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During the mourning period for North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, the country’s citizens were shown experiencing loud, and theatrical shows of sorrow. (video embedded below)

However, it seems that not everyone’s sorrow was quite up to the standards of the isolated regime. According to a report in South Korea’s NK Daily newspaper, people who just didn’t feel spontaneously sad enough are getting punished:

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Daily NK learned from a source from North Hamkyung Province on January 10th, “The authorities are handing down at least six months in a labor-training camp to anybody who didn’t participate in the organized gatherings during the mourning period, or who did participate but didn’t cry and didn’t seem genuine.” Furthermore, the source added that people who are accused of circulating rumors criticizing the country’s 3rd generation dynastic system are also being sent to re-education camps or being banished with their families to remote rural areas.

Via MSNBC

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