14 Interesting Facts about North Korea
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1. You can’t turn off the government radio installed in your home, only reduce the volume.
2. Idolatry in North Korea is such that it is second-nature for ordinary citizens to “rescue” portraits of Kim Il Sung before all else in the case of a house fire (there are even special bunkers for statues in case of war)
3. Many people don’t even know that man has walked on the moon.
4. There is no Internet, cell-phones have been banned.
5. A main cause for all problems are Americans. Mothers teach their children to sing songs about bad Americans, there are many postage stamps showing the death of “U.S imperialists”
6. A six-day work week, and another day of enforced “volunteer” work, ensures that the average citizen has virtually no free time.
7. The very first thing you do when you visit North Korea’s capital Pyongyang is visit and give a flower to a big statue of “Dear Leader”.
8. About 0.85% of the population are held in prison or detention camps.
9. Most traffic control is performed by female traffic directors (reportedly handpicked by Kim Jong-Il for their beauty), as the lights are switched off to save electricity.
10. Dogs are banned in Pyongyang to keep it clean.
11. Avarage wage in 2005 was 6$ (source: www.gluckman.com/NKFEER.html)
12. Visitors of North Korea are given special guides and can’t go anywhere without them.
13. North Koreans are used to often disappearing electricity and have many candles prepared.
14. North Korea has the fourth-largest military in the world, at an estimated 1.21 million armed personnel
(This is how North Korea looks from the space – a dark spot of the world. It also shows what is the difference between communism and capitalism as South Korea is very well lit.“Except for my wife and family, that is my favorite photo,” once saidSecretary Rumsfeld. Some people joke, that they must be the greenest, most eco-friendly country on the planet and every nation should follow their example. Oh and by the way, that one and only little white spot in North Korea is Pyongyang.)
(Wide streets without any traffic is a common thing in North Korea. A road to nowhere?)
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This is insane but with the shortage of electricity at least you only have to listen to it about 6 hours per day.
2. Idolatry in North Korea is such that it is second-nature for ordinary citizens to “rescue” portraits of Kim Il Sung before all else in the case of a house fire (there are even special bunkers for statues in case of war)
"Fuck the kids get the picture of the short fat guy" WTF? :facepalm:
3. Many people don’t even know that man has walked on the moon.
I bet many of them still think the moon is made of green cheese.
4. There is no Internet, cell-phones have been banned.
Even if they had internet and cell phones it would do them no good. Can you imagine of they had computers in their homes with the power shortage they have? It would cut the lights down to 3 hours per day. And you couldn't charge your cell phone half the time anyhow.
5. A main cause for all problems are Americans. Mothers teach their children to sing songs about bad Americans, there are many postage stamps showing the death of “U.S imperialists”
I want one of those stamps for lulz.
6. A six-day work week, and another day of enforced “volunteer” work, ensures that the average citizen has virtually no free time.
At least that keeps them away from those annoying radios in their homes.
7. The very first thing you do when you visit North Korea’s capital Pyongyang is visit and give a flower to a big statue of “Dear Leader”.
It sounds like a florist shop would be a great business there.
8. About 0.85% of the population are held in prison or detention camps.
I wonder how many are there for smashing radios.
9. Most traffic control is performed by female traffic directors (reportedly handpicked by Kim Jong-Il for their beauty), as the lights are switched off to save electricity.
The only great idea in this list.
10. Dogs are banned in Pyongyang to keep it clean.
They don't have any dogs, they ate them all.
11. Avarage wage in 2005 was 6$ (source: www.gluckman.com/NKFEER.html)
Well at least their electric bills are low.
12. Visitors of North Korea are given special guides and can’t go anywhere without them.
Who the hell visits that shit hole?
13. North Koreans are used to often disappearing electricity and have many candles prepared.
So Florists and candle makers are getting fat there.
14. North Korea has the fourth-largest military in the world, at an estimated 1.21 million armed personnel.
Saddam Hussein had the 6th largest army in the world and we see where that got him.
From what I can glean of that closed society those folks are so brainwashed you could never get them to revolt against their "Dear Leader".
lol because you made me laugh I will give you this in return.
^^ From Wikipedia.
Had to laugh at that lol
The problem with North Korea is that China is their bitch (for some reason) and has a lot of disposable troops.
Do you really think China gives a shit about the DPRK? Is that why they have so many lights? Do you think China would rick it's entire economy by going to war with it's biggest trading market?
They probably stop broadcasting at a certain hour though.
In regards to cell-phones. They aren't banned anymore. NK recently reported a wooping 500,000 handsets (make allowance for vast exaggeratioons). Likely closer to 50,000.