North Korea desires mother and father to present youngsters ‘patriotic’ names like ‘Bomb’, ‘Gun’ and ‘Satellite tv for pc’ because the nation is cracking down on names that the federal government thinks are ‘too tender’, reported The Mirror. The nation desires mother and father to call their youngsters in a extra patriotic and ideological means. Earlier, names just like these utilized in South Korea, like A Ri which means ‘liked one’ and Su Mi which means ‘tremendous magnificence’ had been allowed in North Korea.

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North Korean chief Kim Jong-un desires the brand new names to have a remaining consonant. In case the names usually are not modified, the mother and father may additionally face penalties, the report stated. The chief is claimed to imagine that failure to adjust to the rule is “anti-socialist” and people who don’t adhere might be fined. Names that can be utilized beneath the brand new rule cited by the Mirror report embody Pok Il which means ‘bomb’, Chung Sim which means ‘loyalty’ and Ui Tune which means ‘satellite tv for pc’.

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This comes as tensions between North Korea and South Korea have been mounting. Final yr, North Korea reportedly banned its residents from laughing, buying or consuming, as a part of a 11-day mourning interval on the tenth loss of life anniversary of former chief Kim Jong-il.

Earlier right now, North Korea fired round 130 artillery shells into the ocean off its east and west coasts, South Korea’s navy stated, within the newest obvious navy drill close to their shared border. A few of the shells landed in a buffer zone close to the ocean border in what Seoul stated was a violation of a 2018 inter-Korean settlement designed to scale back tensions.