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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Nobody: 5:49pm On Oct 02, 2020
crackhaus:

Na so, story... cheesy

A city in NK, yet majority of the people there are starving and eating grass like Nebuchadnezzar
Na so we see am, the country might have issues but that grass story and everything op posted sounds so untrue.

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by yaki84: 5:53pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:


Some are real some are fake news

Imagine NatGeo a network whose HQ is domiciled in Washington DC America, and it's CEO is an American by the name Gary Knell


The very day North Korea surrenders it's nuclear program to US, and bows to Western Supremacist the very day US would start painting them differently


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Bro NK is bad, any country that is secretive and does not allow foreign media houses to capture it is evil. Let's say BBC and CNN are western media, how about Al Jazeera is it western too?
When Kim was ill, nobody knew what happened, it was all speculation till he surface again.

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Arkmanbuddy(m): 5:53pm On Oct 02, 2020
lazypenguin2000:


Those hackers work for a government office called Room 39. Their job...to raise money for the Kims

They don't work in the country, most of them are based in China.

Most of NK uses a self contained intranet. CAN'T have them exposed to dangerous ideas.. wink

You've been watching Aljazeerah abi? Continue!
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Yoighaman(m): 5:54pm On Oct 02, 2020
Vianna:
Honorable mentions

In 2013, Kim Jong Un released a list of haircuts that people in the country are allowed. There are 28 (18 for women, 10 for men) state-approved hairstyles that people can keep.

Tourists visiting the country have to deposit their phones and computers and are allowed to take them back only before returning. Guides accompany tourists who must religiously follow the what guards say.

Falling asleep in a meeting while Kim speaks could fetch a capital punishment. North Korean defence minister Hyon Yong-chol was executed in 2015 with an anti-aircraft gun in front of over 100 people for having fallen asleep during one of Kim Jong Un's events.

If Kim were to be a Pastor, this means he would have executed a quarter of his congregation if not half of them for falling asleep.

On another note, all these listed conditions are mind-boggling, so how do people live and cope in that country; personally, I cannot survive living for 5 minutes; God forbid bad thing...
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by henryobinna(m): 5:55pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:



You serve who you want, that's freedom humans should have, and you should practice whatever religion, follow who ever you like Jesus of Kim Jong ung


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Look at you mentioning North Korea and freedom in the same sentence.

I'm glad you're talking about every human having freedom of worshipping whoever or whatever they want but unfortunately your darling North Korea does not grant its citizens that same freedom.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Absoj(m): 5:57pm On Oct 02, 2020
grin
Vianna:
Honorable mentions

In 2013, Kim Jong Un released a list of haircuts that people in the country are allowed. There are 28 (18 for women, 10 for men) state-approved hairstyles that people can keep.

Tourists visiting the country have to deposit their phones and computers and are allowed to take them back only before returning. Guides accompany tourists who must religiously follow the what guards say.

Falling asleep in a meeting while Kim speaks could fetch a capital punishment. North Korean defence minister Hyon Yong-chol was executed in 2015 with an anti-aircraft gun in front of over 100 people for having fallen asleep during one of Kim Jong Un's events.
grin shocked shocked o boy! That's gruesome.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by tolguy(m): 5:59pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:
cool



. Western Media Propaganda again


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true,expect this when you reject modern slavery

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by solmus: 6:00pm On Oct 02, 2020
yaki84:

Bro NK is bad, any country that is secretive and does not allow foreign media houses to capture it is evil. Let's say BBC and CNN are western media, how about Al Jazeera is it western too?
When Kim was ill, nobody knew what happened, it was all speculation till he surface again.

You speak because you have both Arab and Western/ middle East colonial programming

Us / UN sanctioned your so called western Media not North Korea ... North Korea couldn't sanction anybody... And since they didn't get 500,000 humans killed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb they keep calm to fight another day unlike Dumb Africans that bowed and got colonised

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Slimpotter(m): 6:00pm On Oct 02, 2020
lazypenguin2000:



I wish it was, but no

NK is an absolute dictatorship. Ruled for the beneft of the Kims and the Kims alone.

You wish it was because your source is so credible or what?
if you can't see the compilation of lies in this tweet then sorry.

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by crackhaus: 6:01pm On Oct 02, 2020
SegFault:

Na so we see am, the country might have issues but that grass story and everything op posted sounds so untrue.
As well every country has issues, but the lies are quite ridiculous. LOL

The US government still hasn't found out who was really behind the assassination of JFK which happened right in their backyard, but somehow they know who is responsible for assassinating people in far-away NK. grin

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Kayouzka(m): 6:01pm On Oct 02, 2020
lazypenguin2000:



I wish it was, but no

NK is an absolute dictatorship. Ruled for the beneft of the Kims and the Kims alone.

Don't believe whatever lies you are told by the west. You have to see it first
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Slimpotter(m): 6:04pm On Oct 02, 2020
KingAzubuike:


They might not be propaganda. There are alot of documentaries I watched on natgeo about NK. Undercover agents with the aid of secret cams. Some of those things are real. And below is a quote from quora



North Korea is a very isolated nation, and deliberately so - I hope you will agree with me on that much? It is therefore nearly impossible to know anything in detail. Most of what we do know comes from defectors - people from North Korea who escaped. There are many books and documentaries about their experiences if you want to know about life in North Korea.

Needless to say, you will need to work very hard to disprove their accounts.

We also have things like satellite imagery, DPRK state broadcasts, and a handful of people who risk much to smuggle technology into the country who can report on what people tell them. The rest is a process of fitting the pieces together and making deductions.

As for why there might be lies and propaganda: I really can’t think of a reason. North Korea just isn’t that important.


Cc solmus hustla

He kept on telling you guys it's propaganda but you guys keep on quoting western sources for information.

You guys depend on western sources and think you can get anything right.

Is it the same western sources describing China as authoritarian and limiting freedom of speech, the countless lies about uighur genocide in xinjiang that has been debunked.

Better look for better non western sources for info.

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Originalsly: 6:05pm On Oct 02, 2020
SegFault:


The Japanese see their emperors as gods, I hope you know this.


See or saw?

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by solmus: 6:05pm On Oct 02, 2020
henryobinna:
Look at you mentioning North Korea and freedom in the same sentence.

I'm glad you're talking about every human having freedom of worshipping whoever or whatever they want but unfortunately your darling North Korea does not grant its citizens that same freedom.


Yoruba had IFA and runmila, and once you made people cry of their hard earned months of harvest you got afflicted.... European slave traders and missionary said every "sin" God forgive because Yeshua son of Yahweh of Isreal permits it, same Jesus the brutaly murdered by their emperor


.

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Slimpotter(m): 6:06pm On Oct 02, 2020
[quote author=lazypenguin2000 post=94530352][/quote]

There are Chinese people helping the western media to spread lies about China it doesn't make any difference, any nationality can be allied to their country's enemies.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by yaki84: 6:07pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:


You speak because you have both Arab and Western/ middle East colonial programming

Us / UN sanctioned your so called western Media not North Korea ... North Korea couldn't sanction anybody... And since they didn't get 500,000 humans killed by Hiroshima and Nagasaki bomb they keep calm to fight another day unlike Dumb Africans that bowed and got colonised
Just like u say any anti buhari can leave the country, I will advice u to take up citizenship in NK. We will be happy to see u off to the airport.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Munzy14(m): 6:10pm On Oct 02, 2020
Vianna:
6: There are no condoms in North Korea
Condoms are banned from manufacture or sale in North Korea, and are blocked from entry at customs posts. That's little wonder STDs seems to be rampant in the country.
Na this one weak me... The cheapest article, yet not available over there.... They should do revolution na..

Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by henryobinna(m): 6:11pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:



Yoruba had IFA and runmila, and once you made people cry of their hard earned months of harvest you got afflicted.... European slave traders and missionary said every "sin" God forgive because Yeshua son of Yahweh of Isreal permits it, same Jesus the brutaly murdered by their emperor


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What the hell are you even saying?
Sounding very incoherent.

You left my other reply on the topic of communism simply because you lack knowledge on the matter, now am calling out your darling North Korea for not granting its citizens the freedom you're so proud of. Now you're rambling about almost totally different topic.

Why not stay on course?

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by crackhaus: 6:12pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:

Your fact and their fact might not tally you serve Yahweh, and Yeshua son of mariahmah the virging, nicknamed Jesus son of Mary by corrupt Romans , yet Koreans never attacked you or forced colonisation, or Thier culture on you

You serve who you want, that's freedom humans should have, and you should practice whatever religion, follow who ever you like Jesus of Kim Jong ung

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LOL.. this was funny grin
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by AbuAeesha: 6:12pm On Oct 02, 2020
never been there,but these assertion don't seems logical,hard to believe, how will u tell us they consume grass
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Tartasbags(m): 6:18pm On Oct 02, 2020
This is terrible
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by brightalo1010: 6:19pm On Oct 02, 2020
Guyman02:

Natgeo that presents Africa as a forest were lions and elephants roam the streets, you will never see Takwa Bay or Hilton hotel on Natgeo about Nigeria. They will only show a starving kid with flies perched on their lips and not the students from Anambra who won innovation challenge in Europe or Davidos new Lamborghini.
Do you actually know what they show on natgeo at all?

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by dalass(f): 6:22pm On Oct 02, 2020
Vianna:
If you commit a crime, your entire family goes to jail
When it comes to punishing citizens for misbehaviour, North Korea is about as hardline as countries get. Take the case of Jang Song Thaek, Kim Jong-un’s uncle, whom the Supreme Leader had executed in 2013. As part of a government purge by Kim, Uncle Jang was reportedly stripped and fed literally to the dogs.
For ordinary citizens, things aren’t much easier. If someone commits a crime, for example, they might not be the only ones who go to prison.
In North Korea, an apparent ‘three generations rule’ means that, if one person is jailed, their entire family might be too.

Credit

And we're complaining about Nigeria here grin
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by solmus: 6:23pm On Oct 02, 2020
brightalo1010:
Do you actually know what they show on natgeo at all?

Tell us what they show on African content accross all their channels like NAT geo wild, science and discovery. Did they portray you as who you truly are or a semi monkey in a village without internet


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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by dalass(f): 6:23pm On Oct 02, 2020
Vianna:
Sanitary pads and tampons are not available in North Korea

Women resort to using re usable fabrics or cloths. They simply use, wash and reuse again.

Why not

Amazing; shocked

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