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    Kim Jong-un declares dogs a 'decadent luxury' orders citizens surrender them to be killed for food

    The North Korean dictator says pet dogs are now considered a 'decadent' luxury and a 'tainted' trend by bourgeois ideology', and must be surrendered, according to a report by South Korea's Chosun Ilbo media outlet.

    Ilbo says the move is likely designed to quell public anger over the country's economic tailspin. A source told the outlet that Kim made the order in July.

    "Authorities have identified households with pet dogs and are forcing them to give them up or forcefully confiscating them and putting them down," the source said.

    Once the pets are rounded up, some go to zoos and some are sold into the restaurant trade, where dogs are regularly consumed. Pyongyang, the Daily Mail reports, has a number of specialised dog eateries...

    Kim Jong-un declares dogs a 'decadent luxury' and orders citizens surrender them to be killed for food | NewsChain

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    Ok so the elite's restaurants are short on dogs. Got it.

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    This is socialism...


    Dog is also regularly eaten in China (I know for a fact) but I don't think pet owners have to surrender their pets.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Muriel View Post
    This is socialism...


    Dog is also regularly eaten in China (I know for a fact) but I don't think pet owners have to surrender their pets.
    Actually nope, it's more like feudalism.

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    I call it starving.

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