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Dictator Kim Jong Un openly weeps as he urges North Korean women to have more babies to stem declining birth rate
Biz Pac Review ^ | 12/07/23 | Kevin Haggerty

Posted on 12/07/2023 9:27:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind

Civic duty was put before pride as North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was caught openly weeping during a plea to “Dear Mothers” over the need to increase birth rates.

Despite globalist glee at the prospect of a diminishing world population, alarm bells have been ringing for years about the impact such developments would have on society. Even in the socialist so-called Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the problem was not only apparent, but worth crying over.

Speaking Sunday from the capital city Pyongyang, Kim addressed the 5th National Meeting of Mothers, back after an 11-year hiatus, insisting that addressing population decline was “all of our housekeeping duties…”

Predicting that “North Korean birth rates are about to skyrocket,” Collin Rugg shared a clip of the address aired on Korean Central Television where the dictator could be seen dabbing his eyes before the assembly of women as he said, “Preventing a decline in birth rates and good childcare are all of our housekeeping duties we need to handle while working with mothers.”

According to the United Nations Population Fund, with a population sitting at about 25 million, the fertility rate in North Korea has been trending down and was reported at about 1.8 for 2023.

A rate of about 2.1 is considered the necessary mark to maintain current population levels and the socialist nation was far outpacing its regional neighbors as Japan’s fertility rate had dropped to 1.26 and on the other side of the demilitarized zone, South Korea fell to a record low of 0.78.

Of course, speaking before the assembly of equally teary-eyed women adorned with traditional garments, the carefully orchestrated event wasn’t without a directive from the dictator to maintain the status quo as he told the “Dear Mothers” how “we are confronted with a host of social tasks that our mothers should join to tackle.”

“These tasks include bringing up their children so that they will steadfastly carry forward our revolution, eliminating the recently-increasing non-socialist practices, promoting family harmony and social unity, establishing a sound way of cultural and moral life, making the communist virtues and traits of helping and leading one another forward prevail over our society, stopping the declining birth rate, and taking good care of children and educating them effectively,” presented Kim.

“These belong to our common family affairs,” he added, “which we need to deal with by joining hands with our mothers.”

Professor Christopher Murray of the University of Washington had told the BBC in June 2020, before the impact of COVID-19 and responses to it could be truly fathomed, that early projections anticipated the global fertility rate would drop below 1.7 by the year 2100.

“That’s a pretty big thing; most of the world is transitioning into natural population decline,” he said. “I think it’s incredibly hard to think this through and recognize how big a thing this is; it’s extraordinary, we’ll have to reorganize societies.”

Murray spoke directly about how the decrease in fertility rates would result in populations having a greater number of old people than young people, presenting “uniformly negative consequences of an inverted age structure.”

Unlike in capitalist nations like the U.S. where social media influencers started the trend of bragging about their “d.i.n.k.” lifestyles (dual-income with no kids), users online were quick to criticize the government of North Korea for oppressing their people into the declining state.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: birthrate; children; demographics; justsayno; kimjongun; northkorea
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1 posted on 12/07/2023 9:27:37 AM PST by SeekAndFind
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To: SeekAndFind

What a douchebag.


2 posted on 12/07/2023 9:34:04 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh (Wake me up when somebody tells the truth.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Are Chinese men still buying women from NK to assist in China’s shortage of women?


3 posted on 12/07/2023 9:35:07 AM PST by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: SeekAndFind

article:

“South Korea fell to a record low of 0.78.”

That is a stunning number.

In one generation the population would be less than half—in two generations less than a quarter—in three generations less than one eighth!


4 posted on 12/07/2023 9:37:05 AM PST by cgbg ("Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training." Anna Freud.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Not a place to bring up children. Who wants to watch their kid starve?


5 posted on 12/07/2023 9:39:19 AM PST by madison10 (He watching over Israel slumbers not, nor sleeps.)
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To: cgbg

Self-extinction is a way to escape an inescapable regime.


6 posted on 12/07/2023 9:41:54 AM PST by rightwingcrazy (;-,)
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To: SeekAndFind

If Kim wants to increase his population, he could import a whole bunch of Gazans.


7 posted on 12/07/2023 9:50:57 AM PST by ryderann
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To: ryderann

This!


8 posted on 12/07/2023 9:53:14 AM PST by Theophilus (It's far easier to rig a jury than an electionhe )
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To: SeekAndFind

I am sure he will do all he can to help these Korean ladies have more babies (lol).


9 posted on 12/07/2023 9:53:17 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: SeekAndFind
we’ll have to reorganize societies

Uh oh. That's how you get "Logan's Run", only with crime and poverty and wokeness.
10 posted on 12/07/2023 9:53:47 AM PST by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: SeekAndFind

....and feed the babies what?


11 posted on 12/07/2023 9:54:28 AM PST by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: SeekAndFind

I am sure he will do all he can to help these Korean ladies have more babies (lol).


12 posted on 12/07/2023 9:54:33 AM PST by amnestynone (We are asked by people who do not tolerate us to tolerate the intolerable in the name of tolerance.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Why doesn’t he just mandate it? After all he’s the supreme leader.


13 posted on 12/07/2023 9:56:15 AM PST by 38special (I should've said something earlier)
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To: SeekAndFind

Umm... ship a few of the hottest to Florida, and I’ll give it the ole college try. Vasectomy shouldn’t be too much of hill to climb. I’ll sacrifice in order to help out.


14 posted on 12/07/2023 9:57:46 AM PST by Sir Bangaz Cracka (Poor 'lil Travon bees slamming dat white cracka'a head into dat sidewalk causin he be scared)
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To: SeekAndFind

Women want to have babies in NK, but they’re starving to death. Will there be enough food for the baby?


15 posted on 12/07/2023 9:58:32 AM PST by salmon76 (…"we have obtained dirt on Hillary Cli…" (Babylon Bee))
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To: SeekAndFind

Proverbs 14
28 In the multitude of people is the king’s honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince


16 posted on 12/07/2023 9:59:16 AM PST by Theophilus (It's far easier to rig a jury than an electionhe )
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To: SeekAndFind

What a wonderful article, socialism is Grand!! LOL


17 posted on 12/07/2023 10:09:58 AM PST by existentially_kuffer
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To: SeekAndFind

He could easily fix that problem by detaining women and allowing his soldiers to have rampant sex with them.

... Oh, wait...


18 posted on 12/07/2023 10:48:31 AM PST by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Feed the people to start with.


19 posted on 12/07/2023 11:03:30 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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To: SeekAndFind

If I lived in N. Korea, I wouldn’t want to bring any children into the world either.


20 posted on 12/07/2023 11:04:46 AM PST by metmom (He who testifies to these things says, “Surely I am coming soon.” Amen. Come, Lord Jesus.)
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