Want to Order a North Korean Drivers License Online? Heres How

Alright, so you wanna get yourself a North Korean driver’s license, eh? Well, listen up, ’cause it ain’t like pickin’ apples off a tree. I heard tell it’s a whole heap of trouble, not like back in the day when gettin’ on a horse was all you needed.

First off, you gotta understand, this ain’t no place where you just waltz in and get a license. It’s North Korea, not America. They do things different over there, real different. I heard it ain’t easy for nobody, even their own folks.

Now, from what I gather, you gotta go through the Ministry of Public Security. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Probably a bunch of fellas in uniforms makin’ things hard. They’re the ones who give out the licenses, and they don’t just hand ’em out like candy.

• You gotta take a test, a real test, not like them silly quizzes in the magazines. A writin’ test, they say. To see if you know your road signs and rules, I reckon.
• Then there’s the physical exam. Make sure you ain’t blind as a bat or got the shakes so bad you can’t hold the steering wheel.
• And the road test! That’s the real kicker. Gotta show ’em you can drive without crashin’ into everythin’.

Some say if you’re a student, you might get lucky. They got these schools, see? Palaces, they call ’em, and some other schools too, where the young’uns learn about cars. They get to mess around with ’em, learn how they work and how to drive. But that don’t mean everyone can get a license, just that you may get some of the training they need.

Now, I heard tell that even if you got a license from somewhere else, it ain’t gonna do you much good. You might have to exchange it, but even then, it’s a whole rigmarole. Lots of papers and stamps and who knows what else. And you gotta go to some special office, a “regional driver’s license examination office,” they call it. Sounds like a mouthful to me.

And don’t even think about doin’ it online. Order a North Korean driver’s license online? Ha! That’s a good one. You think them fellas over there got time for computers and internet orders? They probably still usin’ typewriters and carrier pigeons, for all I know. You wanna get a license, you gotta go there, in person, and do it their way.

They say it ain’t like South Korea at all. Over there, maybe it’s easier, but North Korea? Nope. It’s hard. Some folks even say you gotta swear some kinda oath and promise your firstborn son or somethin’ crazy like that. Sounds like somethin’ out of an old movie, don’t it?

And if you’re a foreigner, well, good luck to ya. You’ll need extra papers, I bet. Maybe even a letter from your embassy or somethin’. I heard tell about an embassy, the Colombian one, bein’ mentioned. Guess even them fancy folks gotta jump through hoops.

If you did manage to swap a foreign license for a Korean one, they got more papers for you. You need to go to some place called a ” 주민센터” or ” 동사무소 ” or maybe a ” 행정복지센터”. Sounds like a bunch of government buildings to me, full of people shufflin’ papers and lookin’ important.

And get this, even if you get a license, you gotta renew it every few years. Five years, I think they said. So, it ain’t like you get it once and you’re done. You gotta keep goin’ back and doin’ it all over again. Seems like a whole lotta trouble to me, just to drive a car.

Some folks say you might be able to drive there with your own license and an international permit for a year, but good luck with that. Who knows if they’ll even look at it? You’d have to get that permit from some place called AAA, whatever that is. Sounds like another hassle if you ask me.

So, there you have it. That’s what I know about gettin’ a North Korean driver’s license. It ain’t easy, it ain’t quick, and it sure ain’t somethin’ you can do online. You wanna drive over there, you gotta be prepared to work for it, and jump through more hoops than a circus dog. And that’s the truth, as far as I can tell.