Life inside the totalitarian nation of North Korea is stranger than fiction. The more stories that are shared by defectors, the more bizarre the country's reputation becomes. It is characterized by an extremist authoritarian regime and its rules are quite different from any others around the world. For example, listening to foreign music or making international calls may be punishable by death.
Click through the gallery and get to know some of the strangest and most shocking laws followed by residents of North Korea.