Kim Jong-un wants parents to give kids patriotic names like “Bomb”
North Korea wants parents to give kids ‘patriotic’ names like ‘Bomb’, ‘Gun’, and ‘Satellite’. Pyongyang is cracking down on names that the government thinks are ‘too soft’, reported The Asian Mirror. Names similar to those prevalent in South Korea, like A Ri meaning ‘loved one’ and Su Mi meaning ‘super beauty’ were previously allowed in North Korea, but now the latter country wants those names to be changed to more patriotic and ideological ones.
Kim Jong-un wants the new names to have a final consonant and not doing so might reportedly attract a penalty. The leader is said to believe that failure to comply with the direction to give these names is “anti-socialist” and those who do not adhere could be fined. Acceptable names cited by the Mirror report include Pok Il meaning ‘bomb’, Chung Sim meaning ‘loyalty’, and Ui Song meaning ‘satellite’.
“The order of the judicial authority to immediately change anti-socialist names has been emphasized at every residents’ meeting since October,” they said.
North Korean officials say that names must not be similar to those in South Korea, as tensions continue to rise between the two countries following a spate of missile tests conducted by the North along the contested border region.
North Korea fired about 130 artillery rounds on Monday into the water near its western and eastern sea borders with South Korea, the latest military action contributing to worsening relations between the neighbors.
