These differences are illustrated in per capita power consumption in the two countries with south korea at 10 162 kilowatt hours and north korea at 739 kilowatt hours.
Satellite photo of north and south korea at night.
The photos and a time lapse video of the region show the country as almost completely black in contrast to the bright lights of neighbors like south korea and japan.
See related north korea.
Coastlines are often very apparent in night imagery as shown by south korea s eastern shoreline.
But the coast of north korea is difficult to detect.
No single image could hope to capture the ruin and catastrophe brought upon the people of north korea by the despotic kim dynasty but famous satellite photos of the korean peninsula at night come.
Satellite images shed new light on the secretive state.
A photo taken from space and showing a pitch black north korea next to a brightly lit south korea is one of the most famous images of the country.
The south west including north hwanghae province south hwanghae province and the city of kaesong.
A nasa image released this week shows a recent night.