North Korea Orders Parents To Give Children Patriotic Names Related to Weapons, Missiles

North Korea has instructed parents to give their children patriotic names such as 'bomb' and 'gun,' as the leadership cracks down on choosing milder, more uplifting names.

Previously, Pyongyang permitted individuals to use names with softer vowels, such as A Ri (loved one) and Su Mi (super beauty), which are more common in South Korea.

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But now the country has demanded that people with softer names change theirs and those of their children to more ideological and militaristic ones if they are not 'revolutionary' enough.

North Korea wants families to name their children with a final consonant and are threatening those who do not comply with penalties. Chong Il (gun), Chung Sim (loyalty), Pok Il (bomb), and Ui Song are all appropriate names, according to Daily Mail.

Since last month, notifications have been given at the citizens' meetings of the neighborhood-watch unit to fix any names that lack final consonants. To fulfill revolutionary criteria, those with names that lack a final consonant have until the end of the year to add political connotations to their names.

They questioned if the government was instituting the new regulation so that the names of the next generation would represent the current age of famine and persecution. North Korean officials said names must not be similar to those in South Korea, as tensions between the two nations remain high following the North's recent missile testing along the disputed border area.

Authorities also chastised many generations of families for naming their offspring with a combination of Chinese, Japanese, and South Korean names rather than North Korean ones. According to the source, in reaction, residents have been joking about adopting names like Yong Chol, Man Bok, or Sun Hui, which roughly translate to old-fashioned names like Gladys, Mildred, or Eustace, as per Mirror.

Kim Ju Ae, the Dictator's Daughter

Meanwhile, since Kim Jong Un publically showed his 10-year-old daughter Kim Ju Ae to the world for the first time a few weeks ago, her fashion style has proven to be an instant hit in North Korea, and her styling appears to be getting young North Koreans excited.

Dr. Joung Eun-lee, a researcher at the Korea Institute for National Unification in Seoul, believes Ju Ae is following in the footsteps of her mother, Ri Sol Ju, who influenced women in the North to fill their wardrobes with voguish dresses after being seen in similar outfits when accompanying her husband.

When she examined the testing site with her father, the 10-year-old dressed like her mother. Ju Ae, like Ri, was pictured wearing a white coat with white fur and a black coat with black fur with her father, eerily similar to her mother's fashion trend in the 2010s.

In a country where dress codes are strictly enforced, Ri inspired a wave of change after being photographed in modern Western-style dresses and clothes, including short skirts with high heels and carrying handbags from high-end brands like Christian Dior, Strait Times reported.