North Korea

North Korea

Foods

 Here is a compilation of the most  strange  foods that you can find in any restaurant or market in Korea .They are also the opinions of some people who have tried these foods.



Beondegi

Famous steamed silkworm larvae are often serve as an appetizer.Opinion: I ate one and had their strong taste in my mouth for a long time. Do not think to return to never eat it more.



Bosintang

Dog meat soup is a Korean tradition that is from the Neolithic period.Unlike what people believe do not catch the first dog that passes down the street and they stewed it they have a specific dog breed specially bred for eating.Opinion:The meat is not very different from veal. Its flavor is a little stronger, but also more flavorful. And the soup was accompanied by all kinds of vegetables, tofu and some root. They say that this soup is good for health, hence name of nutritious.It is not recommended to ask for it because no one knows if those dogs have been mistreated or hygienic measures taken 





Gaebul

It is an animal called Urechis Unicinctus also known as sea-worm is exactly that A worm that lives in the seabed.It is an animal that is notable enough for its phallic shape. Together with the haesam or the mongae belongs to food unfit for delicate palates group. For curious travellers it is a food that should try at least once in life.Opinion:In terms of flavor, you don't know anything. At least when I ate it I appreciated not no special taste. Only the flavor of the sauce samjang made him appealing. Its texture is hard. It is not soft as it might seem, but it must be chewed well to eat each piece.

                           

Pez globo

This fish prepared in soup is famous for being highly toxic due to the venom that leads. You have to prepare it a cook who knows how to cook it, since it has to extract parts of the fish where this concentrated poison. It is estimated that one of every ten fish served is poisoned.Opinion: It is quite an experience, try a dish so. in addition to the added value that has to be poisonous and playing to a kind of Russian roulette, is a delicacy much coveted in high society and very expensive also.

 Life in Korea

Here are some things you need to know about life in Korea. 

• High literacy rate

The North Korea literacy rate is 99%. Being one of the highest in the world.But it is because in Notrh Korea citizens are prohibited from talking to foreigners, so those data are taken from the State

• Low life expectancy

While North Korea has a public health system, the life expectancy index is only 67.3 years.I agricultural systems implemented by the regime, as well as droughts and natural disasters have resulted in famine, all silenced by the regime. Moreover, the regime distributed the food according to the utility and fidelity to this. This leads to between 5 and 6 million people ignored. Some NGO such as  Doctors Without Borders they have decided that they cannot help the country because the regime gets everything they send. Kim Jong Il said in 1996, "to build a society only would be necessary to survive the 30% of the  population ".

• You can not go with mobile

If you visit North Korea your mobile will requisition the national security issues and you get it back when leaving the country. Citizens of the country can use, but not  for calling outside the state.

• Without Internet

In North Korea there is no access to the global Internet,there are only a large Intranet in their own country.

•    Militarized state

North Korea has the fourth largest army in the world with more than 1 million soldiers. This makes it proportionally in the most militarized in the world, as it is estimated that 20% of men aged 17-54 years are soldiers.Surpassed only the United States and China.

•  Gods Leaders

As happens in other Asian countries, leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong-il are venerated almost as gods.The body of Kim Il Sung is embalmed and can be visited in Pyongyang, the capital of the country .

• Concentration camps (Gulag)

Several newspapers and international organizations report  in North Korea there are between 150.000 and 200.000 political prisoners subjected to torture, starvation, rape, murder, forced labor and medical experiments.

• Tourism and fashion

Thousands of tourists visit North Korea each year through small groups limited. South Koreans are not allowed to enter. No casual conversation keeps locals and tourists: it is illegal for North Koreans can talk to foreigners without permiso.Use jeans is considered a crime. The jeans symbolize the enemy, the United States.