In 2014, South Korean Christians put up a Christmas tree visible from the North Korean Border. North Korea responded by calling it a “tool for psychological warfare” and threatened to bomb it.
According to a 2011 North Korean government study; China…
According to a 2011 North Korean government study; China is the world’s happiest nation, followed by North Korea. “The American Empire” came in last.
There is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern…
There is a fake village devoid of human life on the southern border of North Korea. It is known as a “Propaganda Village” and was used as a decoy to lure South Korean defectors.
While North Korea is abundant in natural resources…
While North Korea is abundant in natural resources worth trillions of dollars, most of these often cannot be mined due to the acute shortage of electricity in the country, as well as the lack of proper tools to mine these materials and an antiquated industrial base.
Chinese tourists in North Korea has been criticized…
Chinese tourists in North Korea has been criticized for throwing sweets at North Korean children ‘like they’re feeding ducks’.
More than 900 American troops were alive at the end of the Korean War…
More than 900 American troops were alive at the end of the Korean War but were never released by the North Koreans. In 1996, as many as 15 of them might have still been alive.
A drunk North Korean man passed out on a wooden board to find himself in…
A drunk North Korean man passed out on a wooden board to find himself in South Korea the next day as a flood washed him and the board to an island controlled by South Korea.
North Korea claims to have sunk the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore and even preserved…
North Korea claims to have sunk the heavy cruiser USS Baltimore and even preserved the ship that “sunk it” in a museum. The USS Baltimore was never deployed to Korea and was scrapped in 1972.
After 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ…
After 2 US officers were killed while trying to cut down a tree in the DMZ, the US and South Korea sent 813 soldiers, 27 helicopters and nuclear-capable bombers to the DMZ to supervise the cutting down of the tree. North Korean soldiers watched in silence as the tree was cut down in 42 minutes.
North Korea is the only country to have been caught cheating…
North Korea is the only country to have been caught cheating at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Twice.