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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by leofab(f): 9:56pm On Oct 02, 2020
Vianna:
4. You’re only allowed to date someone if you plan on marrying them
Many things that we take for granted in the West, North Koreans are not allowed to do. This includes things like public displays of affection (including hugging and kissing, even for marries couples,) getting tattoos and having piercings.
North Korean men expect their brides to be chaste and to have been in no previous marriages. They must also be without child.
In the DPRK, if a woman gets divorced then it is always her fault and as such, she has very little chance of ever finding another husband. Domestic violence is not frowned upon and many men who abuse their wives will be supported by the government.
Again, Kim Jong-un gets a free pass to do what he likes with women. Female defectors from the country have described how school girls are pulled out of high school and taught how to become sex slaves and pleasure the notorious leader.
do Nigerians allow Gayism ?
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Halo22: 10:05pm On Oct 02, 2020
I have heard a lot about this North Korea, but the one that weakened me was that you are not free to kpogiri in the country. Chai....Konji go finish people oooo.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by donb06: 10:14pm On Oct 02, 2020
YesNoMaybe:


Rubbishery!

A nation which can create nuclear weapons cannot manufacture sanitary pads, abi?

Lie easy!
But at least execution of the sleeping general was made public....so you can imagine

Some of the things might be exaggerated... But that country is not funny at all
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Aleora(f): 10:21pm On Oct 02, 2020
ismail4sure:
For the first time, I'm proud be a Nigerian
you are so right...this is more like SLAVERY,the only thing left is chain to be on their neck.....maybe next time Nigerians wants to complain,they should read about North Korea and say thank God ....
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Aleora(f): 10:25pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:
cool




. Western Media Propaganda again



.
its not please...if you think North Korea is a good country,then safe trip there...by the way research about Park Yeon-mi story,what she went through in North Korea and how her mum was raped and father killed in the bid to escape.........

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Osas4lav(m): 10:32pm On Oct 02, 2020
Laptops are owned by the rich, you are only allowed less than 50 websites to visit.
Women are restricted to the kinda hairstyle they can do.
Kim is probably the only man in the country with that his hairstyle.
Citizens have specific time to watch TV and restricted to specific channels.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Kemistri4(m): 10:33pm On Oct 02, 2020
omenka:
Thinking I was even attempting to debate a sensible adult, didnt realise you're one of those ignorant little arrogant kids around here.

My apologies for the mistake.

Good night.

He is right. China is only communist politically. Economically, since the Deng reforms of the late 1970s, China now practices "moderate socialism "; a mixture of capitalism and state capitalism...

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Kemistri4(m): 10:45pm On Oct 02, 2020
I've read a lot of comments here but here's the fact:

1) NK is the world's last secluded state. So a lot is unverified.
The Kims has also over the years established an extensive personality cult around their family dynasty. Tourists/visitors to NK must go round the country with a guide and must visit only selected locations.
Human rights there are extremely limited and the little the world knows about the country is from state media and the accounts of defectors and visitors who managed to visit the country

2) NK is a poor country dependent on trade with china and Russia as well as international aid


3) The state ideology of "Juche" is a mixture of Korean nationalism and communism. The state is officially atheist though few churches and temples exist. The Kim dynasty is worshipped

But despite this

1) Most of the claims about NK in the western media is likely to be untrue

2) Indications have shown that standards of living in NK is better than in many African countries. For example, NK has a "high" human Development index unlike most African countries.

3) The capital Pyongyang is more globalised and recognised internationally than any city in Nigeria
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by King44(m): 11:09pm 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
lmfao

I am now doubting western media as well
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Chinedu1994(m): 11:21pm On Oct 02, 2020


No, and I don't want to . (Al foreign visitors are assigned a minder, and you can't travel freely in the country, and you must vissit a pre-approved list of sites, and you must bow before the statues of the Supreme and Dear leader....)

But i have read extensively on North Korea. It's part of my wider interest in communist and formerly communist countries...something that began with a biography of Lenin i read when I was very young.

And yes, I think the US has done a lot of bad and evil things. I also beleive that NK is run by tyrants.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by oyaaa(m): 11:38pm On Oct 02, 2020
solmus:
cool




. Western Media Propaganda again



.
Guy all these things written here are true
I’ve heard of most of them for sometime one
Especially the one of no phone and computer in the country
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by oyaaa(m): 11:44pm On Oct 02, 2020
Aleora:
you are so right...this is more like SLAVERY,the only thing left is chain to be on their neck.....maybe next time Nigerians wants to complain,they should read about North Korea and say thank God ....
there is a difference dear
Nigeria is a republic and NK is not
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by nsilordgmail(m): 12:03am On Oct 03, 2020
How can I get a Visa to NK...I just want to go there and confirm if all these is true
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by PizzleGold(m): 12:16am On Oct 03, 2020
More Facts about North Korean

11. Elections are held every 5 years in North Korea, but only one name appears on the ballot list.

12. It is the year 109 in North Korea, not 2020 because the country marks years from the birth of Kim Il-sung,

13. North Korea enlists around 2000 attractive women as part of a ‘Pleasure Squad’ who provide entertainment and sexual services for top officials.

14. There are an estimated 34,000 statues of Kim Il Sung in North Korea – one for every 3.5 km, or one for every 750 people. All North Koreans are also required to wear a badge featuring his face as a mark of their loyalty to the founder of the nation.

15.Kim Jong-il was apparently born under a double rainbow and his birth caused a new star to appear in the sky; he learned to walk and talk before 6 months and has the ability to control the weather by his moods, according to the official government-released biography of his life.

16.Wearing jeans is banned in North Korea as it is seen as a sign of American imperialism.

17. North Korea is the world’s only necrocracy: a government that still operates under the rules of a former, dead leader.

18.In North Korea, possessing Bibles, watching South Korean movies and distributing pornography may be punishable by death.

19. North Koreans don’t celebrate birthdays on July 8 and December 17, since those are the dates that Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il died.

20. The country is beautiful and their citizens are smart and intelligent, but you shouldn't visit it!!

DON'T EVER COMPARE NIGERIA TO NORTH KOREAN, NIGERIA IS A REPUBLIC WHILE NORTH KOREAN IS A COMMUNIST AND NECROCRACY COUNTRY!
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by ttbaba(m): 1:01am On Oct 03, 2020
solmus:


Ok sir ... Comment your Email on one of your threads and quote me , I'll contact you
please sir I need to Learn from you, how can I get in torch
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Ingleesh: 1:14am On Oct 03, 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.
But no vex o,does it mean the pads and tampons we see in their movies are fake?or just for the show.....
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by hakym619(m): 1:59am On Oct 03, 2020
solmus:



US is not opressing anyone honestly (lol I know bro)

It's just survival, they make war weapory to sell for money, their control of Crude oil price is a major economic and powerful tool, every country that fell too us lost massive resources


As Buhari felt so big of himself first person he seemed was US and Trump's America with $350m USD super tucerno deal, same way Saudi seeked 1billion USD Arms trade

but they place sanction on nations with nuclear weapons. take a look at north Korea.

they have the largest nuclear weapon on earth , why not allow other nations build theirs and be powerful.

I heard they clamped down on south Africa as soon as get started building their nuclear plant
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by AFONJAPIG(m): 2:55am On Oct 03, 2020
This Kim and his Ancestors has done worst than , gadaffi, Saddam Hussain, Osama bin laden, Idi Amin dada of Uganda, Charles Taylor, etc but why they, UN and their Allies Haven't picked him up or start a revolution that will chase him inside exile, Africa is where West flex power
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Iamdonfrank: 3:19am On Oct 03, 2020
If you doubt am, ask yourself hire many times you don bomb North Korean person
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Mrscarter(f): 4:12am On Oct 03, 2020
Vianna:
1. Women use opium-soaked tampons to protect against STDs
Opium is legal and cheap in North Korea. It comes in handy as a shield against the rampant spreading of STDs.
Women will soak a cotton ball in a light mixture of water and opium which they will insert and carry like a tampon until the next day.This is because there are no condoms available. One defector has claimed that the government is profiting directly from the opium trade and many local peasants are hooked. Yoon Yong Sol explained that during the famine, “there were some complaints that we should be growing grain, not poppies.




Wow if I lived the life the North Korean ppl do I'd need opium everyday to dull the misery away. I dnt see how soaking opium on cloth or cotton or whatever n inserting it inside yourself could protect against stds tho
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Mrscarter(f): 4:13am On Oct 03, 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.

I'd definitely be executed if I lived there then lol
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by Mrscarter(f): 4:24am On Oct 03, 2020



I wish it was, but no

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

I don't understand how the people put up with such a miserable depressing impressed lifestyle. I'd sooner die fighting for freedom than having myself n my loved ones live that way. It's not living
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by bobbybiggs(m): 4:35am On Oct 03, 2020
uniqueboi1:
Op complete the story. Number 2 reminds us of Buhari '84.

That country is truly the worst world over. The people may clamour for a revolution that would wipe out the entire Kim dynasty.
But them no dae chop well, no strength for revolution.

You need a lesson in History.

Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by henryobinna(m): 5:52am On Oct 03, 2020
Olam09:
Bro goan check YouTube videos about NK i don't think you really know everything about that weird country. Go and check drew binsky video about north Korea
Exactly! Drew Binsky. I watched his NK videos as well as other countries.

When I read the crap this guy has been spewing on this thread I shrugged because I know he's just one of those ill informed kids going about spreading their ignorance that's been masked as intelligence and knowledge. Gave him two questions to answer he ran away.


They think anything anti-West must be good and the West bad. So whatever rumor that pops into their head must be truth. Crazy folks.
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by henryobinna(m): 6:00am On Oct 03, 2020
Mrscarter:


I don't understand how the people put up with such a miserable depressing impressed lifestyle. I'd sooner die fighting for freedom than having myself n my loved ones live that way. It's not living
Like you've been fighting for here in Nigeria. grin grin grin grin

Make una sha dey calm down
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by rajisakiru(m): 6:20am On Oct 03, 2020
Still they are not screaming to the world that their country is the worst on Earth
Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by oyaaa(m): 6:31am On Oct 03, 2020
Ingleesh:

But no vex o,does it mean the pads and tampons we see in their movies are fake?or just for the show.....
Those are South Korean movies not North Korean

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Re: Ten Of The Craziest Things About Life In North Korea by uniqueboi1(m): 7:21am On Oct 03, 2020
bobbybiggs:


You need a lesson in History.



Because you post that picture no mean say I go accept your flawed reason. My friend, buhari your lord and saviour is a failure of monumental proportion.
Go and find out people's experiences of 84/85 no come dae talk dust here.

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