Good Magazine, in their May/June issue has a handy little guide to some nuggets of information regarding the day-to-day in North Korea. For example:

Despite having only about 300,000 cars, North Korea takes traffic control seriously. It is unique in having four-color traffic lights (the fourth-—for turning right—is blue) and in Pyongyang, a corps of female traffic directors—reportedly hand-picked by Kim Jong Il for their beauty—step in during the power outages.

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At times, Pyongyang operates an “alternate suspension of electricity supply” system, meaning that buildings are blacked out only on one side of each street. Children plan their TV-watching accordingly, rushing across the street to catch the end of a show when the power switches. It’s less fun for the elderly, who rarely leave their apartments for fear of being trapped in an elevator with no power. Officially these power (and gas) shortages don’t exist; people in Pyongyang walk to work because it’s healthy. That’s why Sunday is officially a “walking day” with curtailed public transportation, and a “walking campaign” urges students and citizens to pursue bipedal locomotion for “health reasons.”