NORTH KOREA - Be good at land management

Heyy... look at what I found in my mailbox today!.  My first written card from North Korea (..smile... a long smirky smile...)  From uritours, I remember giving my address last year when they offer North Korea's postcard for a limited time.  By the time I submit my address they informed that the country is closed for tourism but once it re-opens in the new year they will send again.  And I think, my chances are slim.  But hey, who would know the future, right!

The card was mail on April 25, 2015, travelling for almost 5 months! And I'm just glad it finally arrived.  North Korea make to the list as country #149.

The caption reads, "Let's convert our whole country into green Mountains and fields! To Do that, let's be good at land management."

"North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK; Chosŏn'gŭl: 조선민주주의인민공화국; hancha: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in East Asia, in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. The name Korea is derived from the Kingdom of Goryeo, also spelled as Koryŏ. The capital and largest city is Pyongyang. North Korea shares a land border with China to the north and north-west, along the Amnok (Yalu) and Tumen rivers, and a small section of the Tumen River also forms a border with Russia to the north-east. The Korean Demilitarized Zone marks the de facto boundary between North Korea and South Korea. The legitimacy of this border is not accepted by either side, as both states claim to be the legitimate government of the entire peninsula. 

The Empire of Japan annexed Korea in 1910. After the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II in 1945, Korea was divided into two zones by the United States and the Soviet Union, with the north occupied by the Soviets and the south by the Americans. Negotiations on reunification failed, and in 1948 two separate governments were formed: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in the north, and the Republic of Korea in the south. These conflicting claims of sovereignty led to the Korean War (1950–53). Although the Korean Armistice Agreement brought about a ceasefire, no official peace treaty was ever signed. Both states were accepted into the United Nations in 1991."

I love this stamp, the color is so lovely.  Issued in 2006 in a set of 8 stamps featuring Mountain Kumgang Scenery MNH VERY BEAUTIFUL.