20 secret facts about the mysterious North Korea

North Korea or, to use its full name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is a country where a dictatorship operates and power is inherited. It is so isolated and closed that getting into it is as difficult as leaving it later. Such isolation causes open interest not only among travel enthusiasts, but also among the whole world. We present the most interesting facts hiding behind the borders of this state.

DPRK 104 year

According to the Juche calendar, the summer calendar in North Korea starts from the birthday of Kim Il Sung. Therefore, now there is not 2015, but only 104 years.

The largest stadium in the world

The largest sports arena, the First May Stadium, has been built in this country. It can accommodate up to 150 thousand people.

Legal marijuana

Marijuana is not considered a drug here, so it is completely legal.

The highest hotel "Ryugyon"

About 20 years old, the 105-story Ryugyon, whose height is 330 meters, was considered the highest in the world. The construction that began in 1987 is still not completed.

The DPRK population is divided into 51 “social categories” depending on “loyalty to the regime”

In the country, only members of the government and the military have the right to have their own car

Residents of the country use their own operating system Red Star OS

This is the only country with a formerly captured USS

Over 60 years, more than 23 thousand residents fled from North Korea to South, while only two fled from South to North

In 2009, the country officially changed its state policy from communism to Juche

In the DPRK, you can not wear jeans, it is prohibited

Residents of North Korea can not do hairstyles that do not match the list approved by the state

Total allowed hairstyles 28.

The country has built a propaganda village to lure the population of North Korea

In the 1950s, a village was built near the borders with South Korea, whose splendor, which in fact was only a sham, was supposed to attract the inhabitants of South Korea.

Kim Il Sung, the founder of the DPRK, was born on April 15, 1912. It was on this day that the infamous Titanic drowned

North Korean archaeologists find the skeleton of a unicorn ridden by Tongmung, founder of the Goguryeo dynasty and country

Such a statement came in 2012. According to North Korean archaeologists, King Tongmung rode this unicorn about two thousand years ago.

Six American soldiers, who sided with the DPRK in 1962, still live in this country.

In North Korea, those who hold the Bible, watch South Korean films or engage in the distribution of pornographic videos, are sentenced to death

Despite the fact that elections are held every 5 years in the country, there is always only one candidate on the ballots

North Korea sends fax threats to South Korea

In 2014, the DPRK population watched the World Cup with a delay of 24 hours

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