11 unknow facts that you might not know about North Korea.

    After world war II North Korea become separate from Korea. Kim Jong-un is a Supreme leader of North Korea. His powerful uncle was stripped naked, thrown into a cage, and eaten alive by a pack of ravenous dogs. Well this is weird. People says that this was done by Kim Jong Un.

Here is some unknown facts that you might not know about North Korea.

1. In North Korea there are only 28 state-approved Haircuts.

- Woman can choose one of 18 hairstyles and its depends on whether they are married or not.

- 10 for men, they can not grow their hairs longer then 12cm. Older men can grow up to 8cm.

2. The year is 105.

Do you know? In North Korea, the current year is 105, not 2016. They are using 'Juche' calendar, on basis of the birth of Kim II-Sung, not Jesus.

3. The Ryugyong Hotel.

This hotel is in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang. It is the 24th largest building in the world,With 105 floors— and its 3,000 rooms still remain empty.

 

4. Blue jeans are illegal.

Because, They're considered blue jeans as symbol of American imperialism.

 

5. Pot is legal in North Korea.

According to multiple reports from visitors and experts, North Korea either has no law against the sale and consumption of weed, or it has a law that is largely unenforced.  

6. North Korea produces so less electricity that it's almost completely dark at night.

In South Korea, people consume around 10,164 kilowatt hours of power each person, every year. Where North Korean people use just 749. All the streets shut down, and people go to bed early because there is nothing else to do in the darkness.

7.  In North Korea, every teacher in the school is required to play the accordion.

They considered it as a "people's instrument" because it can be carried along on a day of labor in the fields.
 

8. In North Korea you can not buy a Coke.

(There is one more country in the world where you can not buy a Coke,which is Cuba.)

9. North Koreans effectively have no-internet-access. Only few can access an internal network called the Kwangmyong, which includes 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.Where, the US has billions of registered IP addresses for 316 million people.

10. In North Korea, Only military and government officials can own motor vehicles.

Motor vehicle ownership in North Korea is mostly restricted to government and military officials, while for ordinary citizens owning a car is the equivalent of owning a private jet in the first world.

Overall, the amount of cars per 1000 people is  around 1 to 10. 

11. North Korea spent about one third of its national income on the military, according to a 2011 report from the South Korean government.

 

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