North Korea
North Korea has the structural profile of a relatively industrialized country where nearly half of the Gross Domestic Product is generated by industry and human development is at medium levels. Purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is estimated at $40 billion, with a very low per capita value of $1,800. In 2012, Gross national income per capita was $1,523, compared to $28,430 in South Korea. The North Korean won is the national currency, issued by the Central Bank of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
South Korean won
The old "won" was a cognate of the Chinese yuan and Japanese yen. It is derived from the hanja (), meaning "currency" or "coin." The won was subdivided into 100 "jeon" (), itself a cognate of the Chinese character 錢 ("qián") which means "money" and also used as a unit of money in ancient times. The current won (1962 to present) is written in hangul only and does not officially have any hanja associated with it.