With food shortages across the country, North Korea broadcast a cartoon warning to prevent obesity and overeating

• North Korean TV broadcasted a cartoon about the obesity problem in the country when there was a shortage of food.
• In the comics, a character tells her chubby friend that she should walk home instead of taking a bus.
• At the same time, it is reported that Kim Jong Un has lost dozens of pounds in the past few months.
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A North Korean cartoon broadcast on national television last week seemed to warn children against obesity and overeating. shortage of food -And as According to reports, Kim Jong-un himself lost dozens of pounds.

In the clip of the cartoon, report Seoul reporter Chad O’Carroll from the news and analysis website NKNews, Two girls walking on the city street in winter. One of them blamed her fat friend for wanting to take the bus home regardless of her weight and told her that she should walk.

Then the two went to the first girl’s house, the slender girl practiced acrobatics, while her friend ate snacks and dozed off on the sofa. Colin Zwirko, a senior analyst at NKNews, tweeted that the North Korean regime may also use this cartoon to represent the country’s prosperity.

This is not the first time the country has used cartoons to guide its citizens.A long-running series is called “Squirrel and Hedgehog” Aired from the 1970s to the 2010s, featuring animal characters, who dressed in military equipment to defend their homes from invaders.It is widely regarded as Military propaganda.

Experts regularly review North Korean state television, the Politburo incident, and the dictator Kim Jong-un himself to gather clues about the secret regime.

This cartoon coincides with Kim’s apparent weight change.It is believed that Kim has lost a lot of weight in the past two months, and Official media reported that residents of Pyongyang Feeling “heartbroken” at his “haggard” state.South Korea’s National Intelligence Agency (NIS) estimates that Kim, who is usually strong, lost more than 40 pounds in July, and his recent photos seem to indicate that he is Thinner.

-NK News (@nknewsorg) August 22, 2021

In June of this year, Kim publicly stated that the country is facing severe food shortages and called the situation “tensed.” At the beginning of this month, NIS reports that the regime has distributed emergency rice reserves from the military, Show how desperate the crisis has become.

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