Are you allowed to film in North Korea?

North Korea Film Location Permits All filming and photography is strictly controlled by the government. As is interaction with the local population. Filmmakers and photographers are not allowed to travel outside designated tour areas without their government guides.

Are condoms legal in North Korea?

Widely available in other countries around the world, condoms are prohibited for manufacture or sale in North Korea, and are blocked from entry at customs posts, a Chinese-North Korean merchant who travels between China and Pyongyang told RFA’s Korean Service.

What can you not film in North Korea?

As is the case with many countries, you cannot take pictures of military facilities, soldiers, vehicles, etc in North Korea. The strictest places are military check-points. When we leave Pyongyang we will go through several military check-points.

What productive resources are used to produce goods and services in North Korea?

Most important are iron ore and coal, although greater emphasis has been given to the extraction of gold, magnesite (magnesium carbonate), lead, and zinc. Other abundant minerals include tungsten, graphite, barite (barium sulfate), and molybdenum.

How many babies can you have in North Korea?

In its public pronouncements, Pyongyang has called for accelerated population growth and encouraged large families. According to one Korean American scholar who visited North Korea in the early 1980s, the country has no birth control policies; parents are encouraged to have as many as six children.

Is there divorce in North Korea?

The divorce, as a legal institution of terminating a marriage, is an important issue closely attached to North Korean public policy. In North Korea, since 1945, the dissolution of a marriage by divorce has gone through a change from “free” administrative divorce to strict judicial divorce.