Katzarov’´s Manual on Industrial Property

DPR of Korea

(DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA)

(WIPO code: KP) (last revised December 2022)

by KATZAROV SA, Geneva, Switzerland

General Information

Area

122,370 sq. km.

Population

25,955,138 (2022).

Capital

Pyongyang, with 3.133 million inhabitants (2022).

Official Language

Korean.

Currency

Won.

Economy

Industrial development is concentrated on heavy industry: electricity, metallurgy, machine building and chemicals, plus textiles and food processing.