10 things you might not know about North Korea

North Korea is an international pariah, a bandit state, the "Hermit Kingdom." It's also a net exporter of news: North Korea announced Friday that it had detained an American citizen for "hostile acts against the republic." And a rocket launch this month was widely denounced as provocative. Here are 10 facts that managed to get out of the country:

By Mark Jacob and Stephan Benzkofer

December 23, 2012