It's been 36 years since North Korea held their last congress and supreme leader Kim Jong-un is preparing his nation in a barmy way only he could.
Of course, the only way to truly ensure safety as he prepares to be crowned as North Korea's supreme leader is to ban all weddings and funerals.
Yes, that is his logic. A 33-year-old man has come up with the ingenious plan of banning weddings and funerals to formally declare his country a nuclear-armed state. Logic. Really.
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The capital city of Pyongyang is also on complete lock down to avoid any sort of 'mishaps' occurring at the event, according to the Sunday Times.
Cheong Joon-hee, spokesman at South Korea's Unification Ministry, said: "Strengthening security can be seen as a measure to prevent mishaps over the party congress."
North Korea often goes to ridiculous lengths to ensure safety at major events, including closing its border with China on numerous occasions.
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Thousands of delegates are due to travel to Pyongyang for the congress, which was only announced by the Korean Workers' Party on Wednesday despite having plans since October.
During the ceremony Kim is expected to announce his official coronation as leader, as well as hail the advances they've made in nuclear arming.
The Daily NK, a website run by people who have left North Korea but with contacts inside the secretive state, have said free movement in and out of the capital city has been stopped and security from other provinces have been brought in to step-up surveillance.
The congress will apparently last four or five days and is expected to be closely monitored by countries interested in what is going on inside North Korea.
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Since the nation intensified its testing in January of this year, global security concerns have risen, especially with the increase in missile testing.
South Korea apparently expect a nuclear test at the congress and are concerned that the North continues to defy U.N. resolutions to try and get them to halt their advancements in nuclear technologies.
But you know, it's those weddings and funerals that might fuck this whole thing up, of course.
Words by George Pavlou
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