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Title: The Europa World Year Book 1993 Volume II (Kazakhstan-Zimbabwe)
Publisher: Europa Publications Limited
ISBN Number: 0-900362, 0-905118, 0-946653, 1-85743
Book Year: 1993
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief

TOTAL POINTS

Word Count (40)	Accuracy (40)	Visuals (15)	Bibliography (5)
13,900	Portrayal: 10	Total: 47	Works Cited: 0
	Care of facts: 10	Maps: 0
	Up-to-date: 10	Pict./Illust.: 0
	Romanization: 7	Chart/Graph: 47
POINTS: 40	37	15	0

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Page	Topic
1672	NORTH KOREA -- STATISTICAL SURVEY
1672	Area and Population: • Area, Population, and Density • Principal Towns (estimated population, 1986) • Births and Deaths (UN estimates, annual-averages) • Economically Active Population (ILO estimates, '000 persons at mid-1980)
1673	Agriculture: • Principal Crops (FAO estimates, '000 metric tons) • Livestock (FAO estimates, '000 head, year ending September) • Livestock Products (FAO estimates, '000 metric tons)
1673	Forestry: • Roundwood Removals (FAO estimates, '000 cu m, excluding bark)
1673	Fishing (FAO estimates, '000 metric tons, live weight)
1673	Mining (estimated production. '000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated)
1673	Industry: • Selected Products (estimated production, '000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated)
1673	Finance: • Currency and Exchange Rates • Budget (estimates, million won)
1673-74	External Trade: • Selected Commodities (FAO estimates, US $ million) • Selected Trading Partners, 1991 (US $ million)
1674	Transport: • International Sea-Borne Shipping (estimated freight traffic, '000 metric tons)
1674	Communications Media
1674	Education (1986)
1684	SOUTH KOREA -- STATISTICAL SURVEY
1684	Area and Population: • Area, Population and Density • Principal Towns (population at 1990 census) • Births and Deaths • Economically Active Population (annual averages, '000 persons aged 15 and over)
1684-85	Agriculture: • Principal Crops ('000 metric tons) • Livestock (recorded numbers at December) • Livestock Products ('000 metric tons)
1685	Forestry: • Roundwood Removals ('000 cu m, excluding bark) • Sawnwood Production ('000 cu m, including boxboards)
1685	Fishing ( '000 metric tons)
1685	Mining
1685	Industry: • Selected Products ('000 metric tons, unless otherwise indicated)
1686-87	Finance: • Currency and Exchange Rates • Budget ('000 million won) • International Reserves (US $ million at 31 December) • Money Supply ('000 million won at 31 December) • Cost of Living (Consumer Price Index; base: 1985 = 100) • National Accounts ('000 million won at current prices) • Balance of Payments (US $ million)
1687-88	External Trade: • Principal Commodities (distribution by SITC, US $ million) • Principal Trading Partners (US $ '000)
1689	Transport: • Railways (traffic) • Road Traffic (motor vehicles in use at 31 December) • Sea-Borne Shipping (freight traffic, '000 metric tons) • Civil Aviation
1689	Tourism: • Visitors by Country of Residence (Including Koreans residing abroad)
1689	Communications Media
1689	Education (1992)

Comments

This yearbook has very little narrative. It is mostly tables of data of various types. In addition to considerable statistical data it gives addresses and phone numbers of government agencies and major communications organizations, newspapers, TY and radio stations, and a number of private companies.

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Title: Britannica Book of the Year
Publisher: Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc.
ISBN Number: 0-85229-529-4
Book Year: 1992
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief

TOTAL POINTS

Word Count (40)	Accuracy (40)	Visuals (15)	Bibliography (5)
9,300	Portrayal: 10	Total: 11	Works Cited: 0
	Care of facts: 10	Maps: 0
	Up-to-date: 10	Pict./Illust.: 7
	Romanization: 8	Chart/Graph: 4
POINTS: 26.8	38	3.5	0

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Page	Topic
29B	Seoul, the capital of South Korea and one of the world's largest metropolises
29C	President Roh Tae Woo meets with the vice-chairman of the Board of Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica [a little self-serving subtle advertising]
29D	President Roh Tae Woo
29E	Hyundai automobiles line a dock in preparation for export
29F	Athletes and spectators participate in the opening ceremonies of the 24^th Olympic Games, held in Seoul in 1988
29F	Quotation from remarks made by President Roh Tae Woo on his return from the Soviet Union in December 1990
399	South Korea Prime Minister Chung Won Shik leaves Hankuk University of Foreign Studies in Seoul after students pelted him with eggs and flour

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Page	Topic
91	World Fisheries, 1989--North and South Korean represented
160	Major World Dams Under Construction in 1991--North Korea cited twice
398	General Information on North and South Korea

Comments

Inconsistencies from year to year:

From 89 to 90, in North Korea there is an increase in military personnel of over 150,000, and no increase from 91 to 92.
From 90 to 91, in South Korea there is an increase in military personnel of 100,000.
APC of South Korea doubles from 89 to 90.
There is a reduction of aircraft from 89 to 90 and from 91 to 92.

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Title: The Americana Annual
Publisher: Grollier incorporated
ISBN Number: 0-7172
Book Year: 1995
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief

TOTAL POINTS

Word Count (40)	Accuracy (40)	Visuals (15)	Bibliography (5)
6,300	Portrayal: 10	Total: 6	Works Cited: 0
	Care of facts: 10	Maps: 0
	Up-to-date: 10	Pict./Illust.: 3
	Romanization: 8	Chart/Graph: 3
POINTS: 18.1	38	1.9	0

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Page	Topic
297	South Korean President Kim Young Sam reviewed troops during Armed Forces Day on Oct. 1, 1994.
299	Twelve days after the death of Kim Il Sung, hundreds of thousands of mourners attend a memorial service for the self-proclaimed Great Leader in P'yöngang.
393	Kim Il Sung; Communist revolutionary and North Korean president.

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Page	Topic
130	World Motor Vehicle Data, 1993 - South Korea represented for passenger car and truck/bus production, and motor vehicle registration.
289	South Korea Information Highlights - 10 general information categories.
300	North Korea Information Highlights - 7 general information categories.

Comments

A low number of visuals and total words brought the overall point score down. However, the accuracy score was quite high, and the reviewers were impressed with the text. There was an obvious over abundance of information dealing with North Korea, owing to the death of Kim Il Sung in 1994, and to the tense nuclear situation in that country.

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Title: The 1993 World Book Year Book (1992 Review)
Publisher: World Book, Inc.
ISBN Number: 0-7166
Book Year: 1993
Reviewer: Hae Kyoung Kim, Scott Moncrief

TOTAL POINTS

Word Count (40)	Accuracy (40)	Visuals (15)	Bibliography (5)
1,300	Portrayal: 9	Total: 5	Works Cited: 0
	Care of facts: 10	Maps: 0
	Up-to-date: 10	Pict./Illust.: 3
	Romanization: 8	Chart/Graph: 2
POINTS: 3.8	37	1.6	0

Pictures or Illustrations

Page	Topic
114	The largest building in Asia, the 105-story Yu Kyong Hotel in Pyongyang, North Korea, was sagging so severely in 1992 that it may never open
149	Korean-Americans in Los Angeles demonstrate for peace in May after looters destroyed many Korean-owned businesses during widespread rioting
293	North Koreans in April honor the 80th birthday of the "Great Leader," President Kim Il-song, who had ruled the Communist nation since 1946

Charts or Graphs

Page	Topic
86	Facts in brief on Asian countries: • North Korea -- Population, Government, Monetary unit, Exports & Imports (million US$) • South Korea -- Population, Government, Monetary unit, Exports & Imports (million US$)

Comments

The reviewers felt that other news items could have been photographed. Notably, the talks between North and South Korea, and the democratic elections held in the south. However, the content of the photographs improved in '93. Previously only one photo was selected, usually of students and police at the height of a demonstration. The portrayal in this edition was greatly improved.

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