11.Juche ideology
North Koreans follow the Juche Ideology. You are allowed to follow other religion as long as you are respecting Juche! It goes as follows:
- Everyone could control his own destiny and the power lies within his own body. (If it contradicts what you thought of North Korean’s destiny, read on…)
- The Leader is the head, the Party is the body, the People are cells.
- Therefore, body and cells should listen to the command of the head. If there’s no head, life will be lost
12.Who doesn’t want to watch the TV?
Internet and TV are rare sources in this country… The Internet is accessible to only elite people and the content is monitored by the government. And for television, there are only three channels which again are state monitored…
13.Portraits of Kim Il Sung
Where ever you go you will find a portrait or a statue of Kim Il Sung! It’s like he is shouting out from the portrait and telling you – “Devotees, I am omnipresent”!
14.Empty highways
Highways are usually empty as people seldom travel! When you have to get a permit even to travel from one place to another in your own country, would you like to travel?
15.What is considered as a crime, if not smoking pot?
Might you have wondered right? Being even in possession of a Bible is a crime. So are watching South Korean movies and Distribution of p*rn! These are the serious crimes, can be punishable by death!
16.You are not allowed to be born on certain days!
Well yeah! Where everything is this weird, this doesn’t seem weird at all! If you are born on July 8 or December 17, you ought to change your birthday officially and are not allowed to celebrate the birth on that day! Reason? As it turns out, these are the dates that Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-Il died!
The essence of freedom is felt when you are really “free”! Can you term being in a box as free? The concept of being a citizen of North Korea feels similar. No exposure to the outer world! On top of that they claim 99% literacy! Is knowledge gained just by books? What do you think?
