Kim Jong-Un Bans All Weddings, Funerals And Freedom Of Movement In North Korea (independent.co.uk)

An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Independent: Weddings and funerals have been banned and Pyongyang is in lockdown as preparations for a once-in-a-generation party congress get underway in North Korea. The ruling Worker's Party of Korea, headed by the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, is due to stage the first gathering of its kind for 36 years on Friday. Free movement in and out of the capital has also been forbidden and there has been an increase in inspections and property searches, according to Daily NK, which claims to have sources in the country. The temporary measures are said to be an attempt to minimize the risk of "mishaps" at the event, according to Cheong Joon-hee, a spokesman at South Korea's Unification Ministry. Meanwhile, North Korea has been conducting missile tests left and right, many of which have failed miserably.

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This is the future that Republicans...

[Anonymous Coward]

want for us all.

Re: This is the future that Republicans...

[Anonymous Coward]

Kim Jong-un is their hero.

Re:This is the future that Republicans...

[sjames]

They're also batshit insane authoritarians. That's the connection.

Re:This is the future that Republicans...

[stealth_finger]

Nope. You're thinking of authoritarian. Left wing, by actual definition, refers to political groups favouring liberal, progressive or radical views or political reform. North Korea doesn't allow for "wings" per se, but it is firmly opposed to all those principles.

On what fucking planet can you have leftist policies without imposing them via authoritarian means? Or do you really think it's NOT authoritarian in any way to FORCE a devout Christian baker to make a cake for a gay marriage? How is it NOT authoritarian to FORCE 9-year-old girls to share a bathroom with a 35-year-old self-styled "trans" MAN WITH A PENIS

Oh, no. That's not AUTHORITARIAN at all.

Oh, right. Your planet is in the Andromeda galaxy.

Your baker should fuck off opening a shop catering to the public if he's going to be a dick about it, hopefully he also refuses those with tattoos, those who eat shellfish, meat on a friday or wear clothes of mixed fabrics if he is so devout. According to the bible those are all as abominable as homosexuality, actually, are there different levels of abomination that maybe you are aware of that on one else is? Or he should do the Jesus thing and turn the other cheek. Oh, and stop forcing your 9 year old to share the cubicle with other toilet users, that's not what they meant, the communal areas of bathrooms are usually genital free regardless.