1. Election
- In this country, elections are held every five years, but there is only one candidate.
2. Car ownership
- In North Korea, only the wealthy, those in power, and government officials are allowed to own cars, and these include luxury vehicles.
3. If you commit a crime, your entire family will go to prison.
- In North Korea, if you commit a crime, your innocent and good family members will also go to prison with you.
4. Along the border with South Korea, there are dilapidated propaganda villages designed to lure South Koreans who wish to defect to North Korea.
5. There are roads with almost nothing on them running all over the country.
- In North Korea, most roads throughout the country are almost completely empty, with only a few cars and people to be seen.
6. Tourists cannot converse with local residents.
- If you visit as a tourist, you are not permitted to converse with the country's citizens.
7. Western goods are not permitted, just like Korean goods.
- Due to economic sanctions imposed by various countries around the world, it is not possible to bring in products from abroad, including K-pop and other goods from South Korea.
- Despite the North Korean government's ban on importing goods, citizens are smuggling them, and they are being traded on the black market.
8. Wearing jeans is not permitted in this country.
- The North Korean government considers jeans to be Western clothing, so wearing them within the country is not permitted.