While North Korea doesn't appear to be celebrating their leader's birthday officially, some North Korean citizens are privately finding a way to celebrate.
NK News reports:
January 8th is pronounced in Korean as ?ilpal? (one-eight). But the Korean word for eighteen, ?sippal?, happens to be a homophone of the swear-word ?f**king?. Pyongyang residents have decided to take advantage of this pun. They are referring to Kim Jong-un?s birthday as the ?f**king birthday celebrations?, and compulsory apple-picking days as ?f**king Apple-Picking Days?.
Among some groups of trusted friends, it goes further than that: Kim Jong-un is referred to as ?f**king comrade?, ?f**king Marshal or ?f**king Kim the Third?.
While such a joke may seem innocent enough to us, in North Korea ? a country where leaders are revered with a near god-like status due to a tremendous cult of personality ? its a very big deal.
Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/kim-jong-uns-birthday-prompts-pun-2013-1
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