1. Mariyuana Circulated Legally and Not Classified as Drugs
There is nothing taboo about smoking marijuana in North Korea. There are so many local people who know the drug and smoke it regularly. Consuming and distributing hard drugs such as meth crystals will be given the death penalty, but marijuana is reportedly not illegal, and there is no policy to regulate it. These bohemian plants are not even considered a drug.
As a result, thoughts from men in North Korea contend, "at least for cannabis smokers, North Korea is a haven for them"
2. Six American Troops Fled to North Korea In 1962 and Settled There
"I've had enough of everyone to say about my childhood, my marriage, and my military life has no hope. There's just one more place I can go. "This is said by James Dresnok, the last American defector living in North Korea. In August 1962, he passed a mined area and crossed into North Korea.
Soon after his arrival, Dresnok met Larry Allen Abshier, another American defector. Actually there are 4 people, namely Abshier, Jerry Parrish, Charles Robert Jenkins, and Dresnok. They live together and participate in some propaganda representing the North Korean government. They appear on magazine covers and use loudspeakers, trying to persuade more American troops on the border to defect. Actually, at first they did not want to stay forever in North Korea. In 1966, the four attempted to leave North Korea by seeking asylum on the Soviet embassy in Pyongyang city, but they were immediately handed over to the North Korean apparatus by the embassy. After that Dresnok decided to settle in North Korea and mingle. She got married several times and her health has worsened lately.
3. North Korea Is The Only Country Who Owns America's Catching Ship
On January 23, 1968, in international waters located 15 miles from North Korea, the ship USS Pueblo, an intelligent electronic ship surrounded by submarines and torpedo boats and surrounded by MiG jet aircraft in the air. The sailors of the Pueblo ships were collected and put into detention camps. Although North Korea makes propaganda about fair treatment, reality is not like that. The crew of the ship suffered from hunger and torture for almost a year.
In the end the North Korean government decided to release all the crew. The Pueblo ships remained in captivity by North Korea and became the second oldest ship to serve in America.
4. North Korea Officially Declared Not a Communist State
In 2009, references to communism were removed from the state constitution and "Juche" became the official ideology of the country, replacing Marxism - Leninism, when the country adopted the new constitution in 1972. Formed by Kim Il-Sung, the leader of the development of the state, which is emphasized on politics, economics and defense.
5. It's not 2013 in North Korea, it's 102!
The Juche calendar was introduced in 1997 and the calendar is based on Kim Il-Sung's birthday, April 15, 1912. The year is stated as 1 Juche and continues from there, which keeps the Gregorian calendar monthly and the number of days in the same month as regular calendars.
