SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea has launched a brand new tune praising chief Kim Jong Un for being a “pleasant father” and a “nice chief”, in a transfer that seems to be a part of a propaganda drive to reinforce his standing within the reclusive state.
The music video for the tune was aired on the state-controlled Korean Central Tv on Wednesday.
It options North Koreans of various backgrounds starting from youngsters to troops and medical workers exuberantly belting out strains corresponding to: “Let’s sing, Kim Jong Un the nice chief” and “Let’s brag about Kim Jong Un, a pleasant father”.
A reside efficiency of the tune accompanied by an orchestra and watched by Kim was additionally broadcast on state tv as a part of a ceremony to mark the completion of constructing 10,000 new properties.
The Kim household dynasty that has dominated North Korea since its founding after World Conflict Two have sought to strengthen their grip on energy by constructing cults of persona round them.
The discharge of the upbeat tune titled “Pleasant Father” comes at time when North Korean state media has just lately modified the title it makes use of for a public vacation, prompting hypothesis that the transfer is a part of efforts to solidify Kim’s place.
As an alternative of calling the annual public vacation celebrating the start of the nation’s founder Kim Il Sung “Day of the Solar”, state media has began largely referring to it because the extra impartial “April vacation”.
Such modifications could be a part of an effort by Kim to face on his personal toes with out counting on his predecessors, an official at South Korea’s Unification Ministry stated.