It’s no secret that North Korea controls its people through fear and propaganda. Here are some of the craziest North Korean propaganda claims we’ve ever heard from the Hermit Kingdom:
1. North Korea made a video depicting 150,000 US citizens taken hostage during their invasion of the South Korean capital, Seoul.
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2. Kim Jong-Un climbed North Korea’s highest mountain wearing a long top coat and dress shoes.
![Kim Jong-Un north korea propaganda](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17234298/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
3. Kim Jong-Il phoned the North Korean soccer coach during their World Cup match against Brazil with an invisible phone he invented himself.
![Invisible](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281718/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
4. That time Kim Jong-Il tried golf for the first time and finished with 11 holes-in-one to achieve a 38-under-par game on a championship 18-hole golf course.
![Golf](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17288894/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
5. Then there was the time Kim Jong-Il’s track suits set the fashion world on fire, turning him into a fashion icon.
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6. According to North Korea, Americans are imperialists that enjoy killing babies.
![North Korean propaganda against the United States](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17281719/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
7. Kim Jong-Il has never urinated or defecated.
![toilet](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17288895/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
8. North Korea is the second happiest country behind China, according to North Korean researchers. The United States is dead last.
![North Korean news propaganda](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17288896/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
9. Perhaps the cruelest North Korean propaganda poster ever. The country often suffering from famine claims it has lots of food.
![North Korean propaganda poster](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17288897/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)