North Korea Insists Leader is Nothing to Joke About

In the United States, mocking political leaders is national pastime that most Americans enjoy. Even the targets of ridicule usually laugh along or ignore it. In North Korea, poking fun at the Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, appears to be viewed as an existential threat. For example, in April, North Korean officials dropped by a London barber shop, which mocked Kim Jong Un’s hairstyle in a promotional poster. The poster showed Kim famous coiffure and read “bad hair day?” Earlier this...

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