Six of the strangest stories to come out of North Korea

Kim Jong-un’s North Korea is back in the headlines again this week and, not surprisingly, for all the wrong reasons.

Over the weekend, the restrictive state claimed that it had launched a long-range rocket carrying a satellite. It can be difficult to separate truth from fiction when it comes to the country’s news output; after all, the North Koreans have been known to exaggerate in the past!

From Kim Jong-Il’s prowess on the golf course to the consequences of dreaming different dreams to the leadership, here are just some of the more bizarre facts and fictions about the world’s most secretive country.