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North Korea bans laughing for 11 days

By Luke Gentile
Published December 20, 2021 4:54pm ET
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North Korea bans laughing for 11 days
A North Korean flag flies above a CCTV surveillance camera attached on the entrance gate at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 13, 2017. Malaysia's health minister said Monday that the government will give relatives of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's estranged half brother two to three weeks to claim his body before deciding what to do with it. | (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The North Korean government has placed its citizens under an 11-day laughing ban to honor the death of Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un’s father, former Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il.

North Koreans are forbidden from consuming alcohol, laughing, or engaging in leisure activities, said a resident of Sinuiju, North Korea, according to a report.

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