{"id":65878,"date":"2020-08-18T13:01:20","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=65878"},"modified":"2020-08-18T13:01:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:01:20","slug":"kim-jong-un-orders-pet-dogs-confiscated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=65878","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un orders pet dogs to be confiscated"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un\u00a0has ordered pet dogs to be confiscated in the country\u2019s capital, saying the pooches represent Western \u201cdecadence\u2019\u2019 \u2014 but their owners fear Fido is really headed for someone\u2019s dinner table.<\/p>\n

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Kim issued the directive in July to round up the pets, claiming they were part of \u201ca \u2018tainted\u2019 trend by bourgeouis ideology,\u2019\u2019 a source\u00a0told the English edition of Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrdinary people raise pigs and livestock on their porches, but high-ranking officials and the wealthy own pet dogs, which stoked some resentment\u2019\u2019 among the lower classes, the source said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAuthorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n\n

But while the oppressive regime says the move is to clamp down on capitalist extravagance in Pyongyang, the dog owners are fearful that given North Korea\u2019s food shortage \u2014 and\u00a0propensity for eating dog meat\u00a0\u2014 the directive has only come about to feed the masses.<\/p>\n

The dog owners are \u201ccursing Kim Jong Un behind his back,\u201d but otherwise, their hands are tied, the source lamented.<\/p>\n

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