Kim Jong-Un ‘bans North Koreans from eating hot dog soup’
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Kim Jong-un has reportedly banned North Koreas from eating hot dogs because they’re too Western. The despot decreed that anyone caught serving them at home or selling them in the street is committing treason. Offenders risk being sent to the communist state’s labour camps where conditions are so appalling the UN said they may amount to crimes against humanity.
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The decree is the latest example of Pyongyang cracking down on what it sees as the invasion of Western culture, according to the Sun. The latest target is Budae-jjigae — a spicy noodle soup made using hot dogs or Spam. It was imported from pro-Western South Korea in 2017 and quickly became very popular.
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But a vendor in the northern province of Ryanggang said: ‘Sales of budae-jjigae in the market have stopped. ‘The police and market management have said anyone caught selling it will be shut down.’. It was also reported that Kim has ordered divorcing couples be sent to a labour camp for up to six months to atone for their ‘crimes’.
This is because splitting up is seen as ‘anti-socialist’. Until last year, only the person who first filed for divorce was sent to a labour training camp, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported. A resident of the northern Ryanggang province said: ‘I went to the Kimjongsuk County People’s Court… where 12 people received divorce decrees.
