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North Koreans use the Rodong Sinmun propaganda rag to roll their cigarettes, to paper their walls, and to even wrap foods like bread, rice cakes and sweets - but now risk being sent to he gulag if found guilty of selling it

Kim Jong-un called suicide "treason against socialism" and has reportedly ordered local governments to take preventative measures, following a rise in cases across the country

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was tipped to be his father's successor at just eight years old, so it wouldn't be premature for him to be eyeing his young daughter Kim Ju-Ae, who is said to be aged around 10, to take over after he dies

The parents of North Korean kids caught watching foreign films will face up to six months inside a labour camp - where they're forced to carry out back-breaking work with primitive tools in mines or farms while on the brink of starvation

Kim Jong-un has introduced a baffling new policy which bans people from using his daughter's name. North Koreans in Chongju have been summoned by security services to change their names

Students in North Korea have been injuring themselves and bribing officials so they can swerve going on a government tour of Mount Paektu - the country's national emblem and official birthplace of Kim Jong-Il