Kim Jong Unhas prohibited the use of the term 'hamburger' due to its Western influence, along with several other English-derived words.
Tour guides greeting visitors toNorth KoreaA new beachfront resort in Wonsan has been recommended to refrain from using specific words that are common in the West and its neighboring regions.South Koreawhen addressing international tourists.
As reported by the news platform Daily NK, tour guides have been given 'detailed guidance on managing and welcoming visitors, and are required to memorize slogans and expressions.'
The objective is to train tourism professionals to deliberately employ North Korean terminology while steering clear of South Korean phrases and foreign loanwords.
Tour guides, who are part of an intensive government-run training program, are being taught to use the terms "dajin-gogi gyeopppang" (double bread with ground beef) for hamburger and "eseukimo" (eskimo) for ice cream.
In the meantime, karaoke machines should be referred to as 'on-screen accompaniment devices'.
The suppression in North Korea has significantly intensified over the past ten years, according to a major new U.N. report, which reveals that the government has been increasingly targeting individuals attempting to access foreign media, imposing severe penalties such as public executions.
The report, which outlines changes in the nation since 2014, revealed that North Korea has increased its control over the import of foreign media in recent years, using public executions to 'create fear' among the population.
Since 2015, the authorities have implemented regulations that make it illegal to access and distribute information from 'adversarial' countries, as well as to use 'language' that contradicts the officially promoted socialist values and cultural norms.
Viewing international movies, enjoying music, or discussing television series from other countries could lead to severe consequences, such as the death penalty, according to recent regulations implemented in the past ten years.
Increased measures targeting foreign information were reported to have become more severe starting in 2018, and even stricter from 2020, according to the report, leading to multiple public executions.
'Freedom of expression and access to information have seen a notable decline' in recent years, according to the report.
It mentioned that a government task force had been increasingly used to conduct house raids in pursuit of "anti-socialist" materials.
During the Covid-19 pandemic and related restrictions, certain North Koreans discovered they could pay officials to escape penalties for watching prohibited media.
Individuals who fled prior to the pandemic stated that those detained for accessing foreign media were let go following 'revolutionary' training.
However, a renewed emphasis on regulating imports has led the government to conduct public trials and executions "to create fear among the people," it stated.
It is reported that people keep accessing banned information even though there are dangers involved.
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