North Koreans have been banned from laughing or drinking for 11 days to mark the tenth anniversary of former leader Kim Jong Il's death.

Government authorities have ordered the public to not show any signs of happiness while North Korea commemorates his death.
Kim Jong Il ruled North Korea from 1994 until his death in 2011, and was then succeeded by his third and youngest son, current leader Kim Jong Un.

Now, ten years after his death, North Koreans are being forced to observe the 11-day period of mourning where they are not allowed to laugh or drink alcohol.

'During the mourning period, we must not drink alcohol, laugh or engage in leisure activities,' a North Korean from the northeastern border city of Sinuiju told Radio Free Asia (RFA.
The source added that North Koreans are not allowed to go grocery shopping on December 17 - the anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death.

They added: '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.'

Kim Jong Il died of a heart attack on December 17 2011 at the age of 69 after ruling the country for 17 years in a brutal and repressive dictatorship.


Another source, a resident of the southwestern province of South Hwanghae, said police officers were told to watch for people who fail to look appropriately upset during the mourning period.
They told RFA: 'From the first day of December, they will have a special duty to crack down on those who harm the mood of collective mourning.

''It's a month-long special duty for the police. I heard that law enforcement officials cannot sleep at all.'

The source also added that citizens groups and state-owned companies have been ordered to take care of those in poverty during the period of mourning, as the country grapples with a food crisis.

They said: 'Social order and safety must be ensured, so companies are responsible for collecting food to give to residents and employees who cannot come to work due to food shortages.

'Residents must also work together to help out the kotjebi [North Korea's street beggars]. '

The anonymous resident added that mourning for Kim Jong Il, and his father Kim Il Sung, is affecting North Korean's daily lives.

They said: 'I just hope that the mourning period for Kim Jong Il will be shortened to one week, just like the mourning period for Kim Il Sung.

'Residents are complaining that the living are forced to mourn these two dead people to death.'

Three generations of the Kim family have ruled North Korea since Kim Il Sung established the country in 1948. When Kim Il Sung died in 1994, his eldest son, Kim Jong Il, inherited power.

Kim Jong Un is the third and youngest son of Kim Jong Il and assumed power upon his father's death in 2011.

To commemorate the tenth anniversary of Kim Jong Il's death, various provinces across North Korea are holding exhibitions of his photography and holding concerts in his memory.

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Can't wait for the excessive laughing and drinking on the 12th day...

Na wa o.

I just dey imagine the punishment for person wey dem catch during knacks

Seems like Kim is the one tutoring Buhari

Dis is the most modern Wonders of the world.. North Korea has broken another non laughing Record..

Biafla will eventually be run like North Korea with the chief terrorist Nnamdi Kanu as the head of state

Areewa would be jealous of this nation

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Just imagine a citizen that just won a jackpot...
Or possibly a citizen who's wife gave birth and he received the call in the public?


Why do we always force ourselves to do what is not convenient?

Booharri's ideal country.

This country sef.
Thank God I dey naija.




Life sentence for all scammers . . . Including paternity fraudsters!

How you go pass law say "No Laughing", you come dey dress like this

What a country! Anyway, na dem sabi.

ba7man:
How you go pass law say "No Laughing", you come dey dress like this

Laugh na, and they'll take you to a concentration camp to serve 8 years for laughing. Those short niggas don't joke around.

Buhari sef. Na wa o

SportsHD:

Laugh na, and they'll take you to a concentration camp to serve 8 years for laughing. Those short niggas don't joke around.

I just see the pix of him trouser post.

Check am out and see the set-up.

ba7man:
How you go pass law say "No Laughing", you come dey dress like this

His tailor has a sense of humour....no more.

The level of communism there is something else, what a shame. This is what the cocaine lord plans to bring to Nigeria.

North Korea makes me wanna thank God for Buhari...
Look how one power drunken family treat the masses like animals. . .
Pathetic