North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is an East Asian country located on the northern half of the Korean Peninsula, bordering China and Russia to the north and South Korea to the south. It is a totalitarian state ruled by the Kim dynasty, with a heavily centralized command economy that focuses on heavy industry and a powerful military. The country is notorious for its severe human rights abuses, nuclear weapons program, and high degree of global isolation.