North Korea Is Keen To Erase First Lady's Singer Past

North Korea is trying to wipe out the singer past of the first lady, Ri Sol Ju. They started to confiscate CDs and tapes include her songs. Experts say this action would come out of the idea that her entertainer past is not suitable for the wife of the idol, Kim Jong Un.

(▲Ri Sol Ju)

On July 19, according to a Daily NK's new report, there were several ruckuses in the market places, caused by the national confiscations of Cds and tapes concerned with Ri.

At first, North Korea encouraged people to give their items contain the young lady's singer past to the government, but since mid-July, they have forced to do that. According to an inside source, they also crack down on the gossip about Ri's past.

(▲Ri Sol Ju is singing a song, "Soldier's Footprints")

Experts think that the Ri's singer past would run counter to the image of the first lady, 'a fond mother'. Because the people in North Korea have generally unfavorable feelings toward the person in entertainement industry. It means this action is one of the image-making operations.

The random visit, Kim and Ri recently went to, would also be one of the image-building projects. They visited a normal family and made a meal for them. And they also did the dishes after eating on that day.

However, to make the matter worse, Ko Young Hee, Kim Jong Un’s mother, was a entertainer too. She was a dancer in Man-soo-dae Arts Group. Therefore, It could be a debatable point that both his mother and wife were entertainers.

(▲Ko Young Hee)

 

A North Korean defector, interviewed with Daily Nk, said, "If the public know the first lady's dandara (a negative term indicates the entertainer in North Korea) past, she will never get the title of 'The Mother'. Furthermore, the image of ‘The Father’ would also be falling to the ground soon."



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Reference:
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