How can you not want to know more about North Korea? If you just love a mystery — there's no place in the world more mysterious than the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of North Korea).
Sadly, much of the country's secrecy hides tragedy and atrocities few of us can even imagine and terrifying weapons programs. At the same time, it's fascinating to ponder how a country goes from being, if not modern, at least somewhat industrialized — to being a backwards hermit nation.
We keep on complaining about our country but never appreciate what we have got. There is a saying that "People don't respect what they have got". So here are some facts about North Korea, Which after knowing you will realise that we are so lucky to not live in that country.
1. North Korea has 28
state-approved haircuts: 18 for women...
And 10 for men.
2. In North Korea, the year is 105, not 2016.
They use a calendar called
the Juche, based off the birth of Kim Il-Sung, not Jesus.
3. The Ryugyong Hotel dominates
the skyline of North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. With 105 floors, it's the 24th
largest building in the world — and its 3,000 rooms remain empty.
4. In 2014, Kim Jong-Un banned Choco
Pies because they were too popular and he feared they would
encourage an uprising — so South Korea launched 50
balloons carrying Choco Pies into North Korea.
5. Blue jeans are illegal in North
Korea.
They're considered a symbol of
American imperial.
7. Some crimes in North Korea carry a "three
generations" sentence for guilt by association.
8. North Korea produces so little electricity
that it's almost
completely dark at night.
9. Kim II Sung, founder of North Korea was born on the day the Titanic sank.
10. Every home and business in North Korea has
a radio tuned to a
government-controlled frequency that can't be turned off, only
turned down.
It's considered the "people's instrument"
because it can be carried along on a day of labor in the fields.
It resets North Korea's clocks to what it was
before Japanese rule.
13. In 2012, North Korea claimed to have found
the ancient lair of
a unicorn ridden by legendary King Tongmyong.
14. North Korea is one of only two countries in
the world where you can't buy a Coke.
(The other is Cuba.)
15. North Koreans effectively have no internet
access. A privileged few can access an internal network
called the Kwangmyong, which features 1,000 to 5,500
government-approved websites.
With barely more than 1,000 IP addresses available to be used on the internet for 25 million people, extremely few North Koreans have any internet access whatsoever.
By contrast, the US has billions of registered IP addresses for 316 million people.
And North Korea even uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.
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