They have computers and internet in North Korea. Though it is not quite the internet, more of an intranet called "Kwangmyong. All the international websites are banned, and if you are not a high-ranker, you will never be allowed to visit them.
They say it was done due to Kim Jong-un's fondness for Apple products. As for Wi-Fi, it simply doesn't exist.
Mobile devices don't even have access to "Kwangmyong. They are just not needed. Tourists are not allowed to use the local national currency of North Korean wons. In local shops for foreigners, one can pay with euros, yuans, South Korean wons, and even US dollars.
It is prohibited to buy anything from the shops for local Koreans. Moreover, foreigners are prohibited even to enter such shops. Apartments in North Korea are not officially for sale. They are distributed by the government. One can't even choose to move from the countryside to Pyongyang. This privilege can only be honored. However, on the black market, an apartment can be purchased for 70,, USD. Refugees claim that the official salary of a regular Korean citizen is 4 USD per month.
In North Korea, those who own a car are definitely very rich and powerful people. The price of a car is sky-high and equals approximately 40, USD in accordance with this website. Even a bicycle is not quite affordable and can rarely be encountered outside Pyongyang. All bicycles have license plates, just like cars. It is impossible to find a newspaper which was printed a few years ago in a library.
The course of the Workers' Party of Korea can change, and simple Koreans don't have to know about that. Of course, foreign newspapers and magazines are out of the question.
However, daily newspapers are usually displayed inside special stands on the streets and in subway stations, and there is no need to buy them. Religion is not prohibited, at least by law. Moreover, there are even a few religious villages in Pyongyang, though they are strictly regulated by the government.
On the other hand, Christianity is taken as a competition to the official ideology of Juche and is not really welcomed. There are also Buddhist temples, but they are mostly considered as historical and cultural heritage. Cell phones are not really rare in North Korea anymore. It was the video of Gangnam Style , and in particular Psy's signature horse-riding dance, that pushed him to global stardom last year after it was posted on YouTube and turned into a viral sensation.
A satire on the luxury lifestyle of Seoul's upscale Gangnam district, it has become the most-watched YouTube video of all time, registering more than 1. Psy's Gentleman banned from Korean TV due to jaywalking. Please try again later. The Sydney Morning Herald. April 19, — Save Log in , register or subscribe to save articles for later.
TV network executives in South Korea have banned pop sensation Psy's new 'Gentleman' video, in which he is seen destroying public property. The rapper's follow-up to global chart buster 'Gangnam Style' opens with the star strolling down a street and kicking over a traffic cone and continues with the hitmaker tormenting beautiful women in a series of pranks, reported Huffington Post.
The cone sequences have offended channel chiefs at Kbs, who insist they amount to the destruction of public property, and they are refusing to air the clip for fear of negatively influencing youngsters to do the same.
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