Foreign Policy has published the 2008 Failed State Index.  North Korea comes in 15th place.  Ahead of it: 1. Somalia 2. Sudan 3. Zimbabwe 4. Chad 5. Iraq 6. Congo 7. Afghanistan 8. Cote d’Ivoire 9. Pakistan 10. Central African Republic 11. Guinea 12. Bangladesh  12. Burma 14. Haiti North Korea’s score was based on the … Continue reading Failed state index