North Koreans forbidden from laughing to commemorate death of Kim Jong Il
It’s been ten years since Kim Jong Il died. His son and current ruler of the hermit kingdom, Kim Jong Un, has decreed that all residents of the communist country will refrain from laughing, crying, engaging in leisure activities, or drinking alcohol for 11 days.
From the NY Post;
North Koreans have been banned from laughing for 11 days as the totalitarian country commemorates the 10-year anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Un’s father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il.
“During the mourning period, we must not drink alcohol, laugh or engage in leisure activities,” a resident of the northeastern city of Sinuiju told Radio Free Asia’s Korean Service.
Even grocery shopping is banned on the exact day of the elder Kim’s death — December 17.
“In the past many people who were caught drinking or being intoxicated during the mourning period were arrested and treated as ideological criminals. They were taken away and never seen again,” the source told RFA.
“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.”
Meanwhile, the slimmed-down despot dusted off his trendy black leather trench coat Friday to wear again as he stood beneath a large red banner emblazoned with an image of his dad, who died in 2011.
North Koreans then fell silent and bowed in respect for Kim Jong Il as a midday siren blared for three minutes.
Cars, trains and ships blew their horns, the Hermit Kingdom’s flags were lowered to half-staff and people flocked to Pyongyang’s Mansu Hill to lay flowers and bow before giant statues of Kim Jong Il and his father, Kim Il Sung, who ruled for 46 years.
Kim Jong Un was also shown with hundreds of officials at a ceremony outside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in the capital, Pyongyang.
North Korean official Choe Ryong Hae called Kim Jong Il, who ruled for 17 years, “the parent of our people” who built up the potentials for the country’s military and economic might.
Category: "The Floggings Will Continue Until Morale Improves", North Korea
I say we bomb Pyongyang with nitrous oxide, that will end well.
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Well shit. Instead of a wall of text I got a straight line.
Well shit. Instead of a wall of text I got a
straight linefloor of text. Fixed it myself.Gawd..just look at the puss on his face.
Double Secret Probation!
“decreed that all residents of the communist country will refrain from laughing, crying, engaging in leisure activities, or drinking alcohol for 11 days.”
An Airmen’s (Airperson’s) worst nightmare.
North Korea’s GO1
Booze is the only recreation they have.
That would never happen in Ireland.
An Irish funeral almost makes you look forward to dying.
Thought it was marriage that does that?
Preview of Democrat’s “fundamental transformation” of evil, racist AmeriKKKa.
I see his policies coming to the states from the mouth of the supreme ruler in the washington’s dc new Kremlin. I used to say Reischstag and Fuerer but one of the TAH commenters reminded me that one leader was nationalistic and biden is a socialist. The supreme ruler is trying to turn this country into a socialist state.
ahh, Jeff.
NAZI- NAtional soZIalistische deutsche arbeiter partei.
Translated as, National Socialist German Workers Party.
With NAZIs you get a two-fer, nationalists AND socialists. Win-win.
Fake news! Put out by the ebil whyte RAAAYYYCCIISS trying to put the Benevolent Dear Leader in a bad light. A Great Feast is being planned, with plenty of food, Class VI Supplies, multitudes of Tik Tok Videos, and a basketball game. Kimchee? Rice wine?
I wonder who gets North Korea after we implode. China or Russia?
Perhaps lil Kim should sidle up to Biden beforehand.
Reunification with the South would be the best option. China won’t tolerate that, of course.
China is more worried about ten million Norks rushing north looking for food.
If the wheels come off the DPRK government, watch for the PLA to drop every bridge over the Yalu and mine the entirety of its northern bank.
Quickly.
Which is why the Chicoms will do JUST enough to keep the Kim Family dynasty propped up and running to prevent that.
Actually, by all accounts the Norks scare the crap out of China. Because they are crazy. If the Koreas reunify, it would take a big problem off China’s hands.
Q: What did Kim Jong-nam (the older son) way when told of his father’s death?
A: I’m going to Disneyland!
Too soon?