Kim Jong-un bans hotdogs for North Koreans, cooking them an act of treason

That's actually what I read the first time.

hyphen

So... like a day later I'm seeing the headline again after having previously read your comment, and now that's how I read it.

TBF everyone is always on a diet even when he isn't

Naw, he wants them all for himself.

When tf does Kim jong un go on a diet???

Seems I guessed that right from the headline. There's plenty to shit on, like their soldiers being sent to the Ukrainian meat grinder. But when you see "country bans cheap food" or "country requires kim jong haircuts for everyone", don't be gullible.

NZ Herald is borderline tabloid. They just want the clicks. And then paywall some articles. And I'm pretty sure they were the ones caught using ChatGPT to write articles. I'm in NZ and actively avoid them.

Must be a slow day and a weighted agenda for someone to care. 🙄

What is this movie? I want to see it now.

Hot dogs are reserved for Dear Leader

And stuff my face so full I'll die because of it.

Gross

Supposedly the produce in North Korea is really really good since no one will sell them modern farming equipment or technology, so it's all done using old methods.

They don't because this is obviously fake...

radio free asia makes shit up all the time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BO83Ig-E8E

it gets clicks and they're an easy target so they just say whatever they think will get the most clicks.

Ignoring the question of whether this is real, you'd probably find out when you can't find them at the store, order from your supplier, etc.

Basically, it would get noticed earlier in the supply chain.

Seems the government would control any hot dog factories anyway

Or this is food smuggled in, which I imagine would already be illegal.

It helps that everyone is corrupt and a general sense of displaying loyalty is more important than any supposed law on it's own.

This is actually the default way civilisation works - Western-style rule of law is new and weird.

Continuous government broadcast and propaganda on TV and radio I guess

The source is neither, but you can choose your preferred link: https://duckduckgo.com/?t=lm&q=north+korea+bans+hotdogs

What about hot cold dogs?

Well you could eat one in South Korea instead. They love hotdogs there. They have developed some cool new takes on the corndog:

Don't worry, you can have a hotcat or a hotdonkey

.ml account

No I'm not, that's why lemmy.ml and hexbear, including its "counterpropaganda" brigading, is on my block list.

Hey mate, the original source isn't the NZ Herald but The Sun. I did a little extra digging for another related post (because the mod got my knickers in a twist) which I'll copy below. Do with it what you will, I'm rather over hot dogs.

The Sun, a tabloid rag with a history of false reporting, is the only original reporting. The other outlets are parroting them, some without attribution by simply stating "according to reports" like the above linked NZ Herald, or indirectly by attributing to a report which attributes it to another and so on, until it ultimately gets back to The Sun, like in this India Times article.

NYT: "Dictator Kim Jong Un has declared that serving the sausage was an act of treason, The Sun reports..."

Vice: "One thing to keep in mind about this report is that you have to take it with a grain of salt. It originates from The Sun, a tabloid that doesn’t have a ton of credibility." -Emphasis mine because it's funny-

The Mirror: . "One vendor, who is based in the northern province of Ryanggang, stressed that authorities have been monitoring them closely. The vendor told The Sun..."