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- North Korea is home to more than 25 million people, who live under a form of communist rule, which strictly controls all areas of daily life. People have to ask permission to travel around and it's difficult for visitors to enter the country too.
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- Listening to foreign music or watching films in a foreign language are considered criminal activities. In 2015, Kim Jong Un issued a decree to scrap all cassette tapes and CDs which had state-banned songs in order to contain dissent.
- Making international calls is a crime. In 2007, a man who made several international calls was killed.
- Falling asleep in a meeting while Kim speaks could fetch a capital punishment. North Korean defence minister Hyon Yong-chol was executed in 2015 with an anti-aircraft gun in front of over 100 people for having fallen asleep during one of Kim Jong Un's events.
- Anything that disrespects the family of Kim Jong Un, the North Korean government or the politicians is considered an act of blasphemy and may be met with severe punishment.
Dec 3, 2017 · These interesting North Korea facts couldn't be true of any other country and prove that the Hermit Kingdom is even stranger than you thought.
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Jun 1, 2021 · North Korea was formed in September 1948 with help from the Soviet Union. Here are 20 facts to give you a glimpse into this secretive country.
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- Pyongyang is surprisingly pretty from above. This flyover video of Pyongyang, North Korea’s largest city, is a rare sight, filled with pastel-colored buildings along a winding river.
- The military is part of residents’ everyday lives (a really deep part). “You see them everywhere. They’re not just the country’s defense, they’re part of North Korea’s entire identity,” National Geographic photographer David Guttenfelder says.
- Pyongyang holds glimpses of beauty. 1 of 18. Photograph by Ed Jones, AFP/Getty. These images by Ed Jones capture North Koreans as they wait at bus stops in the capital of Pyongyang.
- A volcano on the peninsula could erupt. Sprinkled with villages and blueberries, the sacred and beautiful volcano Mount Paektu has been rumbling in recent years, prompting an international effort to study its underbelly.
North Korea rejects the concept of collective cooperation to help itself and others, making it a near-literal hell on earth, isolated from the rest of the world. Here, we bring you 27 weird and bizarre facts about North Korea that will make you thankful you don’t live there.
Jun 15, 2023 · Gone are the days they could eat plain rice. Her hungry neighbours have started knocking at the door asking for food, but she has to turn them away. “We are living on the front line of life,” she...
