Can you imagine that? Laughter is now banned in North Korea. It doesn't seem believable. That even in this day and age there are countries where people can't even laugh. The thing is, their dictator Kim Jong Un, it's the 10th anniversary of his father's death. So for the next 11 days she will mourn. This is why no citizen in the country is allowed to laugh during this period. In fact, my friends, the dictatorship in North Korea is a dynasty dictatorship. This dictatorship. Family members become another dictator. It is completely different from countries like China. 

In China, the dictatorship is the party. And anyone can become a member of the party, and theoretically anyone can reach the top of the party and can hold the position of dictator. But in North Korea, the dictatorship is similar to the monarchy of the past. Started in 1948. With Kim Il Sung. He was in power until 1994. He was followed by Kim Jong Il, his sonHe died in 2011, the current dictator's son Kim Jong Un took over. Since all their names start with Kim, I don't want you to get confused, so I'll keep it simple, I'll call them Kiddo Kim, Papa Kim, and Grandpa Kim. In 2011, Papa Kim sadly died of a heart attack k. North Korea's Korean Central News Agency reported that when he died, the approaching snowstorm simply stopped. The storm just stopped as soon as he died. And then they announced that their sacred mountain Mount Paektu, the sky above this mountain was glowing red. Color. You can see their impressive reports here. They continue with the ice on the very familiar cracking of the lake so fast that the sound of it echoes through the sky and the ground. 

As if the Grim Reaper had the honor of escorting Papa Kim to the afterlife in a military tank. You can doubt that. However, no one can dispute the true reports of the Korean Central News Agency. Every child in North Korea knows that anyone who asks questions will be sent to visit Papa Kim in heaven. Anyway, it's the 10th anniversary of his death. year, the anniversary of his death is mourned for 10 days. But since this is the 10th anniversary of his death, there will be 11 days of mourning this year. Radio Free Asia asked the North Korean about the exact rules. He said that Not only laughing is prohibited for these 11 days, but drinking alcohol is also prohibited, any leisure activities are also prohibited as in anything that makes you happy, all such activities are prohibited during this time. If your birthday is on one of those 11 days, you can't even celebrate your birthday. It's also forbidden. I'm not kidding, friends. These are the real rules. Also, if your family member dies during those 11 days, you're not even allowed to cry out loud . Because the anniversary of Papa Kim's death is more important than the death of your family member. And if you cry loudly, it will be distracting. You must let others mourn the death anniversary properly. You can bury the dead body only after these 11 days. Another thing, you're not even allowed to shop on the day Papa Kim died. December 17th. I'm not making this up. 

These are the exact rules that are defined. Don't be shocked. Isn't Papa Kim's death 10 years ago more important than the grocery shopping? "You have to think of the country first. If you go hungry one day, it won't kill you. The soldiers are on the border, fighting, and you can't go hungry for a day. Think of your country." Think Papa Kim. One thing I would like to criticize, friends, which I did not like at all, is that they set aside 10 or 11 days to mourn for Papa Kim, but when it is the anniversary of Grandpa Kim's death, they only mourn for 1 week. Can you imagine that? Just a week long mourning period for Grandpa Kim. And for Papa Kim, it takes 10 days or 11 days. How can Kiddo Kim be so unfair? In fact, you wouldn't believe it my friends, Kiddo Kim named a flower after Daddy Kim. As you can see here. This is the Kimjongilia flower. But no such thing was done for Grandpa Kim. Why is he so unfair to Grandpa Kim? Grandpa Kim is older so he should be respected more than Papa Kim. Another thing my friends that Kiddo Kim did not like at all is Kiddo Kim's fashion style. Others began to copy him. Leather coa style When wearing, the citizens of the country began to buy similar leather coats. Kiddo Kim feels quite insecure about such things. 

Therefore, there is a new rule that no one can wear the same or similar clothes that Kiddo Kim is wearing. appointed fashion police in the country. They will patrol the roads to see if citizens are wearing such clothes or not. If anyone is caught wearing the same or imitation clothing, their clothing will be confiscated on the spot. It's the least that can be expected from the citizens of this country. They can do at least this much for their country. Enough kidding. If I'm serious, friends, all the rules I told you about. I didn't make them up. These rules really exist. And you will be shocked to know that there are many people in North Korea who are not shocked by these rules. They blindly follow these rules and don't think these rules are weird. That it is their duty. citizens. Because they are brainwashed to such an extent that they see their dictator as the supreme leader. Like God. As you listen to their stories, the ordinary citizens of North Korea, who fled the country where they were given the opportunity to share their story with the rest of the world, reveal how they lived in constant fear that even if a negative thought about their dictator crossed their minds, they had would fear that the dictator would find out about it. So they couldn't even have bad thoughts about a dictator." like, they brainwash us from the time we're born and tell us that the Kims are gods. So I'm going to think that Kim Jong-un can read my mind. And I thought that if I'll think bad things, he'll kill me. Because he can read my mind." They believed that their dictator could read people's minds. Imagine growing up in an environment where you couldn't even think." 

There is no work for love in North Korea. There is no word for freedom. There is no word for human rights. So if you don't know that you have the right to have a free hairstyle, that you have the right to travel as you demand? So simply, we don't know that human beings have rights and what it means to be free." even the thought of questioning things crosses your mind? That you can see things from a different perspective. When you are always told that the government will tell you when to laugh, the government will tell you when to cry, when you should cheer, the government will tell you that too. This is a telling example to the rest of the world of how an extreme form of brainwashing and an extreme form of dictatorship can affect a country. The exact way dictators brainwash people.