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North Korea has long been known for its 'follow the leader' ideology and what's this, the secret state is finally following on from the 2012 Olympic campaign to 'inspire a generation'?
Unfortunately not.
But let's talk about 'fashionable look' being considered as a hit among the locals - that's according to the latest shit being taught to kids within the state. The government's stance on 'inspiring' is to force them into spending hundreds of hours each year learning the most ridiculous facts - in the loosest sense of the word - about their leader Kim Jong-un and his family, The Sun reports.
According to a study by the Korea Institute for Curriculum Evaluation, the propaganda is drilled into those as young as 12-years-old to learn about the family's past and present. School children are required to learn about the childhoods of Kim, his father Kim Jong-il, his grandfather Kim Il-sung and grandmother Kim Jong-suk for 684 hours during the five-year curriculum. That's 28.5 days, if my maths is correct.
Some of the drivel that is being taught is beyond ridiculous. Did you know that Kim Jong-il had a supernatural birth on top of the 'most sacred mountain', Mt. Baekdu, where at the moment of his birth, a new star was formed and illuminated the sky? Forgive me while I strain out an ostrich egg, which is more than Kim Jong-il ever did. As far as the community of North Korea knows, he has never used a toilet because he doesn't need to urinate or defecate.
It's time for a lesson in present day politics now. Kim Jong-un apparently stole time back from the Japanese. That's right, North Koreans actually believe during the occupation by Japanese 'imperialists' in 1919, time was stolen. North Korea set its clock back by 30 minutes on August 15 to get it back.
What they say about his haircut is where I finally call bullshit. Apparently, it's highly fashionable. His shaved style is pretty popular in the country and university students in North Korea all copied his haircut!
It's not surprising that the locals actually believe this rubbish; they don't really have much of a choice. The laws - and syllabus deciding what kids learn in schools - is set by the government, which, according to the Daily Mail, executed six members of state in front of their families the other day after they were blamed for the defection of 13 workers at a North Korean-run restaurant in China.
All of a sudden our government doesn't seem that bad.
One final little fact to leave you on, and this one is genuinely probably true. The 'Supreme Leader' also has a severe addiction to Swiss cheese and spends tens of thousands of pounds per year on imported Swiss cheese and demands it is available in all his palaces at all hours. Tons of Gruyère.
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