Sarcasm banned in North Korea as Kim Jong-un fears people only agree with him 'ironically'

In a bizarre and surprising move, Kim Jong-un has banned sarcasm in North Korea. The reason is that the controversial leader fears people only agree with him ironically, reports said. He has reportedly warned the government officials that they will "not be forgiven" if heard being sarcastic.

In order to spread the word about the new order, mass meetings were organised across the country. “One state security official personally organised a meeting to alert local residents to potential ‘hostile actions’ by internal rebellious elements," Radio Free Asia's Korean Services quoted a source as saying.

“The main point of the lecture was ‘keep your mouths shut’.” “This is all America’s fault” is one of the banned phases that allude to Mr Kim's default position of blaming the US for everything that goes wrong.

“This habit of the central authorities of blaming the wrong country when a problem’s cause obviously lies elsewhere has led citizens to mock the party,” the source told Radio Free Asia.

Government workers apparently refer to Kim as "a fool who cannot see the outside world.”