Posted on 12/25/2017 5:22:27 PM PST by marshmallow
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has upped the ante in his war on Christmas with a new rule that prohibits any "gatherings that involve alcohol and singing."
South Korea’s National Intelligence Service reported the details of the latest ban, which is designed to control the spread of information coming from outside of official channels and contain potential dissent that may arise from recent tightening of sanctions against the secluded Asian country.
Experts estimate those prohibition will severely impact the North Korean economy in the coming months, and by March the nation’s people will find themselves in dire circumstances.
While Christmas is not typically a major holiday in North Korea, some of its citizens have been known to practice Christianity and observe the holy day in the past.
Kim Jong Un officially banned that practice last year, instead directing all citizens who would have celebrated the holiday to instead commemorate the December 24,1919 -- the birthdate of the leader’s grandmother instead.
Kim has made attempts to stop Christmas from spilling over the nation’s border in the past as well.
For years, South Korea erected a 30-foot tall tree of lights on a hill near the infamous demilitarized zone that could be seen from North Korea.
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I thought he had already banned everything in life?
Singing and drinking seem like very unlikely ways for North Koreans to occupy their time as they are too busy trying not to die of starvation.
There won’t be any singing or drinking where that saw-off elf is going to go when he leaves this planet.
They can sing if they do not drink and drink if they do not sing?
Probably a good idea as no one wants to hear a bunch of drunk North Koreans trying to sing.
Good old media cycle. Two weeks ago NK was the most dire threat ever. Now it’s Jerusalem as Isreali Capitol. What’ll it be next week?
I thought Kim had to be handled NOW! Everyone forgot. Lol.
The Left would love to have the control over the lives of everyday Americans as Kim does his citizens.
Pay attention folks....it could happen here.
Hard to know weather or not to believe any of this, it does come from Yahoo News after all, but if there’s any truth to at least the idea that Trump’s sanctions are, for the first time in history, putting a real squeeze on NK then that’s good news.
But breathing is still okay?
Blow. Him. Up.
If he tried this crap with the Irish he’d be dead within days.
I christen him Fat Boy Scrooge.
He is just what every Liberal in this Country wishes they could be.
I thought he just made it more simple, and banned life altogether.
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