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North Korea’s Craziest Laws

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Be Amazed

Science, Society & Culture, Documentary, History, Leisure

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 June 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Of all the countries in the world, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, might just be the most mysterious. Nicknamed ‘The Hermit Kingdom’, it’s famous for its isolation and independence, but also for its shocking lack of human rights. Because it exists under the iron-fisted rule of a dictatorship, headed by Supreme Leader Kim Jong-Un, its laws are some of the most extreme in the world. So, with that in mind, let’s expose some of the craziest laws that’ve ever been enforced here, that we know of… 



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0:00.0

Of all the countries in the world, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, more commonly known as North Korea, might just be the most mysterious.

0:10.3

Nicknamed the Hermit Kingdom, it's famous for its isolation and independence, but also for its shocking lack of human rights.

0:18.9

Because it exists under the iron-fisted rule of a dictatorship headed by Supreme

0:23.3

Leader Kim Jong-un, its laws are some of the most extreme in the world.

0:28.8

So with that in mind, let's expose some of the craziest laws that have ever been enforced

0:33.5

here that we know of.

0:37.3

You're listening. You're of. You're listening.

0:38.3

You're listening.

0:39.3

You're listening.

0:40.3

You're listening.

0:41.3

You're be amazed.

0:47.3

Now we've all fallen asleep when we've not meant to.

0:50.3

Maybe it was a Zoom meeting or on a school desk.

0:53.3

And while you may expect some

0:55.1

sort of punishment, you'd never expect capital punishment for it. Well, you would in North Korea.

1:02.4

In 2015, Minister of Defense, Hong Yongchol was reportedly ordered to be dispatched for napping

1:09.3

during military rallies. Kim Jong-un had him removed from his post

1:14.2

immediately and the sentence was carried out in public to send a message that laziness and

1:19.3

insubordination will not be tolerated to everyone in the country. The crazy thing is, this isn't

1:25.8

the only time it's happened.

1:37.0

Just one year later in 2016, North Korean education minister Kim Jong-jin was dispatched in front of hundreds of people for having bad posture during a party rally.

1:45.0

The Supreme Leader was so displeased with his poor posture, Kim Jong-jin was interrogated before being labeled an anti-party anti-revolutionary agitator and sentenced to capital punishment.

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