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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un is often in the news again these days. He has banned many English words in his country. The purpose behind doing so is to prevent the influence of Western culture in the country.
Kim Jong Un has banned common words like ‘Ice Cream’, ‘Hamburger’, ‘Karaoke’. It has been ordered to adopt local vocabulary instead of these words. This step is being considered a major step taken to completely eliminate the increasing strictness and foreign influence in the country.
Ban on foreign words
According to reports, tour guides working at the Wonseed Beach-side resort have been forbidden to use foreign and South Korean words. Guides are being included in special training programs, in which they are made mandatory to remember government slogans and phrases. For example, instead of ‘hamburger’, they have to say ‘Dazin-Goi Gyoppping’ (ground beef with dual bread). For ‘ice cream’ it is mandatory to use the word ‘Eskimo’, while ‘Karaoke Machine’ will be called ‘on-screen Acountment Machine’.
Many stringent restrictions are already applicable already
This is not the first time North Korea has implemented such strange and strict policies. Death punishment has been given for watching or sharing foreign films and TV drama in the country. In 2023, a woman escaped leaving the country and told the BBC that three of her friends were sentenced to death just because she had South Korean drama.
What was revealed in the United Nations report?
A recently released United Nations report has also confirmed that in the last ten years, there has been more strictness in sanctions on the use of foreign media. The report said that dictatorship has upheld the domestic raids, public hanging and stringent punishment to prevent the use of foreign media.
Despite the restrictions, content is being received through illegal means
The Corona virus was able to use outside content by bribing some North Korean citizens officers during the epidemic, but in recent years the government has increased even more strictness. A special task force is active to catch the ‘anti-socialist’ content through domestic raids. Nevertheless, many North Korean people are secretly looking and listening to a secretly banned content through USB sticks and illegal radio broadcasting.