In perhaps the biggest flex of his tyrannical rule thus far, Kim Jong-un is reportedly forcing North Korean residents who share the same name as his daughter, Ju-ae, to change their identities to something else.
The orders are part of the regime’s effort to build mystique around Kim Ju-ae, who is believed to be between 9 and 10 years old. No doubt she’ll grow up to be a very well-adjusted and reasonable adult, just like her old man.
A source told Radio Free Asia that North Korean authorities “summoned women registered with the resident registration division under the name ‘Ju-ae’ to the Ministry of Safety to change their names.” They don’t have long to do it, either:
“The Pyongsong City Security Department issued an internal order from the central government to change the name of women who use the name ‘Ju-ae’ within a week.
Every dad wants their daughter to feel like a little princess, and so you have to say Kim Jong-un really has gone above and beyond with this move. I mean, imagine having the power to casually order everyone to change their names just so that your baby girl is the only person with that name in a country of 25 million people. Not even Elon Musk has that kind of power! Although I’m pretty sure he doesn’t need to worry about anyone having the same name as his kid.
The maddest part is: if they North Koreans named Ju-ae don’t obey Kim’s orders, they are literally going to jail/digging ditches for the rest of their lives/being executed in brutal fashion. Imagine being an 80-year-old woman in North Korea named Ju-ae and having to change your name at this point in your life ffs. A name that’s been passed down through the generations of your family and now just like that, you’ll have to come up with a new one.
Is Kim Jong-un now peak ‘dad goals’? Well, certainly in Kim Ju-ae’s book, I imagine. Meanwhile, Osama bin Laden’s son has been talking about what it was like growing up with a terrorist dad. Spoiler = it wasn’t great.
