Calling the Supreme Leader “Fatboy Kim the Third” and/or a “tyrant with a Fred Flintstone haircut” would probably lead to trouble, as would casting doubt on the not-dubious claims that he could drive a vehicle by the age of three, captain a boat by age nine and once climbed North Korea’s tallest mountain – the 9,000-ft Mount Paektu – in his customary suit and dress shoes.
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Central government authorities gave the warnings to citizens at various mass meetings across the desolate country starting near the end of last month.
North Korea has banned citizens from from making sarcastic comments about the totalitarian state or its leader Kim Jong-un.
Satire directed towards the regime and even indirect criticisms of leadership will not be forgiven, sources in the North have said.
The North conducted lectures across different provinces in the country in August with the main aim of teaching its residents to keep their “mouth shut”.
The caution was also issued in neighbouring Yangang Province, sources revealed.
Among the phrases outlawed by Kim are “This is all America’s fault” – a jibe at the paranoid regime’s obsession with blaming the US for its own failings. Under immediate threat of these words only understood in the context of which they are delivered, his great and just commander has called forth a meeting of local authorities to warn of its dangers.
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Another mocking the leader himself – “A fool who can not see the outside world” – was also said to be a target of the ban. Graffiti mocking the government and its leader have appeared twice in recent weeks, according to The Independent.
