What’s crazy is that the NK state media publishes this stuff, and I’m sure they earnestly think that it is somehow believable... That it is credible proof of genuine affection on the part of the NK people. They apparently believe their own propaganda.
The oldsters likely do...they've been under this regime for decades...but the younger people do so out of fear...if you don't weep and wail your shot or sent to camp and it's your own relatives who turn you in. Their system is set up that even your own family can and will turn on you....if you are caught doing something against the regime..or defect and caught your family up to three generations can and do get sent to their gulogs.
Soooooo...tell me why you wouldn't be crying and wailing in the streets under those circumstances?