hello there glorious motherf Factor Nation I do hope you are well I'm Sam and I'm here to talk to you today about a mysterious land that is known for being quite aggressive and known for containing many many Secrets no I'm not talking about nania under the reign of the White Witch till a Swinton I'm talking North Korea but what can get you killed in North Korea how did these chocolate pies nearly spark International Warfare how the hell am I meant to reference Jennifer Lawrence in this week's video oh wait I just did two out of three of those questions are going to be answered so get ready for some debriefing on what we know about the most secretive country on Earth and keep your fingers crossed it doesn't get us killed in the process this is 101 facts about North Korea okay quick disclaimer before we start as we all know North Korea is a little bit protective and secretive and we don't know a whole lot about it but we have picked them up from very reliable sources to Ure that we are mostly [ __ ] free lovely anyway number one so before we get into anything with North Career we have to look back at its history to the year 104 wait the year 104 is now for them it's not 2016 wow okay U screw the history bit then it's not the year 2016 in North Korea it's the year 104 number two this is because they used a jeche calendar this calendar is based on the birth of of Kims grandfather of current leader Kim Jong-un number three in case you're one of those people who thinks that size Matters I've come across a few of those North Korea is about the same size as Pennsylvania number four North Korea doesn't actually view itself as North Korea they see themselves as and call themselves Korea and don't particularly like the north bit no not you North but they they probably don't like you either number five it's a shame really but North Korean folk probably won't ever see this video the internet in North Korea is government's run and mainly consist of propaganda and I'm guessing this video won't exactly fit that brief also you can only have a computer if the government says so number six one thing to note about North Korea is their love of spelling oh whoops better a che that in fact in 2013 a journalist was imprisoned for making a typo in a web article admittedly he had spelled kimil soon's name wrong which is a pretty big deal but 6 months in prison for that number seven a lot of people say that North Korea is communist but the fact is it ain't technically enk are now du chair like the calendar mentioned earlier which translates to selfreliance number eight North Korea is the only necrocracy in the world necrocracy means a country that still operates under the rules of a dead leader kiml was given the crazily named position of Eternal president in 1994 eternity is still going on from what I gather despite the fact he's dead therefore North Korea is a necrocracy number nine good news for North Korean fans of Snoop Dog and the Grateful Dead marijuana is legal in North Korea and can be bought and sold pretty easily it's called IP Tay up there if you're ever visiting and fancy a quick puff is that what the kids say I I don't know number 10 also North Korea claims they've invented hangover free alcohol too and I mean why would they lie about that wow this place doesn't sound so bad after all number 11 however in 202 12 a military officer was killed with a mortar for drinking during the 100 day morning period of Kim Jill's death Kim jongin said he wanted only his hair to remain visible okay maybe cancel those plane tickets we just booked number 12 also in 2012 North Korean archaeologists announced they found a unicorn lair which was meant to be the laay of the Unicorn ridden by the legendary King Tong yyong 2,000 years ago so that's why we don't see them everywhere anymore they're all stuck in North Korea I get it now number 13 North Korea is often considered quite undemocratic but come on that's complete dudah in fact the country holds elections every 5 years however the ballot cards only have one option on them ah number 14 based on your loyalty to the regime you will be put in a social category consisting of 51 ranks if you're in the lower categories you could be more liable to being watched closely with a big magnifying glass or even killed like a pole covered in Lube this hierarchy is far easier to fall down than it is to climb up what that's a fine simile to use number 15 all music in North Korea is controlled by the state and has to glorify the regime in order to justify its existence number 16 if you get caught listening to say Pitbull you will be executed for crimes against the state oh that counts for all western music by the way not just specifically Pitbull number 17 just to give you an idea of how unpleasant that would be one of the more gruesome execution methods in North Korea is death by flamethrower so you could be literally burned burn burn burned for listening to Ellie Golding number 18 North Korea actually built fake Villages by its borders that look nice and appealing perhaps a little bit like Center parks in order to try and get South Koreans to move to North Korea weirdly nobody actually lives in any of these buildings number 19 in the fake Village of Kong Dong nor have used loudspeakers to play Propaganda 20 hours a day 20 hours maybe my neighbor is North Korean and theing dance music he plays alling day is more propaganda maybe the prick sorry I'm going through a few things at home number 20 not to be outdone South Korea also play Extremely Loud propaganda encouraging North Korean troops to defect against their own regime they even sometimes play K-pop so you know who that [Applause] means number 21 North Korea has a three generations of punishment rule where if you commit a crime your child and grandchild will also be punished for it even if they aren't born yet number 22 in North Korea people have to pick between just 28 haircuts 10 for men 18 for women folk these are haircuts that the government has chosen as acceptable number 23 if you are a married woman in NK you have to have short hair all the single ladies all the single ladies are allowed more options number 24 since the Korean war ended in 1953 30,000 North Koreans have managed to escape and move to the South number 25 the old leader of North Korea Kim jongil we should probably show a different picture of him there we are anywh who he was a big film fan who had a collection of over 20,000 movies number 26 Kim janil loved films so much he kidnapped a director and his wife to make them make films for him in North Korea after 8 years of making movies shin sangok and his wife escaped that's perfectly normal isn't it kidnapping your favorite director I mean if you've wondered why Edgar Wright hasn't made a movie in a while it's because he's in my shed number 27 one of the films he created was Paul gari a propaganda version of Godzilla which was created after Kim Jong-il had seen the original and wanted his very own for North Korea Kim Jong-il serves as the exec producer number 28 owning a Bible or even watching South Korean movies are both punishable by death number 29 and it's not your [ __ ] American death penalty stuff either in 2013 Kim janun killed his apparently defecting Uncle by throwing him into a cage naked with 120 starving dogs wow Ramsey Bolton style number 30 one person who defected from North Korea sent air balloons to airdrop thousands of copies of the famous Seth Rogan movie that legit nearly destroyed the whole world the interview into North ker number 31 Kim Jill's body is preserved and on public display in fact it's the country's most popular attraction he is buried with an Apple MacBook Pro and is multile contains a car a yacht and a train Carriage no pulgasari though lame number 32 you are only allowed to communicate with people inside North Korea if you are inside North Korea international calls are illegal and guess what punishable by death number 33 in 2013 a Korean man was executed by a firing squad for calling his friend in South Korea wow roaming charges can be murder e no come on a man's dead number 34 North Korea only has five TV channels which are of course state run sadly they're only available after 5:00 p. m. and on the weekends is it weird that I imagine it's this guy presenting all of it number 35 in the 19 okay this fact is really serious and and morbid so I'm just going to get professional to do it instead uh Robin from alltime conspiracies buildo in the 1990s approximately 3 million people died from famine in North Korea some people even resorted to cannibalism thank you Sam oh thank you Robin number 36 since 1990 12,710 people have migrated to North Korea number 37 hey school/ university/ Hogwarts if you're watching from there can suck right well it could be so much worse students in nor are required to pay for everything apart from their teacher in school this includes desks chairs and even the heating number 38 students even have to wear their uniform at all times even when not at school at all times does that even mean in the shower number 39 according to a North Korean Defector School teaches math science music and the Arts but by far the most important subject is the history of the Kim family no no the the other Kim family there we go number 40 according to a textbook in North Korea Kim Jun learned to drive at the age of three hey me too I mean it was at Legoland but that kind of counts right number 41 if you were born on either July the 8th or December the 17th you are not allowed to celebrate your birthday as those are the dates that Kims and Kim jongil died so cancel that Chuck-E-Cheese reservation you have if you uh have those in North Korea wait you're not watching if you're in North Korea or are you the meaning of life it is said you can only live in Pyongyang North Korea's capital city if you consider to be among the best people according to to the guardian 3 million people lived there who are considered trustworthy healthy and loyal in order to keep up appearances to foreign countries number 43 if you are caught criticizing the government you will be sent to a re-education camp here you must endure hard labor and have to relearn the values of the regime which I can't imagine being particularly Pleasant number 44 it isn't particularly Pleasant Sam in fact they're often horrifying in one of the North Korean camps a mother was forced to drown her child because it wouldn't stop crying number 45 North Korea has a huge lack of Natural Resources for its fertilizer it often uses human feces which it demands from its people I thought these raw North Korean potatoes tasted a bit like sh I just assum Matt Damon had given them to me number 46 the world's largest Stadium R Gro Mayday stadium is situated in pongyang it can hold 150,000 people perfect for a concert actually maybe maybe not number 47 in fact in 2013 80 Christians were publicly executed in a stadium just for owning a Bible number 48 nor once captured a boat named the USS Pueblo they are so proud of this achievement they'd like to show it off at Museum it is the only American Navy vessel still being held captive to this very day wouldn't have happened if popey wasn't bored just saying number 49 one of the highest crimes in North Korea is to leave the country without State permission you aren't even permitted to travel and return for a vacation presumably because you then realize that literally everywhere else on the planet is better number 50 if you're caught by the authority on holiday you will be forcibly returned to the country and sent to labor camps so probably not worth a trip to IA really number 51 put away those apple bottom jeans as it's illegal to wear jeans in North Korea the boots with the fur probably aren't a great idea either number 52 the zone between North Korea and South Korea is called the demilitarized zone which technically speaking is actually the most militarized Zone in the world the the lesson here is uh don't judge a book by its cover I guess number 53 in 2011 a piece of graffiti against Kim jongil was found in pongyang as a result they locked down the whole city for 3 Days wow if Banky lived there nothing would ever get done number 54 the national animal for North Korea is the cholima a mythical winged horse that's so silly what other country would have a mythical animals there oh right yeah number 55 in 2013 Kim Jun reportedly had his ex-girlfriend executed in front of her family via firing squad for making a sex tape with an orchestra I'm trying really really hard not to make an American Pie joke here by the way anyway the year afterwards she was seen on TV very much alive kimjongun claimed the execution rumor was the work of the South Korean government number 56 North Korea have over 1 million people in their military oo you're hard showing off number 57 Kim jong-un's older brother Kim Jong n was arrested in 2001 when traveling to Disneyland in Tokyo on a forged passport oh man he just wanted to ride the Space Mountain I get it number 58 Kim Jong-il was recognized by over 50 titles including supreme leader Our Father the general and general esimo which are all things that I make my assistant Clive call me weirdly number 59 Kim jongil had a fear of flying which is why he ordered a private train to be made to allow him to visit certain areas of the country to be fair if I had that kind of power I'd have a tube line going from my flat to a Domino's restaurant which don't even exist I'd also make those exist too number 60 the average salary in North Korea is $1,500 compared to the American average of $50,000 number 611 uhuh the riag Yong hotel is the tallest building in the country but despite construction beginning in 1987 it still isn't finished it has 105 floors with 3,000 rooms which are all empty number 62 so as we all know South Korea and North Korea aren't on the best of terms but can you guess what one of their disputes has been about well it's this a Choco pie number 63 yes in 2014 Kim jungan banned choco pies because they were becoming so popular and so valuable on the black market he believed they may encourage an uprising against him somehow an uprising led by chocolate and marshmallow now that is something I can get behind Nintendo 64 the reason they were so popular was because North Korean workers who worked at the choco Pie Factory owned by South Korea were paid bonuses in choco pies which they would then sell on for more to try and make money number 65 according to the Washington Post North Korea authorities claimed South Korea was trying to invade the stomachs of the Korean people and so banned them number 66 because of this South Korea launched 50 balloons carrying choco pies into North Korea viewing this as an ideological threat North Korea did the classic North Korea thing of threatening to Shell anybody who sent any more pies number 67 after the death of Kim Jong-il thousands of people face 6-month sentences in prison camps due to not being sufficiently upset enough wow imagine if it was like that in Britain the stiff upper lip would kill us all number 68 according to a 2013 BBC documentary North Korea a state of mind some residences in North Korea have a radio tuned to government controlled frequency that can't be turned off only down number 69 so after hearing all this I bet you're thinking hey I want to move to North Korea and become a teacher right well if you want to be a teacher within North Korea you have to have one very specific qualification the ability to play the accordion number 70 in 2015 North Korea created its own time zone called Pyongyang time it's 8 and 1 half hours ahead of GMT in case you want to set your watch number 71 Kim Jun reportedly Imports vast quantities of Swiss cheese into North Korea as he is addicted to it number 72 in 2 15 South Korea stated he weighs 180 kg that's 20 stone if you're watching this Jun South Korea said that okay not me don't shoot the messenger number 73 basketball hoop Hopper is that what they called Dennis Rodman is apparently friends with kimjongun and has even been over to visit Kim jongan loves bball and even played it with him while offering a vow of Eternal friendship oh how sweet and not at all weird or creepy number 74 in North Korea basketball rules have been changed so you were able to get four pointers and you can lose points for missing free throws I mean I don't know what any of that means I'm more of a squash guy but I just thought I'd let you know number 75 North Korea is tied with Somalia as the most corrupt country in the world scoring an eight out of a 100 on the corruption perceptions index scale by the way one is very corrupt and 100 is not corrupt at all just in case you were confused like me and thought Oh actually that's quite good number 76 Christmas oh Christmas is not a thing in North Korea instead they celebrate the birth of Kim jong-il's mother's birthday on December the 24th happy um momus number 77 the government strictly controls all levels of Education in North Korea so it's unlikely this video is going to be shown in any classroom unlike everywhere else in the world on my right students yeah anyway according to the CIA the literacy rate of those age 15 plus in North Korea is 100% although this is a number given by the North Korean government themselves but why would they lie number 78 Kim Jong-il was only 5'2 and wore chunky shoes and sported a springy haircut to make him appear taller he that Clive that's a tip there for you mate number 79 on the rare occasion Western visitors are actually allowed they are situated in a hotel on an island in pongyang where power heat etc etc are available 24/7 wow fantastic service according to Huffington Post this is to stop the visitors seeing the things the government doesn't want them to see number 80 apparently upon entering the country your laptop is searched for movies that they deem controversial such as again the Seth Rogan movie that nearly destroyed all life on the planet the interview and pornography so make sure you pack your very best oh they're checking you don't have any not the quality of the stuff you have okay I've got it now number 81 you are not allowed to take photos of the poor as the country feel it will ruin their image like pretty much everything in nor okay it's a punishable offense number 82 on top of that tourists aren't allowed to talk to locals they can't even try as they are kept under watch by a tour guide the entire time they are there and can't explore anywhere on their own number 83 the country is very anti- us surprise surprise blaming a lot of their problems on Uncle Sam the country not your Uncle Sam or indeed me number 84 however despite all the hatred North Korea has a favorite in the 2016 US political race and that candidate is right-wing human Cheeto Donald Trump a propaganda website backed him saying he is a very wise man and that the US should vote for him over the thickhead Hillary h a country that hates America endorsing Donald Trump make of that what you will number 85 even walking about out in North Korea is dangerous many of North Korea's traffic lights don't work and so have traffic ladies to direct all the traffic number 86 North Korea has nukes and it wants you to know about it they've openly admitted that they have nuclear weapons and have fragged about it too oo you're hard showing off number 87 the first test of these weapons were in 2006 and it's been tested again in 2009 2013 and 2016 experts slightly doubt the size of the explosions registered though number 88 their main reason for having these weapons wasn't because Kim jongil particularly liked fireworks they claim it's to guarantee the security of their regime in the face of their enemies number 89 apart from the few that have been tested it is unknown how many nuclear weapons North Korea owns it wants you to think it's loads though like that kid at school who bragged about having all the Pokémon cards ever but the only ones you ever saw were a Mankey and a starmy yeah like that number 90 it was reported in 2014 that North Korea told their people they won the World Cup this was then revealed to be a hoax but the fact we all believed it probably says a lot number 91 only the elite in North Korea can Chow Down on McDonald's burgers which are delivered every day from Beijing by plane cranky I've heard of a sausage and egg McMuffin run but that is ridiculous number 92 the only people allowed to use vehicles in North Korea are government and military officials Top Gear North Korea must be fing boring number 93 allegedly according to defectors North Korea's officials have 2,000 women recruited as part of a kium Joo or a pleasure Squad it's exactly what you're thinking it is each performer is paid fairly highly in actual money and um home appliances apparently number 94 North Korea regularly released pictures to the world to glorify their power a bit like we all do on Snapchat come on we've all done it one of these images is Kim Jun at the test for missile launch however some of these photos have been proven to be photoshopped number 95 North Korea space programs abbreviation is nada which in Spanish translates to nothing hilariously NADA Number 96 the constitution of North Korea states that citizens are guaranteed freedom of speech of the press of assembly demonstration and Association I don't think they've um read that recently have they number 97 North Korea has allegedly been selling its citizens as slaves to other countries around the globe for instance to Russia number [Music] 98 Kim Jong-il used to spend $1.
2 million on Hennessy each year now that he's gone I bet they could put that $1. 2 million to better use now for example I don't know feeding all the starving people oh no wait they're just going to use it for Kim jong's cheese aren't they number 99 according to Business Insider and the CIA out of 20 5,554 km of Road only 724 km is actually paved at least it same on hot holes I guess [Music] 100 seems right no one takes me ser and so I'm WR wow quite how we weren't all killed of this I I honestly will never know [Music] number1 it costs approximately $88,000 to defect and escape from North Korea into China considering those lucky enough to have salaries earn an average of 1.
