In North Korea, couples who divorce will be sent to labor camps (www.rfa.org)
from 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org to world@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 01:51
https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/26687249

If you get a divorce in North Korea, you and your spouse will be sent to a labor camp for one to six months to atone for your “crimes,” residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.

Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act, and is generally frowned upon in Korea.

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empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Dec 02:38 next collapse

Coming soon to a Republican house bill near you…

BenM2023@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 06:03 next collapse

But only if its the woman who wants the divorce… And then only if the man’s income is above $1000000 otherwise they are poor and therefore should be in a labour camp/work for Amazon anyway. If they are same sex they go to the camp anyway.

Not sure if /s is appropriate cos I am a “right ponder” and don’t know how close to the truth I am…

philpo@feddit.org on 20 Dec 16:20 collapse

Yeah, or they make a fine rule “For 100.000$ you can buy you out of the camp or send an immigrant to take your place.”

Because of course Trump, his cronies and all these idiots still want the option to get rid of their (35+) “aging” wife’s and make sure the 20 year old they bought cannot run away that fast.

I fully expect a “you cannot leave the country without your husband’s approval” app like in Saudi Arabia at some point.

ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 16:55 collapse

North Korea is too pro-woman’s rights for Republicans

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 02:45 next collapse

Radio Free Asia

chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Dec 03:33 collapse

The most “reliable” source possible

Asafum@feddit.nl on 20 Dec 03:40 next collapse

“Divorce is considered an anti-socialist act”

I don’t even understand what this means.

I feel like it’s like saying “eating pineapple pizza is generally an anti-banking act.”

…what?

Lauchs@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 05:08 next collapse

I think the logic is that a low birth rate is bad for the state. To harm the state makes one an anti-socialist.

Akasazh@feddit.nl on 20 Dec 08:32 next collapse

The cannon fodder isn’t going to make itself

CarbonIceDragon@pawb.social on 20 Dec 12:37 collapse

Does divorce by itself even lower the birthrate though? Intuitively, one might suspect that a couple that were no longer interested in eachother probably isn’t having many children, compared to if those people were to pair off again with new partners?

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Dec 17:15 collapse

Yeah, I feel like promoting healthcare for pregnant people and children, giving incentives to having kids and pushing out propaganda pertaining to sex without condoms feeling better and pregnant women being sexy is all the rage while using movies, tv, and music to push promiscuity would help birth rates.

“Had a hard day… Take it out on a hard cock.” Haha things I never thought I’d type in my life for 200 Alex

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 20 Dec 06:01 next collapse

Now that they found a business selling mercenaries they need to increase the birth rate

john89@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 06:18 collapse

I’m a firm-believer that if people do not want to understand something, then they won’t.

It doesn’t take much thought to realize they’re referring to the unity of the nation. Divorces cause problems. They show not everything is hunky-dory. The regime doesn’t want that.

SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works on 20 Dec 09:55 next collapse

Divorces solve problems. That’s what they are for. What they cause is a glitch in the mirage, you think? Probably, but it might be something more idiotic even.

Wogi@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 14:11 collapse

North Korea is all about appearances, actual solutions aren’t important

Asafum@feddit.nl on 20 Dec 13:00 collapse

Well since we’re sharing firm beliefs, I firmly believe if your intent is to inform someone then insulting the person you’re supposedly informing is the worst way to go about it. People just get defensive and will attempt to reject information more readily when that is done.

Moonrise2473@feddit.it on 20 Dec 06:07 next collapse

So, they allow divorce, but that comes bundled with a near death sentence for both?

Wasn’t easier to just forbid divorces? I’m guessing the elite needs divorces for when they find a hotter girl.

john89@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 06:19 next collapse

Isn’t this source funded by the CIA?

TruckFonaldDump@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 07:21 collapse

No, it’s funded by Congress, but that hardly means anything.

You need to go learn what editorial independence is. Journalists for RFA aren’t being sentenced to 3 generations of there family being out into concentration camps for disagreeing with the US govt.

john89@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 07:23 next collapse

Why is congress funding it?

TruckFonaldDump@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 07:57 next collapse

I mean it’s pretty much our version of the BBC.

LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 20 Dec 17:25 collapse

Congress holds the checkbook. Nothing any part of the federal government does is funded by anyone unless they write the metaphorical check.

News about the world is important to have without it coming from private money, just as news from private money is important to have so it isn’t all coming from the governments money.

Other instances of money being used in this way is PBS. So, Mr. Rogers, Reading Rainbow, Sesame Street, Arthur, The Magic School Bus, Wishbone… all aired on TV for the American populous because Congress wrote a check.

palordrolap@fedia.io on 20 Dec 18:53 collapse

Journalists for RFA aren't being sentenced to 3 generations of there family being out into concentration camps for disagreeing with the US govt.

Careful. If Trump could read, he'd think that was a brilliant idea.

MaDMaX99@lemmy.zip on 20 Dec 07:39 next collapse

lol, we all know the organisation running radio free Asia to spread its propaganda… lol 😂😂😂

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 11:20 collapse

“Propaganda” and “lie” are not synonyms.

This isn’t really even a new story. Divorce was outlawed in May.

economictimes.indiatimes.com/…/110371343.cms?from…

dumbass@leminal.space on 20 Dec 13:12 next collapse

You have to like really fuckin hate each other to still get a divorce.

LittleBorat3@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 13:28 next collapse

These people have different problems all together. Do you think they want self actualize,find themselves or some shit? Lol 😂 divorce

dumbass@leminal.space on 21 Dec 12:07 collapse

Did you even read the post?

betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 05:29 collapse

Could be the start of the plot for a romantic comedy brought to you by NK’s propaganda films department. Divorcing couple sign the papers, get carted off to a labor camp and learn to love the state – and each other (but mostly the state) – all over again.

mrfriki@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 14:01 next collapse

Isn’t the whole North Korea just a big labor camp?

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 20 Dec 18:00 next collapse

Get a divorce? Straight to jail. No question.

ATDA@lemmy.world on 21 Dec 16:12 collapse

“Please don’t tell me we got assigned to the same camp, damn!”