Kim Jong Un has reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hot dogs and ordered the imprisonment of divorcing couples in a bizarre new crackdown.
The despot, 40, claims the popular fast food dish is too Western and claims serving it now will be considered an act of betrayal.
Anyone in the Hermit State caught selling hot dogs on the streets or cooking the American sausage dish in their homes risks being sent to labor camps.
talking to the sunA vendor from the northern province of Ryanggang said, “Sales of budae-jjigae in the market have stopped.”
Budae-jjigae is a spicy Korean-American fusion dish made with broth, Korean hot pepper paste, kimchi, American spam, beans, and sausage.
The dish was imported from wealthy, pro-Western South Korea in 2017.
The vendor also confirmed to the newspaper that North Korean police and market management have said that anyone caught selling this tasty food will be shut down.
This strange move is part of the regime’s ongoing efforts to suppress what it sees as a decadent capitalist culture infiltrating the country.
Kim Jong Un, 40, reportedly banned North Koreans from eating hot dogs and ordered the imprisonment of divorcing couples.
North Korean leader says American food is too Western
Budae-jjigae, a spicy Korean-American fusion dish made with broth, Korean hot pepper paste, kimchi, American Spam, beans and sausage, has also been banned.
Jong Un has also ordered that divorcing couples be sent to forced labor camps to pay the ultimate price for their “crimes.”
As part of the new “repression”, the tyrant leader wants both parties to serve sentences of up to six months, since the breakdown of marriage is considered “anti-socialist.”
Women could reportedly face longer sentences.
This represents a tightening of existing laws, which until now only punished the party requesting a divorce, even in cases of physical abuse.
Under the new rules, both spouses will face prison terms once the divorce is finalized, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported.
A resident of the northern province of Ryanggang said: ‘I went to the Kimjongsuk County People’s Court… where 12 people received divorce decrees.
‘Immediately after the verdict, they were transferred to the county labor training camp.
The despot has also ordered that divorcing couples be sent to labor camps to atone for their ‘crimes’.
Divorcing couples will have to spend up to six months in North Korean labor camps. In the photo: Sinuiju concentration camp (Kyo-hwa-so number 3) – a re-education camp in North Korea
“Until last year, when a couple divorced, only the person who filed for divorce first was sent to job training camp.”
However, according to the resident, starting this month all divorced couples will be sent to job training camps.
RFA reported that divorce rates had increased in the wake of Covid-19 as lockdown restrictions put couples at a financial disadvantage.
Divorce rates are said to have decreased significantly even though citizens are now threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers’ Party.
Jong Un has ruled North Korea with an iron fist since 2011, and in that time he has introduced a series of bizarre laws.
But growing concerns about his health have raised questions about who will be his heir.
The Supreme Leader was seen on New Year’s Day with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, in what is seen as the latest sign that he has chosen her as his successor.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend an event to celebrate the New Year in Pyongyang.
The father-daughter departure comes amid growing speculation that Ju Ae could be next to rule North Korea.
Footage from the event showed the dictator walking down a red carpet while holding his beaming daughter’s hand as they arrived to watch the fireworks and ring in the new year.
The father-daughter departure comes amid growing speculation that Ju Ae could be next to rule North Korea.
The young girl, believed to be around 12 years old, has been described by North Korean state media as a “great guiding person,” a term typically reserved exclusively for top leaders and their successors.
Ju Ae, daughter of Kim and first lady Ri Sol Ju, was hidden from foreign media during her childhood until former American basketball player Dennis Rodman revealed her existence after a visit to North Korea in 2013.
But little was known about Ju Ae, believed to be the middle child of three siblings, until she made her first public appearance at the time of a missile launch in November 2022.