Report reveals North Korea's banned list
/ Korea Times file
An online media outlet has published what it says are daily activities that are banned in North Korea.
English internet daily Metro released the list in a report headlined “10 things we do every day that are illegal in North Korea.”
It said drinking alcohol and watching TV were banned and that the state had a history of executing military officers and citizens for infringing the regulations.
Driving and playing music were also restricted. And the report said only one in 100 in the state can own a car.
Metro said North Korea also executed people for keeping in touch with people abroad (it had allegedly executed a man for making several international phone calls), and sent them to education camps for expressing opinions against the regime.
The state banned citizens from leaving the country, viewing and selling pornographic material, and surfing the Internet, Metro said.
The country also pretended to welcome religious freedom but allegedly executed a Christian woman for distributing the Bible.