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North Korea Reportedly Confiscating Pet Dogs In Capital, Owners Fear They’ll Be Used For Food

Ashe Schow
North Korea Reportedly Confiscating Pet Dogs In Capital, Owners Fear They’ll Be Used For Food
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North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly ordered the confiscation of pet dogs in the country’s capital city of Pyongyang.

Kim allegedly claims the owning of dogs is part of Western “decadence,” but owners reportedly fear their dogs are going to be killed for food as the country continues to suffer. The confiscation was reported by the English-language version of the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo. The outlet reported a source told said Kim issued the ban on owning pets in July, claiming it was “a ‘tainted’ trend by bourgeois ideology.”

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