ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Foreign relations of North Korea

Okay kiddo, let's talk about North Korea and how they deal with other countries. You know how you have friends at school and sometimes you get into arguments or disagreements with them? Well, countries can have the same thing happen with each other. North Korea is a country that doesn't get along too well with some other countries in the world.

North Korea has their own special way of running their country and some other countries don't agree with that. North Korea is led by one person, kind of like a king or queen, and that person has a lot of power. That means the people in North Korea don't have a say in how their country is run like we do in some other places.

Because of how North Korea is run, some other countries don't want to have a relationship with them. They might not like the way North Korea treats their people or they might be worried about North Korea doing something dangerous. Because of this, it's hard for North Korea to get things like food, medicine, and other things they need to live.

North Korea also tries to keep a lot of secrets from other countries, which can also cause problems. They might not want to tell other countries what they're doing with their weapons or what they're up to. This makes it harder for other countries to trust them.

So instead of working together with other countries like some other places do, North Korea kind of does their own thing. It can be hard for them to get what they need and it can cause problems with the other countries they don't get along with. But there are some countries that North Korea does get along with and they work together to try and make things better.