{"id":829,"date":"2025-01-05T10:00:57","date_gmt":"2025-01-05T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2025-03-11T23:10:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T23:10:48","slug":"kim-jong-un-bans-north-koreans-from-eating-hot-dog-soup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/05\/kim-jong-un-bans-north-koreans-from-eating-hot-dog-soup\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong-Un \u2018bans North Koreans from eating hot dog soup\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hot dogs are reportedly seen as too Western in the dictator\u2019s eyes (Picture: Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Kim Jong-un has reportedly banned North Koreas from eating hot dogs<\/a> because they\u2019re too Western.<\/p>\n

The despot decreed that anyone caught serving them at home or selling them in the street is committing treason.<\/p>\n

Offenders risk being sent to the communist state\u2019s labour camps where conditions are so appalling the UN said they may amount to crimes against humanity<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The decree is the latest example of\u00a0Pyongyang\u00a0cracking down on what it sees as the invasion of Western culture, according to the Sun<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The latest target is Budae-jjigae \u2014 a spicy noodle soup made using hot\u00a0dogs\u00a0or Spam. <\/p>\n

It was imported from pro-Western\u00a0South Korea\u00a0in 2017 and quickly became very popular.<\/p>\n

But a vendor in the northern province of Ryanggang said: \u2018Sales of budae-jjigae in the market have stopped.<\/p>\n

\u2018The\u00a0police\u00a0and market management have said anyone caught selling it will be shut down.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Divorcing couples also face up to six months in a labour camp under the hermit kingdom\u2019s latest bizarre crackdown (Picture: AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

It was also reported that Kim has ordered divorcing couples be sent to a labour camp for up to six months\u00a0to atone for their \u2018crimes\u2019.<\/p>\n

This is because splitting up is seen as \u2018anti-socialist\u2019.<\/p>\n

Until last year, only the person who first filed for divorce was sent to a labour training camp, Radio Free\u00a0Asia\u00a0(RFA) reported.<\/p>\n

A resident of the northern Ryanggang province said: \u2018I went to the Kimjongsuk County People\u2019s Court\u2026 where 12 people received divorce decrees.<\/p>\n

\u2018Immediately after the verdict, they were transferred to the county labour training camp.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Divorce rates had increased on the back of\u00a0Covid-19<\/a>\u00a0when\u00a0lockdown\u00a0constraints put couples up against it financially.<\/p>\n

The rates are yet to significantly drop, despite citizens being threatened with public humiliation and expulsion from the Korean Workers\u2019 Party.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since coming to power in 2011, Kim has imposed a series of bizarre rules on\u00a0North Korea<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A recent one included people being threatened with execution if they celebrated Christmas.<\/p>\n

The Supreme Leader was\u00a0seen on New Year\u2019s Day with his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, in what has been deemed the latest sign he has chosen her to be his successor.<\/p>\n

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Hot dogs are reportedly seen as too Western in the dictator\u2019s eyes (Picture: Getty Images) Kim Jong-un has reportedly banned North Koreas from eating hot dogs because they\u2019re 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":300,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-weird"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=829"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":833,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/829\/revisions\/833"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/softnary.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}