The autocratic Communist regime of North Korea is a state with the world’s strangest and bizarre rules in operation. You can’t even guess the intensity of the autocratic rule and its impact on the common man’s life by looking at the ‘seemingly’ naive face of Kim Jong
Un. North Korea is a hub of strangeness with a shroud of mystery wrapped over it. Let’s unwrap it and view some extremely strange rules in operation there besides the one which asks people to believe that the deceased founder Kim Il-Sung still rules the regime in spirit form
1.Exemplary calendar of North Koreans!
Its 21st century for the world, but for North Koreans, it is 106th Juche year. The North Korean Juche calendar begins from April 15, 1912, the date of birth of its founder Kim Il-Sung.
2.Watch freely only these 3 channels
A country with strict scrutiny over its citizens, the North Korean regime has a tight media control. There are only 3 television channels to choose from which display only government controlled programs.
3.Every night a power cut night!
Due to the severity of the energy crisis in the country, every night powercuts happen in North Korea. A photo taken from space showed a dark North Korea which stood apart from the brightly lit South Korea.
4. Not choose, just vote
North Korea has been ruled by the same family since 1948, so we can guess that the elections may be conducted as mere rituals. But the thing is, more than that elections are held every year with only one candidate to choose from whether its mayor election, electing provincial governors or local assembly elections.
5.If your children want to study, bring desks and chairs from homes
In North Korea, parents have to provide desks and chairs to their children who study in schools. Some students are even forced to do laborious tasks for the government such as collecting discarded material.
6. If One sin, the whole generation has to suffer
North Korea follows a 3-generation punishment rule where the one who committed the crime is punished along with his/her entire bloodline, including the grandparents, parents, and children.
7.Religious freedom, a myth!
Being a Communist nation, North Korea calls itself an atheist state. Religious freedom is a myth and if anyone is caught practicing any religion will be persecuted! But every common people has to bow down to the ruler and observe all the rituals as directed while visiting the hall where the preserved body of Kim Jong Il is kept. Shortly, only worship the ruler as God and observe the Communist religion and perform its rituals. Are you feeling any similarity between a Kerala Communist party and this regime? Pray that it’s a pure coincidence.
8. Preserved Kim Jong Il, worship him as said by the state
To reaffirm the sole proprietorship of North Korea, the regime there had preserved the dead body of North Korea’s late leader Kim Jong-Il in a glass tomb. Those who visit the tomb, including the tourists, are required to bow down at his feet and arms. No chance you may disobey for your life.
9.Surrender your poop to the government
With South Korea’s blockade on sending fertilizers to North Korea in 2008, the latter suffered an acute shortage of fertilizers. To overcome that the North Korean regime made a new law which asked the citizens to collect their poop and hand it over to the authorities to help the country’s agriculture.
10.A whole village for propaganda
Although the Communists all over the world screams at the right-wing politicians over their alleged ‘propaganda’ against Communism, the Communist country of North Korea survives on the Propaganda activities. The height of propaganda is that they have established a whole propaganda village to make the South Koreans bite their nails due to envy. In 1953, the Korean Demilitarized Zone was established to end the war between two Koreas. On this border, lies the village of Kijong-Dong which was solely built to create an impression of economic prosperity in North Korea.
But those who had observed from South Korea said that the village was just a sham with no one living there and just some occasional sightings of the workers who sweep the streets. The village is believed to be built to make a fake show of development to attract the South Korean defectors.
So feel blessed that you weren’t born in North Korea. For the hardcore Communists in Kerala who have printed Kim Jong Un’s face for the election flex boards, you should know that you were glorifying a dictator who has scant regard for human rights or human lives in general.
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