Well, guess the North Korean badchanim will get a well-deserved break.
To honor and commemorate the death of former Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il, the father of current dictator Kim Jong Un, North Korea has imposed an 11-day ban on laughter, alcohol consumption, and leisurely activities.
The ban went into effect last Friday, the day of the former leader’s death, with reports saying that North Koreans were not even allowed to buy groceries on that day.
A former North Korean resident said that “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.”
”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,” he said.
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Hahahaha rocket man
Totalitarianism defined
Yikes! What’s sleepy Joe going to do now?
North Korea isn’t exactly paradise.
Yet……
yuk, yuk, yuk
hahahahahah
lol
Living in North Korea is nothing to laugh about. Why would anyone who lives there ever think about laughing?
Sounds a lot like our minhagim during the nine days.
After Rocket Man dies there will be plenty to laugh about. Hold your breath till then.
Akuperma, what type of twisted mind draws such a comparison?
Akuper – no, because if b’shoigegor or b’maizid you break the law, you won’t get put in front of a firing squad.
I don’t think anyone there laughs anyway.
“laughter is the best medicine”. they must all be very sick….