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North Korean defectors
North Korean defectors (북한이탈주민) are people who flee North Korea, mostly via China, to resettle chiefly in South Korea: about 34,600 arrivals since the Korean War, peaking at 2,914 in 2009, supported by Hanawon and Hana Centers.
North Korean destroyer Choe Hyon
The Choe Hyon is a North Korean guided-missile destroyer, the lead ship of its class and the largest surface combatant North Korea has built, commissioned in 2026.
North Korean destroyer Kang Kon
The North Korean destroyer Kang Kon (강건) is the second Choe Hyon-class guided-missile destroyer, which capsized at its 2025 launch and was commissioned at Wonsan in 2026.
North Korean involvement in the Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present)
North Korea's military support for Russia in the Russo-Ukrainian war: 11,000–15,000 troops (11th Corps/Storm Corps) in Kursk from October 2024, millions of artillery shells and KN-23 missiles, the June 2024 mutual defense treaty, casualty estimates, and payments in oil, cash, and missile technology.
North Korean nationalism
North Korean nationalism is the state-sponsored nationalism of the DPRK, built on juche (self-reliance), the Kim family cult, and anti-colonial legacy; it shifted in 2023-24 to a two-hostile-states doctrine abandoning unification.
North Korean remote worker scheme
North Korean remote worker scheme: state-run DPRK operation placing thousands of fake IT workers (Famous Chollima, PurpleDelta) in remote jobs via stolen identities, VPNs, and laptop farms, remitting 85-90% of earnings to fund weapons programs.
North Korean space program
The North Korean space program (DPRK space program) is North Korea's satellite and launch-vehicle effort, which placed its first military reconnaissance satellite, Malligyong-1, in orbit in 2023.
North Korean standard language
North Korean standard language, Munhwaŏ (문화어), 'cultured language', is the DPRK's official Korean standard based on the Pyongyang dialect, established after Kim Il-sung's 1964 and 1966 language statements, contrasting with Seoul-based Pyojuneo in vocabulary, spelling, and the 2023 protection law.
North Korean won
The North Korean won, also known as the DPRK won, is the blocked currency of North Korea, issued by the state's Central Bank and divided into 100 chon.
North Korean–Russian Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership
Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership: Russia–North Korea pact signed by Putin and Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, June 19, 2024, requiring immediate mutual military assistance if either is attacked, replacing the 2000 treaty.
North Kosovo
North Kosovo (Kosova e Veriut): four Serb-majority municipalities north of the Ibar River bordering Serbia, holding about 40% of Kosovo's Serbs, long run through Belgrade-backed parallel institutions and central to Kosovo-Serbia normalisation disputes.
North Lamar Independent School District
North Independent School District, also known as North Lamar ISD, is a public school district in Paris, Texas. It serves Lamar County and has an enrollment of 2,391 students.
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire is a Scottish council area northeast of Glasgow, established 1 April 1996 from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell, Monklands and part-Strathkelvin districts. Population 343,930 (2025), 4th of 32; largest town Cumbernauld; density 726 per sq km.
North Las Vegas
North Las Vegas, Nevada: independent incorporated city in Clark County on the northern Las Vegas Valley rim, incorporated May 1, 1946; 296,653 residents (2025 estimate), fastest-growing city in Nevada, with Apex Industrial Park and its own mayor-council government.
North Leigh
North Leigh, Oxfordshire village and parish, home of North Leigh Roman Villa, one of the largest Roman courtyard villas in Britain, with 60+ rooms, mosaics, hypocausts, and four bath suites.
North London
North London: the part of Greater London north of the Thames, an informal designation with conflicting planning, postal and cultural definitions; core boroughs Barnet, Enfield, Haringey, Camden, Islington; 996,334 people in the North sub-region.
North London derby
North London derby, Arsenal vs Tottenham Hotspur, the local football rivalry of North London. First played 1887; a true derby only after Arsenal's 1913 move to Highbury; first league derby 15 January 1921.
North Luzon Expressway
The North Luzon Expressway (NLEX), also called the North Diversion Road, is a Philippine toll expressway linking Metro Manila to Bulacan and Pampanga, opened in 1968.
North Macedonia
North Macedonia, formerly known as Macedonia, is a landlocked Balkan country whose capital is Skopje. It joined NATO in 2020 and began EU membership talks in 2022.
North Macedonia national football team (Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија)
North Macedonia national football team (Фудбалска репрезентација на Северна Македонија), nicknamed Risovi (Lynxes), the FFM-governed men's team based in Skopje; first major tournament at EURO 2020, beat Germany 2-1 in 2021 and Italy 1-0 in the 2022 World Cup play-offs.
North magnetic pole
The north magnetic pole is the Northern Hemisphere point where Earth's magnetic field points vertically downward, first located in 1831 and drifting from Arctic Canada toward Siberia.
North Maluku
North Maluku (Maluku Utara), Indonesian province created 1999 from Maluku, capital Sofifi, ~900 islands with Halmahera largest; nickel downstreaming at IWIP drives 13.73-19.64% growth.
North Melbourne Football Club
North Melbourne Football Club (Kangaroos, Shinboners), Australian rules club founded 1869, in the AFL since 1925; four VFL/AFL men's premierships and back-to-back 2024-2025 AFLW flags; based at Arden Street, plays at Marvel Stadium.
North Northamptonshire
North Northamptonshire is a unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, created on 1 April 2021 and covering the former districts of Corby, East Northamptonshire, Kettering, and Wellingborough.
North of Boston
North of Boston is the second poetry collection by the American poet Robert Frost, published in London in 1914 and establishing him as a major modern poet.
North of North
North of North is a Canadian comedy series created by Inuit filmmakers. It is Netflix's first Canadian original series, set in the Arctic town of Ice Cove.
North Oil Company
North Oil Company is a Qatari joint venture owned 70% by QatarEnergy and 30% by TotalEnergies that has operated Qatar's largest offshore oil field, Al Shaheen, since 2017.
North Ossetia–Alania (Республика Северная Осетия — Алания)
North Ossetia–Alania (Республика Северная Осетия — Алания) is a Russian republic in the North Caucasus with capital Vladikavkaz, about 8,000 km², Ossetian majority (68.3%), Ossetian and Russian official languages, and a predominantly Orthodox population.
North Ostrobothnia
North Ostrobothnia (Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Norra Österbotten) is a region of western and northern Finland with capital Oulu, NUTS code FI1D9, about 418,000 residents, and a border with Russian Karelia.
North Pacific Bank
North Pacific Bank (株式会社北洋銀行, Hokuyo Ginko) is a Sapporo-headquartered Japanese regional bank, the leading deposit- and loan-taker in Hokkaido, best known for assuming the sound business of Hokkaido Takushoku Bank after its 1997 collapse.