20 Facts about North Korea

 20 Facts About North Korea

1.According to a textbook in North Korea, Kim Jong Un learned to drive at age 3.

2.In 1953, a North Korean fighter pilot defected to South Korea with his MiG-15 and was rewarded with US$100,000 by the U.S.

3.12,710 people have immigrated to North Korea since 1990.


4.North Korea holds elections every 5 years in which the ballots list only one candidate.

5.Wearing jeans is illegal in North Korea.

6.In North Korea, only military and government officials can own motor vehicles.

7.In 2013, North Korea's president killed his own uncle by throwing him naked into a cage with 120 starving dogs.

8.North Korea has its own operating system called Red Star OS.

9.North Koreans watched the 2014 World Cup on a 24-hour delay.

10.In the last 60 years, over 23,000 North Koreans have defected to South Korea. Only two South Koreans have gone to the North.

11.North Koreans may only choose from 28 approved haircuts.

12.In the 50s, North Korea built Kijong-dong, a “nice” city visible from the border, to encourage South Koreans in. It's actually a ghost city.

13.North Korea has 51 "Social Categories" ranked by their loyalty to the regime.

14.North Korean archaeologists announced the world in 2012 they "discovered" lair of the UNICORN ridden by legendary King Tongmyong 2000 years ago.

15.For 20 years, the World's Tallest Hotel was a 105-story empty pyramid in Pyongyang.

16.North Korea hosts the World's Largest Stadium seating 150,000 people.

17.North Korea is officially not Communist anymore. Since 2009 its ideology is called "Juche".

18.North Korea is the world's only nation to currently have a US Navy ship captured.

19.Possessing Bibles, watching South Korean movies and distributing pornography may be punished with death in North Korea.

20.North Korea uses a fax machine to send threats to South Korea.