You think you know everything about North Korea, land of military parades and communism under the dictatorship of one man? Due to large effort of the regime to block any contact of ordinary population with foreigners, to look deeper in the mysterious life of North Korea is extremely hard. Many true and false stories are told about it.
Did you know that the China sent help by train to North Korea, and Koreans as a “sign of gratitude” confiscated the train and forced the locomotive engineers to go back to China on foot? War that they lead against their neighbor lasts for over 60 years. In that time there was about 150 armed incidents. There are many INTERESTING INFORMATION REGARDING KIM JONG, who was believed that will “soften the politics” of his father, unfortunately that did not happen. If you want to learn something new about this, to us, unexplainable country, look at this brief attachments about 10 unbelievable things related to North Korea.
10FACT No 10
The Korean Central News Agency reported the discovery of a unicorn lair in 2012. The lair is home to the unicorn that the Korean founder King Tongmyong used to ride.
09FACT No 9
In 2006 China sent aid to North Korea through its train-line. The North Korean kept the aid and the trains, making the Chinese workers walk back to China.
08FACT No 8
North Korea and South Korea are still technically in a state of war. There have been over 150 incidents between the two since 1953.
07FACT No 7
Kim Jong-il is thought to have killed his brother in his family´s swimming pool. At the time of these claims he was five years old.
06FACT No 6
In 1978 South Korea director Shin Sang-ok and his actress wife, were kidnapped. They were forced to produce films for North Korea, including socialist rip-offs of Godzilla.
05FACT No 5
On average, North Koreans are two inches shorter than South Koreans. The minimum height for the North Korean army was lowered by an inch recently.
04FACT No 4
North Korea has a 99 percent literacy rate, that´s the same as the USA and UK, and higher than Italy, Spain, China, Brazil and India.
03FACT No 3
In every household there is a government controlled radio. Reportedly this radio can only be turned down, but cannot be switched off.
02FACT No 2
Propaganda states that at Kim-Jong-il´s birth a star lit up the sky, the seasons changed and double rainbows appeared.
01FACT No 1
His official biography states that he did not need to use the toilet. Kim-Jong-il also invented the hamburger and shot 38 under par on an 18 holes course which is five holes in one – 25 shots better than the best round in history.