Per capita incomes averaged 1.46 million won ($1,340) in the North last year, Statistics Korea said in statement, up five per cent. In the capitalist, democratic South, the comparable per-capita income figure was 31.98 million won — nearly 22 times higher. Other comparisons issued by Statistics Korea also put the South far ahead. South Korea’s total trade volume was put at $902 billion, almost 140 times the North’s $6.5 billion. Statistics Korea put the North’s 2016 population at 24.9 million, compared with 51.3 million in the South.AFPAFP/CC

Source: Manila Times December 18, 2017 03:00 UTC