{"id":7159,"date":"2018-05-25T13:00:29","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T13:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/?p=7159"},"modified":"2018-05-24T14:55:25","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T14:55:25","slug":"10-insanely-weird-facts-north-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.isango.com\/theguidebook\/10-insanely-weird-facts-north-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Insanely Weird Facts About North Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"

You can\u2019t believe everything James Franco and Seth Rogan say, but as it turns out The Interview <\/em>isn\u2019t as ridiculous as you might assume\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\"North-Korea\"<\/p>\n

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All teachers play the accordion<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In the 1990s, teachers were legally required to be able play the accordion.<\/p>\n

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Elections are held every 5 years but only one name appears on the ballot<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Ensuring 100% victory for the leader every time.<\/p>\n

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Kim Jong-Il was a huge film buff<\/strong><\/h4>\n

At least that would explain why he kidnapped South Korean director Shin Sang-ok anyway.<\/p>\n

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They have their own version of \u2018Godzilla\u2019 <\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"North-Korea-Godzilla\"\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kim Jong-Il loved the film so much he commissioned his captive to make his own propagandistic version of it: \u2018Pulgasari\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Visiting Kim is the country\u2019s favourite pastime<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The state mausoleum is their most visited attraction.<\/p>\n

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They have a \u2018three generations of punishment\u2019 rule<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Commit a crime and your whole family held accountable \u2013 sorry grandma!<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

They only have three T.V. channels<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Which leaves us wondering how many families might be in prison for illegally watching soap operas.<\/p>\n

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Kim Jong-Il liked hard liquor and debauchery<\/strong><\/h4>\n

\"North<\/strong><\/p>\n

He\u2019s no Christian Grey but Kim reportedly guzzled his way through $763,000 of cognac a year and was once caught with a bondage magazine at school.<\/p>\n

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Its year 107, not 2018<\/strong><\/h4>\n

North Korea marks years from the birth of Kim Il-sung, not Jesus.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Korea isn\u2019t actually Communist<\/strong><\/h4>\n

So this is stretching the truth a little! However, according to Kim Il-Sung they operate under the\u00a0“Juche”<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0ideology and so aren\u2019t technically<\/em> a Communist nation. I\u2019m not buying it\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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