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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[xenondoro]

North Korea's obesity rate is exactly one person.

[iattacku]

maybe if he stopped eating all the food they would

[______-]

They’re literally clapping for their lives

[wannabeemokid]

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

[chrissaltaur]

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

[eadc]

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

[oorahcrazydog]

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

[ArabicReja]

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

[JapsDmz]

The tension from fear in that hall is terrifying.

[brutuslongsword]

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

[Garcwyn]

He clearly walks the walk as he is giving birth soon

[thommothompson]

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 😮

[mummymaxine]

😢❤my heart goes out to those poor women

[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

[andeydimitrov]

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

[tapdancingtoad]

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

[dana]

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

[harryv]

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.

[lise]

He can't even feed his starving population!

[sophiasocal]

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