My project: What's Illegal in North Korea

# **Basic Information**

**My project: What's Illegal in North Korea** is the eighteenth (18th) video on the Master Raney channel on YouTube. Master Raney goes over regular things that are illegal in North Korea and insane laws that exist there.

# **Plot**

Master Raney announces the project to be about the laws in North Korea and things that are illegal in North Korea. After the intro, Master Raney states that he wants to go over these laws in North Korea so that you could have sympathy for the locals in that nation. Master Raney first talks about the three generations rule, which was established in 1972 by Kim Jong-un's paternal grandfather, Kim Il-sung, Master Raney demonstrates the meaning of the three generations rule, mentioning when a crime is committed, punishment is warranted to not just the offender, but his/her whole family of three generations. Master Raney goes over it being illegal in North Korea to practice religion and that the people are forced to worship the Kim family. Master Raney then points out that when a supreme leader dies, they must mourn as a sign of worship, an example was provided when Kim Jong-il died back on December 17, 2011, the locals were all showing hysteria, falling to their knees, and crying. Master Raney points out to international phone calls, which are also illegal in North Korea and mentions that anyone in North Korea who makes an international phone call gets executed. Master Raney points out that making any critical comments about the supreme leader is illegal and will lead to severe punishments. Master Raney points out that even leaving the country is illegal and will lead to forced repatriation to be executed, then mentions that all foreign media in North Korea is illegal and is punishable by execution. Master Raney points out that public opinion is restricted by the government and that sarcastic comments will all be taken seriously, so he warns anyone who plans on going to North Korea to watch what they say. Master Raney goes onto the hairstyles, which was established in 2013 by Kim Jong-un, and states that there are 18 for women and 10 for men, despite Kim Jong-un's hairstyle not being one of the 28 approved hairstyles. Master Raney also states that anyone with Kim's hairstyle can face legal consequences. Master Raney mentions that pornography is illegal in North Korea regardless of your age, so even if you watch pornography, you get executed. Master Raney points out that in North Korea, you'll notice nobody wearing denim blue jeans because it's illegal due to the symbolization of their sworn enemy, the US. Master Raney goes over a real crime and states that even real crimes, such as theft, are still dealt with in a very harsh way, exampling the time in January 2016 when 21-year old American college student, Otto Warmbier, stole a propaganda poster off his hotel's wall, which sentenced him to 15 years of hard labor, though Otto Warmbier was released back to the US after 17 months, he was in a vegetative state and died days upon his return. Master Raney proceeds to talk about what happens in prison camps in North Korea and how cruel the punishments are in those camps.

# **Trivia**

* Master Raney originally planned on having this video as the only video about a country, but then he suddenly changed his mind
* Master Raney has been hearing about insane laws in North Korea