 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pasi pokutungamirira kwake, North Korea yakaumbwa senyika yechiKomonisiti ine upfumi hwakarongwa nehurumende. Yaiva noukama hwepedyo hwezvematongerwe enyika nehwemari neSoviet Union. Pakupera kwema1950 uye muma1960 nema1970, North Korea yainakidzwa noupenyu hwepamusoro kupfuura hweSouth, iyo yakanga ichitambura nenyonganyonga yezvematongerwe enyika nedambudziko rezveupfumi. Mamiriro ezvinhu akachinjwa muma1980, sezvo South Korea yakanga ichangobva kugadzikana yakava simba rezvehupfumi iro rakasimudzirwa neJapan neAmerica mari, rubatsiro rwemauto uye kukura kwehupfumi hwemukati, nepo North Korea yakamira uye ikadzikira panguva imwecheteyo. Kusiyana kwakamuka pakati peNorth Korea neSoviet Union, mukuru pakati pavo aive Kim Il-sung uzivi hwe Juche, iyo yakanangana nenyika yeKorea, kuzvimiririra uye kushamwaridzana. Pasinei neizvi, nyika yakagamuchira mari, rubatsiro uye rubatsiro kubva kuUSSR neEastern Bloc kusvika pakuparara kweUSSRmuna 1991. Kurasikirwa nebetsero yezveupfumi kwakakonzerwa kwakakanganisa hupfumi hweNorth, zvichikonzera nzara yakapararira muna 1994. Munguva iyi, North Korea yakaramba ichitsoropodza kuvapo kwesimba rekudzivirira reUnited States mudunhu iri, iro raifunga kuti raive reumambo, rakapamba ngarava yeAmerica USS Pueblo muna 1968, yaive chikamu chekupinda nekuparadza mushandirapamwe wekubatanidzazve peninsula pasi pehutongi hweNorth Korea. Kim akararama makore anodarika makumi mana kupfuura shamwari dzake Joseph Stalin uye Mao Zedong anenge makore makumi maviri, uye akaramba ari pachigaro panguva yehutungamiri hwevatungamiri vatanhatu veSouth Korea uye vatungamiri gumi veUnited States. Anozivikanwa soMutungamiri Mukuru Suryong, akatanga kunamatwa kwevanhu kunotonga zvematongerwe enyika muNorth Korea. 