- Banned
- #1

North Korea is the worlds most corrupt nation, according to a new report which ranked the pariah state for the first time. The country tied with Somalia for dead last among 183 nations and territories, the Berlin-based corruption watchdog Transparency International said in its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, released Thursday. North Korea was given a score of 1.0the lowest of all rated countrieson a scale where 0 indicates highly corrupt and 10 represents very clean based on perceived levels of public-sector corruption.
North Korea