North Koreans were forbidden to laugh, celebrate birthdays, bury close and drink alcohol in connection with the 11-day mourning on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the death of the former leader of the DPRK Kim Jong Ira. It is reported by RFA.
A resident of the northeast border city of Sinyaja told RFA that the authorities banned citizens to conduct leisure and make purchases. The source added that those people who were in a state of alcohol intoxication in the days of last year’s trarewurs were arrested. “They were viewed as ideological criminals. They were taken away and no longer saw them,” he said.
“Even if the member of your family dies during a mourning, you are not allowed to cry loudly, and the body must be taken out after it is over. People cannot even celebrate their own birthdays, if they fall into mourning,” published the publication .
A resident of the South West Province South Hwwan informed the service that at the time of mourning authorities organized a special division of the police, which will be “dealing with those who harm the mourning mourning.” Also, North Koreans are obliged to help homeless. “Enterprises are responsible for collecting products for residents and employees who cannot come to work due to lack of food,” the source shared.
Kim Jong Il headed the CBD after the death of his father Kim Il Senya in 1994. He ruled the country until his death in 2011, then he replaced him, the current leader Kim Jong Yun.
The period of the Board of Kim Jong Ira coincided with the hardest period in the history of the country. It is customary to be called a “difficult campaign” – a period of economic crisis and terrible hunger of the 1990s. According to different estimates, the crisis burned to three million lives.