Yup, you read that correctly. Last year, it was declared by North Korea that they will have their own time zone called Pyongyang Time. North Korea is 3o minutes behind South Korea and Japan, which is usually referred to as the Japan Standard Time.
Pyongyang, North Korea
Pyongyang Time zone was put into effect on August 15th, 2015 to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japan.
North Korea has laws on sex equality, that provide women’s rights at work, rights on sharing and inheriting property and a right to free marriage and divorce. That’s more than a lot of Western countries!
This relative equality results in a considerable number of women in high positions, though they’re mostly wives and relatives of the country’s leaders.
When was the last time you heard someone play the accordion? Though the instrument’s popularity isn’t really peaking in the Western world, in North Korea it’s quite a different story.
In the 1990’s, it was mandatory for North Korean teachers to learn how to play the accordion. The instrument is still very popular in the country today, and many still specialize in it.
It is a well-known fact that you need to be well nourished in order to grow big and strong. Unfortunately, in North Korea, malnourishment is a big problem as The World Food Programme estimated that 24% of the population has a lack of food. Because of this, those born after the Korean War in North Korea are actually 2 inches shorter South Koreans.
Damir Sagolj:Reuters
This is due to the fact that most people in North Korea only eat corn and pickled cabbage.
When Huniewicz arrived at the Mansu Hill Grand Monument, he was told, ”visitors who take photos of the statues are required to frame both leaders in the entirety of their picture.“ That’s right, they actually have statue photo-taking rules and will make you delete photos that don’t follow their standards.
I guess the photographer managed to sneak in a rule-breaking photo!
