I feel a little guilty having fun with this article, knowing that several dozen disgraced workers of Mangyongdae Funfair are looking at internment of several years over their failure to keep an insufficiently “serious” amusement park. Besides, I thought half-brother Kim Jong-Nam was the First Family’s amusement park expert.
North Korea Leader Rebukes Amusement Park Workers
North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un has scolded staff for neglecting their duties and failing to serve the people during a tour of an amusement park in a Pyongyang suburb, state media said Wednesday.
It is rare for the all-powerful leader to inspect entertainment facilities rather than military units, plants, farms or construction sites.
An analyst said it was also unusual for a leader publicly to find fault during such a tour, adding the move was intended to “spook” government officials and tighten his grip on the elite. …
Kim fumed over poorly maintained pavements, with weeds growing in between broken blocks, amusement facilities with scraped-off paint and the faulty arrangement of bases for trees.
“Seeing the weeds grown in between pavement blocks in the compound of the funfair, he, with an irritated look, plucked them up one by one,” KCNA said. …
“This is not just a business issue but an issue concerning ideological viewpoint,” it quoted the leader as saying in a “serious” tone.
“Officials should draw a serious lesson from the tour of Mangyongdae Funfair,” he said.
{It would be totally wrong to have a little fun with this story below the fold, wouldn’t it? – Ed.} Continue reading →
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