North Korean officials are demanding handwriting samples from thousands of Pyongyang residents after graffiti appeared insulting supreme leader Kim Jong-un, a rare sign of discontent among the elite in the capital.
Summary
- The message “Kim Jong-un, you son of a b—-.
- Operated by dissidents and defectors, the Seoul-based media outlet has a network of undercover “citizen reporters” in North Korea and China.
- The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organisation has estimated North Korea is short 860,000 tonnes of produce this year alone, the equivalent to approximately 2.3 months of food.
- The gymnast reportedly climbed back over the heavily fortified border fence after only a year of freedom in the democratic country.
- He was “barely scraping a living” working as a janitor in Seoul, according to a South Korean military official.