"Too Western": North Korea Bans Cooking and Selling Hot Dogs

Kim Jong-un, the dictatorial leader of North Korea, issued a completely bizarre decree this week prohibiting the cooking and selling of hot dogs.

Anyone who violates the ban by cooking or selling hot dogs will be considered a traitor to the state, facing particularly harsh 'payment,' as determined by the dictatorial leader: imprisonment and sentencing to a labor camp for several months. Additionally, if the offender is a business owner who risked selling hot dogs in their store, they risk permanent business closure.

It's important to note that this is a significant 'decree' against the poor citizens, who always include such sausages, known locally as Budae-jjigae, in their noodle soup. Until now, they were sold unimpeded at food stalls in markets.

Does the decree apply only to businesses, or does it also extend to home cooking?

Surprisingly, Jong-un applied the decree to home cooking as well, because, according to him, hot dogs are 'too Western.'

Meanwhile, the hapless residents of the country 'crumble' under the burden of a long series of restrictions imposed in recent months on things Jong-un has defined as 'too Western.' For instance, Jong-un sends couples whose marriages have hit the rocks and who seek a divorce to his labor camp. 'This is an anti-socialist action,' he declared. 'Anyone who decides to divorce will spend up to six months in the labor camp,' he threatened.