North Korea is an information hard-target, to be sure. Something about its media-resistant nature, along with several other factors, gives rise to all manner of rumors, some mundane, some bizarre, some of significance. From unicorns to missiles, these rumors often illustrate as much about how we think about the DPRK as they do about the country itself. Here are our top ten.

Let’s start this list with something that turns out to be true, as it is illustrative of how actual strange events have given