‘Kim Jong Un bans drinking, celebration & laughing’
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un known for his aghast decisions has again made headlines and yes for all the wrong reasons again.
Kim Jong Un has briefly banned all kinds of celebrations ranging from drinking, shopping and smiling for 11 days.
Yes, even smiling is banned in North Korea for the next 11 days.
But the question in our minds is WHY?
The answer is simple-because it is the 10th death anniversary of Kim Jong-il, the predecessor and the father of current North Korean supremo Kim Jong Un.
All leisure activities have been forbidden for the next 11 days, according to Radio Free Asia.
Anyone who disobeys the rule will be arrested, just like they are every year.
“Even if your family member dies during the mourning period, you are not allowed to cry out loud, and the body must be taken out after it’s over. People cannot even celebrate their own birthdays if they fall within the mourning period, ” Radio Free Asia quoted a resident of North Korea.
Kim Jong-il’s death anniversary
To commemorate the death of the former supreme leader and his father, Kim Jong-Un each year on the eve of his death anniversary announces strict rules to be adhered to by every citizen of the terror state.
The modus operandi followed suit this year as well specially with it being the 10th anniversary of Kim Jong-Il’s demise.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un marked the 10th anniversary of the death of his father and predecessor on Friday, attending a ceremony with top officials at a palace where his body lies in state while people across the country held commemorations.
On Friday, state television broadcasts showed people observing several moments of silence and bowing before portraits and statues of Kim Jong Il. Other footage showed air-raid sirens blaring and car horns honking.
North Korean Dictator Kim Jong Un was shown with hundreds of officials at a ceremony outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in the capital, Pyongyang, where the bodies of Kim Jong Il and his father, North Korea’s founding leader, Kim Il Sung, lie in state under glass.
Clad in a black leather coat, Kim Jong Un stood somberly beneath a large red banner emblazoned with an image of his father, but was not shown speaking.
Newspapers which are all state controlled wrote articles in praise of the “able” leadership of the former supreme leader Kim Jong il.
Interestingly, Under Kim Jong Il, North Korea suffered widespread famine in the 1990s, and on coming to power, his son vowed citizens would never have to tighten their belts again.
Who was Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il, the son of the original supreme dictator of North Korea and his successor as well, took over office from his father after his demise in 1994 and ruled for 17 years straight till 17th December 2011 until his death.
The death of the supreme leader of North Korea Kim Jong-il was not made public until 2 days later by the state media until his successor held the helms of the state.
The successor-Kim Jong Un
The successor of Kim Jong-il was his youngest son Kim Jong-Un.
Kim Jong Un in the last decade of his power has shown that tyranny runs in the family with unfathomable decisions and madness over nuclear power pursuit even while his people starve to death.
5 years state of affairs
A report published by a South Korean thinktank after 5 years of Kim Jong Un having taking up the reigns in hand shows that he has ordered executions of close to 340 people.
The number could be a lot higher with North Korea being the most secretive state in the world.
10 years state of affairs Ten years into his rule, however, Kim Jong Un is facing widespread economic problems caused by international sanctions imposed over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs, natural disasters, and self-imposed anti-pandemic border lockdowns that have cut trade to a trickle.