Kim Jong-un makes tearful appeal for women to have more babies to arrest declining birth rates

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for efforts to tackle the country's falling birth rates, describing the challenge as "everyone's housekeeping duty" .
At an event held for mothers in Pyongyang, Kim said the nation should "work with the mothers" to prevent the birth rate from declining and focus on providing good childcare services.
Video from the state media showed a hall packed with women dressed in traditional dresses cheering enthusiastically for Kim at the meeting.
The United Nations Population Fund estimated that 1.8 children per woman are being born in North Korea as of 2023, higher than some of its neighbours grappling with a similar downward trend.
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[@xenondoro8573]

North Korea's obesity rate is exactly one person.

[@kevinsherman7376]

I hope one day the people of North Korea rebel against Kim jung on regime 😢

[@CommunistBot]

Actually North Korea has an obesity rate of 6.8%, which is higher than South Korea's rate of 4.7%. This is according to the CIA world factbook

[@ChaNnArD-mD]

Kims garbage disposal?

[@thiccredgyal3404]

I remember watching an interview with a former driver of kmi Jong IL or one of the elite. He was one of the few fat people in North Korea. The guards mentioned his weight when they tortured him in a prison camp.

[@Tittelintuure04]

😂Good one👏🏽

[@iattacku2773]

maybe if he stopped eating all the food they would

[@SunIsSunnySunnyIsSunny]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@marvinmartian8746]

He's storing it all in his cheek pouches.

[@crescentmoon256]

😂😂😂

[@NAEL782]

Bruh

[@mr.thundrysh5364]

Bray Wyatt: "The Eater of Worlds". Kim Jong Un: "The Eater of Culinary World".

[@______-795]

They’re literally clapping for their lives

[@eglantinepapeau1582]

they've been brainwashed since birth

[@jillsy2815]

Right?! They look terrified!!!

[@delanorrosey4730]

They're crying even as they're clapping.....as if they're afraid their lives will be extinguished for noncompliance.

[@laa5572]

Exactly bro

[@Naksu..]

No .... They love Kim Jong Un...

[@wannabeemokid248]

Bro really felt good after giving his speech and had thousands of people clapping for him. Not that they had a choice.

[@ernestkhalimov748]

Should've had gta song in the background

[@Bharat_the_earth_owner]

​@@ernestkhalimov748seems that women had crying face but still clapping 😂😂

[@LuciVsevo]

Reminds me of Church

[@VinnyLuco-bi4se]

​@@LuciVsevo 💀💀💀

[@VLadimir_putin01719]

Choice for what....i save our youth , our culture , our tradition. They have to follow my rules my regulations.

[@eadc888]

For a country who’s inhabitants are malnourished, this sounds like a bad idea to add more people

[@lks6248]

Communists have never had any problems with mass starvation……

[@theominousu6484]

Indeed, is a country willing to raise a plethora of zombies suffering from kwashiorkor?

[@derklebob8161]

Tell that to Africans

[@kaboonali5466]

@@derklebob8161introduce your people’s lgbtq lifestyle to the Africans 😂

[@xrp589baby]

wish the WEST would do the same...instead we just import millions of migrants

[@chrissaltaur1254]

Love how the women take written notes of their leader telling them to get pregnant.

[@leae3750]

🤣

[@lalaxy9099]

Not that they have much choice

[@minimix5769]

​it's his order ... They r not doing by heart, forced to do so ...

[@DarkFreak1000]

Lol that's a violation 😂😂😂

[@dbzfan4evermj233]

More like dictator 😂

[@oorahcrazydog]

Can't imagine why they wouldn't want to have more babies. So much food, opportunity, prosperity.

[@txman276]

In North Korea? lol

[@gothicxromantic]

@@txman276they’re being sarcastic lol

[@TheShowOff2I]

@@gothicxromantic As an American I’m starting to realize that Sarcasm may not exist in a lot of countries 😂

[@ihg7645]

As an Norwegian I too just realized that@@TheShowOff2I

[@user-qx4zc3ph2m]

​@@TheShowOff2IThat's why we have negative birth rate everywhere

[@JapsDmz]

The tension from fear in that hall is terrifying.

[@jillsy2815]

yes!! I felt it too!

[@actual_doge3221]

Yeah it's coming through this screen 😨

[@CharlesOnikosi-ql5sb]

He's paying respect to the women in ever changing world with women behind the growth of the nation.

[@user-iw6xk6bv2k]

0:25 RIP to the lady who just flinched

[@Garcwyn]

He clearly walks the walk as he is giving birth soon

[@JinhitEntertainmentOfficial]

😂😂😂😂

[@ankithamankitham4968]

Bro😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@brutuslongsword]

absolutely ridiculous. They cant even feed the current population and now he wants to condemn thousands of unborn babies to starvation.

[@karlosthejackel69]

Says who? The BBC?

[@brutuslongsword]

Read a book. There is lots written on the topic

[@Darkseidsolosfiction]

​@@karlosthejackel69your mom

[@mamzeza]

keep listening to your western propaganda. Your beloved usa hypocrite state is no better!!!!

[@elsosa7863]

Obesity is now killing triple the number of people who die from malnutrition as it claims more than three million lives a year worldwide.

[@ArabicReja973]

This tearful appeal is from a man who killed his brother on foreigner soil.

[@eattherich9215]

He also had his uncle executed.

[@elsosa7863]

with Anti Air guns, must of been a spectacle.@@eattherich9215

[@delanorrosey4730]

​@@eattherich9215and his two top advisors. All 4 met horrible ends.

[@laa5572]

Exactly

[@zeinbanda6825]

what a shame the population wont grow beacause he continue starving them

[@LisaLee__]

This man fascinates me. He was educated and raised in the west. Had the western college experience. Lived a great and fun life in sovereign countries with freedom and democracy. How can he in good conscience rule the way that he does? People are strange -Jim Morrison

[@terrywilliams4706]

Some times Weeds grow in a garden.

[@ricardosouza3119]

Most communist leaders are like this, even marx himself, power can change any man, thats why no empire or kingdom will last forever, humanity is hardwired with greed

[@Cutthroat__]

Yea I never understood it either.. from what i seen it seems like he had a pretty normal childhood and was very likable

[@ReplyReaper8617]

most likely he is puppet putting an act from govt

[@comunistas2227]

Now imagine what our ancestor had to deal, in a world without rights and freedom

[@thommo8thompson562]

What choice do those women have if they don't applaud they will be jailed or killed the fear in that room must be massive 😮

[@danielleturner7811]

The tears are probably real but not because they love him so much!

[@mummymaxine]

😢❤my heart goes out to those poor women

[@xrp589baby]

how?

[@NafaaFPV]

Why???

[@mcata3625]

Is it the c-vid vax affecting your heart??

[@cptsteele91]

Why what happened to em? Besides living in North Korea I mean.

[@karlosthejackel69]

He’s only asking, not paying a visit

[@scottharrison812]

Love the choreographed clapping 😂

[@bodhisattva2348]

More choreography than a beyonce concert 😂😂😂

[@Jackb0203]

Just like the clapping seals for Biden.

[@Naksu..]

Its not choreo... Heart and soul combined as one

[@maxkapasa2416]

😁😃😄😆😀

[@tapdancingtoad16]

look at these women’s faces. tell me they don’t look horrified and distressed.

[@andeydimitrov3685]

The women clapping are older than my grandmother😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bodhisattva2348]

😂😂😂 they know they don't have to participate

[@reereealexander8653]

Lol I noticed that too

[@Dhuxul9]

These women are malnourished that is why they can’t have babies first feed them

[@PPPPPQQQSP]

​@@bodhisattva2348😂

[@gentahodo2690]

They are not. They look old cuz they starving

[@lise1255]

He can't even feed his starving population!

[@jamesb312]

Or even keep the electricity on, but they can manage to produce missiles and send them to Russia.

[@jordanclayton2004]

@@jamesb312 the electricity is actually smart they one of the the only countries to waste zero energy

[@davidpowell6098]

He has no problem feeding himself, and his arse lickers, does he?

[@maodonimega]

Power outages all the time@@jordanclayton2004

[@karlosthejackel69]

Who’s confirmed they are starving?

[@harryv6752]

Truly, a man of integrity; of great humility. A man of the hour. Man of the year. I would also clap. But my hands are tied.

[@elemstuff]

Lmao

[@mirm0n]

😭😭😭

[@jhaimp.sullivan5618]

He's a ba boon "

[@code-hh4xb]

Lmfaooooo

[@Lejeron]

Just imagine being born into north korea… goddamn💀

[@neev130]

Why does a country like north Korea exist in 2024

[@peachandtoffee]

​@@neev130evil minds

[@zenderman3495]

@@neev130because they have nukes that’s why, No one can stop them.

[@xOrestt]

​@@neev130Because it is leaded by monsters that call 'enemies' countries that don't support his ideology? 🤦‍♂️

[@scotthouston6621]

It could happen anywhere.

[@dana1853]

That’s the saddest thing. I wonder how many would clap if their lives weren’t threatened.

[@sophiasocal68]

A bunch of 50 year old ladies jumping up and down: "we're going to have babies again"

[@JinhitEntertainmentOfficial]

😂😂😂😂

[@V-jz9sc]

They are obligated to be overly enthusiastic about everything that rocket man has to say, lest they lose their heads.

[@christine8459]

​@@V-jz9scI indeed have never seen a Kim Jong Un speech where the people aren't enthusiastic.

[@Nixxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Look at the people who are clapping. We can see the fear on their eyes.

[@verrico7536]

Christ, what a nightmare.

[@JoshuaMartin992]

@@ModalSouldumb comment.

[@mcata3625]

"Christ"😂

[@stephaniewalker3288]

No it’s a bloody nightmare over there!

[@stephaniewalker3288]

@@mcata3625….🙄

[@richardtaveras3593]

@@ModalSoulI can’t tell if your joking or not

[@rubberplantsandwich]

more babies = more soldiers

[@eattherich9215]

'more babies = more soldiers' That is if they manage to survive childhood.

[@AIAudiobooks411]

they dont need soldiers. they got nukes.

[@jmusic587]

nukes

[@isabellavillanueva4639]

That is terrifying the chanting and the spell he has them under

[@Julia-nl3gq]

I don't think it's a spell, I think that they know that if they don't act like that, they'll be harmed in some way.

[@isabellavillanueva4639]

@@Julia-nl3gq right

[@chloerosewood]

I hope NK will be free before I die 😢

[@GinK10]

This is a nightmare 😭. Poor people.

[@jhaimp.sullivan5618]

Seriously, it's insane

[@MrLewis91120]

How about feeding your people and improving their health instead of buying old Russian weapons

[@karlosthejackel69]

Who says they are unfed?

[@xplaing]

Buying weapons from Russia? North Korea now distributes ammunition and weapons to Russia and many other countries. If they need a farm/agriculture system, they ask China for it and they give it to them.

[@V-jz9sc]

​@@karlosthejackel69Reality

[@KIMkardashi-un]

People don't want to have babies somewhere they don't want to live 🤡

[@mcata3625]

🤡 because 97% employment level

[@arleigh31burke-zc2om]

​@@mcata3625$4 dollars monthly salary, living the Pyongyang dream 🤡

[@thegayestgoth]

These people aren't stupid.

[@Surl9596]

@@mcata3625Holy privilege

[@amyb2815]

That doesn’t even look real. It’s sad to think that these people get punished if they aren’t showing enough emotion.

[@TheYoli182]

Exactly the taking notes is all for show.

[@0saintclark0]

How long before women in North Korea have to spend their years between 16 and 30 in "breeding centres".

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

That's what will happen

[@thebaneofyourexistence.3377]

@@DaGabbaGangstabehave

[@mcata3625]

What does that even mean?

[@DaGabbaGangsta]

@mcata3625 making woman get pregnant in breeding programs to get the birth rate up, this is n Korea lol

[@SarahKatuta]

​@@mcata3625 They'll be forced to have babies.

[@HistoryWorld1826]

God,what does this country has to suffer from! And the worst part is no nation can help them..💔😔

[@rynfloa731]

No nation wants to help them . There's a difference here

[@vasilykotikov6916]

At least they don't have any American military on their soil

[@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738]

⁠@@vasilykotikov6916Yeah! They may be starving and living under a totalitarian regime where there is a constant threat of incarceration for any minor infraction, but at least they’re not allied with the world’s most powerful nation!

[@mcata3625]

​@@vasilykotikov6916EXACTLY!

[@mcata3625]

​@@iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii7738that's the UK

[@wannapet2106]

Videos like these make me feel lucky to be born in the west

[@Auriior]

Always

[@crescentmoon256]

so watch more

[@bba48]

They prolly think the same when they your country's traditions on the news

[@timelyferry]

they probably wont think that. @@bba48

[@M22-19]

West is next thanks to islam

[@varunrajesh6516]

If North Korea's authoritarian policies actually succeed in raising the birth rate, that'll send a very dark message to Japan and especially South Korea on what their policies should be. Scary to think what's in store for women's rights in the future with this decreasing birth rates and aging population crisis.

[@BarbarianKing2964]

Eventually we will have authoritarian forcing births. Its sad but also the only solution

[@ARedMagicMarker]

As a childfree woman, it's why I'm glad I'm not in the 13-20s age bracket anymore. I'm getting out of this hellhole before it gets darker for us women and I'm NOT leaving my DNA behind to suffer. Fugg that.

[@jonkornealus9604]

Japan and South Korea are free democratic countries. They couldn't implement North Korea-style policies even if they wanted to.

[@ABAddonfromHeLL]

If Kim Jong-Un says so then it will happen anyway

[@thebaneofyourexistence.3377]

‘Woman’s rights’ as we know them in the west are purely indoctrination in the other direction.

[@G0ddEityawesome]

“Please make more babies so I can continue to be their future ruler” 😂

[@ainsleyharriott2209]

On my phone the title just read he wants more babies to arrest 😂

[@Dhuxul9]

😅

[@Julia-nl3gq]

That's probably pretty accurate! 🙂

[@Turambar3791]

That's what I thought

[@user-hz5zl1do2w]

And feed them all cake.

[@thepanda1044]

Kim jong un: Have more babies Women: *NO*

[@Sareza.]

This is just insanity at a different level...

[@StudywithMe_ChasingDreams]

Low Fertility is last option to Destroy this Dictatorship

[@2hatsbadhair4rel-hh8kv]

anyone else find this eerie asf

[@Lucy-qg3xi]

Im glad to hear this! But he is Not doing this because he Cares! He's doing this because he needs those babies to grow up and fight his war and to be his slave! But instead he's going to hurt his own country.

[@rob1699]

That is the most eerie acting imaginable 😅

[@Bharat_the_earth_owner]

Power of a dictator 😂😂😢😢😢 feeling bad for the woman ...seems like they are crying and clapping

[@zarinsfam6429]

They are literally clapping like NPC’s 😂

[@316forevers]

Declining burth rate should rot in prison 😡

[@GOLDF1NG3R]

Chairman Kim sounds like a villain in an Anime 😂

[@The_ZeroLine]

hahaha. So right.

[@mrshab]

Nah the real villains are the American presidents 💯

[@jarogniewtheconqueror2804]

@@mrshab *American corporations and rich families, the presidents are just puppets and representatives of the former

[@Askarcher]

Creepy. Terrible.

[@Rwangyz]

Maybe kum jong un should share his food?

[@SiergiejW]

I would say crocodile tears but, I saw no tears. Maybe instead of talking, give people food and electricity? But nah, he then went for a huge meal with the comrades.

[@elsosa7863]

More people die from obesity than malnourishment in the world, focus on your own country first lol

[@jillsy2815]

Right? Give them a better life and they'll want babies.

[@-NOCAP-]

Sad thing is that if the people in the crowd get caught not cheering or being emotional enough towards Kim they can actually get imprisoned.

[@user-bf1ds9cc8l]

Fun fact: North Korea has the 2nd highest fertility rate in East Asia

[@dirtylemon3379]

He looks like he's eight months pregnant with twins so that's a good start.

[@Kittiesdawn]

Do they think we don’t know how the country is run?

[@glasgowmcglasgowfacevotegr7049]

The birth rate isn’t the only thing being arrested - the babies are too. And that’s not a joke.

[@BMarie774]

What’s sad is we can all wish freedom, prosperity, and safety to the people of North Korea and yet they’re convinced we hate them and would do them harm. It’s so the opposite. I wish for a North Korea free of dictatorship.

[@kevinsherman7376]

A rebellion needs to start in North Korea and remove kim jung on dictatorship

[@wObBlE73]

Those poor women look like they are on the edge of tears

[@Lia-tn3hk]

Bro sounded like teletubbies

[@danksourav]

A video full of fear and terror

[@datavisualizer1492]

He needs his army so obviously he is going to be worried 😂

[@SoarseX]

Birth rate declining would be a great idea to defeat Kim dinasty. NK people are getting smart.

[@Israel-eg5lk]

THAT PLACE LITERALLY NEED FREEDOM

[@lucyallsop88]

Keep your legs crossed ladies

[@mcata3625]

🤡

[@jackkakongoma3440]

This dictator Kim is heartless

[@Guys_Love_Each_Other]

is he logical even he is heartless?

[@Squad2ND]

I don't blame them. Having almost no food, working till I drop and being depressed as all hell would not be a turn on for me neither.

[@GamingproAk16]

Felling sad for north korean people's 😢

[@Abbababy.]

They were forced to act happy

[@lastChang]

Chinese dream is to become a second North Korea 🇰🇵 as soon as possible.

[@psycho8927]

What rubbish

[@theominousu6484]

indeed

[@marshjj3788]

They may be damn communists but China isn't that silly they embrace trading in a global market and having good international relations whereas NK is a closed off Stalinist state stuck in the last century.

[@roopas688]

Already is, CCP is treacherously hiding it

[@haruyanto8085]

Sinophobia, China already is an authoritarian country, at least China doesnt have mass shootings and mass lootings every month

[@jamesb312]

He's even crazier than Putin...

[@drgeoffangel5422]

and by a mile!

[@mcata3625]

For worrying about declining birth rate?

[@RoobrtLiwanduski]

@@mcata3625for begging women to make more babies when millions are already starving because of not enough food

[@mcata3625]

@@RoobrtLiwanduski they don't look like they're starving, where'd u get your info?

[@RoobrtLiwanduski]

@@mcata3625 plenty of interviews from people that have fled North Korea, it’s estimated between 300,000 and 800,000 people starve or die from a hunger related illness every year in North Korea

[@Akursedtime]

Kim Jong Un: Have more babies. The women: Food, basic healthcare and hygiene products would be.... Kim Jong Un: Babies.

[@DiogoSantos-ix5sl]

1.8 is like 3 times South Korea’s rate; at this point they’ll unify the peninsula by being the last country standing xD

[@michaellipkin9430]

There once was a tribute to comrade Stalin. Everyone jumped up and started clapping. But who would dare to be the first to stop clapping? They clapped and clapped, starting to look around nervously to see if anyone else was daring to stop. But no one would for over 10 minutes. Eventually as exhaustion started to set in one man stopped clapping and sat down, everyone else immediately did the same with relief. Later he was visited by the KGB and set to Siberia. Be interesting to known if Kim has a similar system. (this from Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago)

[@cutekanjii]

Even Hitler didn't care when anyone stopped clapping first or if somebody interupted him in private conversation he'd get annoyed yes but wouldn't send them to the camps. Stalin was worse and yet never ever gets the same treatment by the media and the political correct society pushers.

[@City1Tiger]

Propaganda

[@leseabanari7548]

​@@City1Tigerсам ты пропаганда. Всё он правильно написал

[@Joshua-eo5hr]

I love that bed time story tell me another one 😅

[@haruyanto8085]

As if they cared about some claps lol

[@Hello_there497]

It's like lion emotionally asking deer of his kingdom to have more babies.

[@Curepaa]

It breaks my heart to see him there crying alone with no one to hug him... 💔

[@SirGoobus]

Who in their right mind would wanna hug Kim Jong Un

[@Belianaria8213]

@@SirGoobus for real though

[@aaaaaa-hh8cq]

​@@SirGoobuswho doesn't want to hug a fat dictator

[@kel2700]

They are FORCED to cheer, smile & cry happily anytime being in his presence. It is DEMANDED.

[@ifykyk679]

Yeah, we know.

[@JoshCameronLife]

Weirdest Request for a leader could ever ask for. 😅

[@TiredArc]

Look how happy they are that they look like they're crying for real Kim is such a good person fr

[@popcorn_and_zero-coke_lady_fan]

When he cried, I expected the credits for the sponsor and the OST.

[@babydolphin2423]

Thousands of severally oppressed women cheering

[@badanxiety6886]

Those women cheering up and crying for him as he entered the room seem so fake

[@xOrestt]

Ye but they are forced :(

[@TakeTheLDance]

Its a prison

[@AlexPoroshinn]

I like how every spectator has a pen and a paper to take notes 😢

[@Bloomingx]

Actually he was giving them some important tips😂😂.....

[@ENTERTAININGVIDEOS1]

BMA What else are they suppose to do in front of Tyrant!! I wonder if anything better have ever came out of this Pizza Man & his ancestors!!!

[@rioluna6058]

in venezuela they do the same... all this totalitarian states are ridiculous what is worst is all ofthem are preparing for war...russia iran nicaragua venezuela north korea and china they all are trash. i would mention many countries in africa too but at least they wont mess with other countries

[@charlesnorwich5932]

😂😂😂 more babies? But there is famine in the country, why would someone bring babies to this world in such situation?

[@eulalawrence9018]

Because his fat bellies couldn't tolerate the lack of free workers from his own citizen 😂

[@joshualumbe1842]

Bro walking away from the podium and receiving the applause. Makes him feel like a god lol.

[@phoenixwhiler943]

The women in the crowd look miserable

[@5starlifestyle555]

Omg thats his voice?? He sounds like a dragon ball Z Villan

[@CloudyxSeaside]

Why is his voice so annoying help 💀 he sounds like he’s barking

[@gurusheat3506]

Unreal how all those people in that room have no idea what life is like outside and will never experience it .. sad

[@JuniorMike003]

They are clapping for the sake of their dear life. 💀

[@peterkabrna]

We need to make this creatures tears REAL

[@lordzontor]

An entire country turned into a cult😢

[@poplife123]

A Kafkaesque Orwellian nightmare...... Really is 😢

[@mcata3625]

That'll be the Western countries

[@BillyShears1]

Genuinely can’t believe this exists on earth.

[@Death88758]

True seems like a fantasy world

[@UlyssesAlpha]

I do not feel bad for governments that whine about this problem. They just are pissed about their GDP being affected.

[@Ethan-xf4or]

What a weird bunch of people.

[@xOrestt]

Reminded me the jungle where the big monkey rules 😂

[@blacktemplar5970]

Not gonna lie it must be pretty sweet being this guy...literally everyone loves him...except everyone outside of N Korea, and nearly all the people in N Korea...but atleast everyone at his rallies clap for him

[@drgeoffangel5422]

That's why Trump is dead jealous of him, everyone calls him "Sir" or dies!

[@Fireglo]

@@drgeoffangel5422 Kim's face when Trump made that joke about them being nice and thin. 🤣

[@mackib430]

🙄

[@IDuBStepSZ]

They don't all love him. For things like this that are filmed that we see outside north korea they specially select the people that do love him.

[@trevorhart545]

@@IDuBStepSZ Bit like finding someone who ADMITS to having voted for Joe "Mogadon Man" Biden. All staged!

[@meteozberk9776]

All country is mental hospital

[@mcata3625]

That'll be the Western countries.

[@last_methbender6306]

I have a feeling the coof did alot of damage over there.

[@debojitghosh5323]

Why the people look like an NPC