North Korea continues to lead the world in silly totalitarianism.
According to the Daily Mail, ol' Rocket Man has launched a new crackdown on outside culture:
'The goal is to teach tourism professionals to consciously use North Korean vocabulary while avoiding South Korean expressions and foreign loanwords.'
The tour guides, who are enrolled in a rigorous state-run training program, are being instructed to say 'dajin-gogi gyeopppang' ('double bread with ground beef') for hamburger and 'eseukimo' ('eskimo') for ice cream.
Meanwhile, karaoke machines should be called 'on-screen accompaniment machines.'
As humorous as the report sounds, it's important to keep in mind just how dire life in North Korea has become.
Repression in North Korea has largely worsened over the last decade, with the state increasingly cracking down on citizens trying to access foreign media with harsh punishments, including public executions, a major new U.N. report has found.
Per sources from within the oppressed nation, people continue to partake of "banned" material — even risking their lives to do so.
Watching foreign films, listening to music, or sharing TV dramas from overseas may warrant harsh penalties, including the death penalty, under new laws established over the last decade.
So, in the off chance you're planning on taking a trip to North Korea, plan on sitting down to enjoy a nice double bread with ground beef and a scoop of eskimo while waiting your turn to sing in front of the on-screen accompaniment machine…
…but you'll be taking your life into your own hands to catch the final season of Stranger Things.
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