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Pyongyang is only for the elite north
korea has very few cities so you can
imagine how frustrating it must be to be
told you aren’t allowed to live in one
of them pyongyang is the country’s
biggest city as well as its capital and
it’s home to roughly 3 million people
however these aren’t just regular folks
they’re North Korea’s elite citizenry’s
and they aren’t all in one place by
coincidence you’re only allowed to live
in Pyongyang if you’re trustworthy and
loyal citizen oh yeah and it helps if
you’re rich and in excellent physical
condition number four very few roads are
paved so welcome to the real North Rim
another grim reality of living in North
Korea is the roads or lack thereof as it
turns out paving the roads doesn’t
appear to be a top priority for this
country in fact less than 3 percent of
the country’s road network is paved in
total North Korea has about 25 thousand
kilometres of roads which means that
only 750 of those kilometers are lucky
enough to be paved which definitely
makes a trip to Grandma’s house that
much harder oddly enough the country
doesn’t need many paved roads to begin
with as only designated people are
allowed to own cars number three
electricity is controlled they make
electricity generators here they say
there goes the electricity again ever
since the invention of the light bulb
our world has been permanently
illuminated electricity flows like water
flinging us together through a shared
ability to turn on simply by flipping a
switch now imagine you flipped that same
switch and nothing happens in North
Korea this is a common occurrence
the dpk are shuts down electricity at
night with obvious exceptions for top
priority personnel and other
high-ranking officials truthfully
electricity can be spotty regardless of
the time of day and some
may only receive a few hours with from
sunrise to sunset
number two the three generations rule
don’t condone what they do here tell it
to the concierge can you imagine a world
where your entire family can be thrown
into a prison camp for a crime you
committed seems crazy right well if
you’re a citizen of North Korea it’s a
reality known as the three-generation
rule people who are convicted of crimes
are sentenced to life in prison along
with every member of their family oh and
the suffering doesn’t stop there if
members of that family were to reproduce
the subsequent two generations must
remain in prison for their entire lives
number one they have concentration camps
you’d be hard-pressed to find two words
that when combined evoke the same
emotional reaction as concentration camp
one would assume that after the horrors
of World War two society would have
permanently done away with them
unfortunately many countries still
employ the technique and one of them is
North Korea it’s estimated that roughly
150,000 to 200,000 people live and work
in these concentration camps of those
who enter 40% are said to die of
malnutrition while being forced to
perform back-breaking labor in horrible
conditions sadly the three generations
rule is one of the primary reasons why
North Korea’s concentration camps are so
overcrowded
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Kingdom you might want to watch this
video first welcome to watchmojo.com is
install meant we’re counting down the
top five shocking facts about North
Korea before we begin we publish new
videos every day so be sure to subscribe
for more great content number 5
Pyongyang is only for the elite north
korea has very few cities so you can
imagine how frustrating it must be to be
told you aren’t allowed to live in one
of them pyongyang is the country’s
biggest city as well as its capital and
it’s home to roughly 3 million people
however these aren’t just regular folks
they’re North Korea’s elite citizenry’s
and they aren’t all in one place by
coincidence you’re only allowed to live
in Pyongyang if you’re trustworthy and
loyal citizen oh yeah and it helps if
you’re rich and in excellent physical
condition number four very few roads are
paved so welcome to the real North Rim
another grim reality of living in North
Korea is the roads or lack thereof as it
turns out paving the roads doesn’t
appear to be a top priority for this
country in fact less than 3 percent of
the country’s road network is paved in
total North Korea has about 25 thousand
kilometres of roads which means that
only 750 of those kilometers are lucky
enough to be paved which definitely
makes a trip to Grandma’s house that
much harder oddly enough the country
doesn’t need many paved roads to begin
with as only designated people are
allowed to own cars number three
electricity is controlled they make
electricity generators here they say
there goes the electricity again ever
since the invention of the light bulb
our world has been permanently
illuminated electricity flows like water
flinging us together through a shared
ability to turn on simply by flipping a
switch now imagine you flipped that same
switch and nothing happens in North
Korea this is a common occurrence
the dpk are shuts down electricity at
night with obvious exceptions for top
priority personnel and other
high-ranking officials truthfully
electricity can be spotty regardless of
the time of day and some
may only receive a few hours with from
sunrise to sunset
number two the three generations rule
don’t condone what they do here tell it
to the concierge can you imagine a world
where your entire family can be thrown
into a prison camp for a crime you
committed seems crazy right well if
you’re a citizen of North Korea it’s a
reality known as the three-generation
rule people who are convicted of crimes
are sentenced to life in prison along
with every member of their family oh and
the suffering doesn’t stop there if
members of that family were to reproduce
the subsequent two generations must
remain in prison for their entire lives
number one they have concentration camps
you’d be hard-pressed to find two words
that when combined evoke the same
emotional reaction as concentration camp
one would assume that after the horrors
of World War two society would have
permanently done away with them
unfortunately many countries still
employ the technique and one of them is
North Korea it’s estimated that roughly
150,000 to 200,000 people live and work
in these concentration camps of those
who enter 40% are said to die of
malnutrition while being forced to
perform back-breaking labor in horrible
conditions sadly the three generations
rule is one of the primary reasons why
North Korea’s concentration camps are so
overcrowded
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