This paper presents a basic picture of the current DPRK economy using official and non-official statistical data available so far. Sice the economic crisis of the 1990s the DPRK economy has consisted of two different sectors: formal socialist sector and informal (market) one. And it has had the following features. First, the DPRK population reached 24.5 million as dated of 1st October 2008, which was roughly half of the ROK population. Second, its GDP and per capita income were around 11 billion and 500 dollar respectively in the mid 2000s. Compared to the ROK, its economic size was only 1/80 and per capita income 1/40. Third, the country"s foreign trade has exceed 8 billion dollar since 2012, which was more than 50 % of its GDP. But its trading partners have been only numbered. In particular its trade with the ROK and China has approximately comprised for 90% of its total trade since the late 2000s. Fourth, due to the gradual increase of food production, the country has recovered from the famine of the mis and late 1990s since the early 2000s. At the same time however the overall economy including food and agriculture has been rapidly polarized between those who have and those not. Fifth, market or informal economic activities have increasingly dominated the DPRK economy, at least the daily lives of the ordinary DPRK people. According to surveys on the DPRK defectors and immigrants those engaged in market or informal economic activities have comprised up to 90% of total population. In terms of economic size however market has been estimated to explain around 30-40% of total economy.