

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north korea

Additional Tags

kim il sung, north korean government, politics and government

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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