The usual caveats apply when it comes to reports out of North Korea that are impossible to independently verify but supposedly the propaganda campaign against the Kim Jong-un regime in North Korea is growing:

“]Major structures built to promote the personality cult of North Korea’s Kim dynasty have been damaged as isolated pockets of resistance begin to grow, according to reports. A statue of Kim Jong-suk, former leader Kim Jong-il’s mother, in Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province was damaged in October and a monument in Pyongyang was destroyed in April last year.

Based on information from domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, Saenuri Party lawmaker Yoon Sang-hyun said on Sunday, “The Kim Jong-un regime has witnessed several events challenging the authority of regime founder Kim Il-sung and his family.”

A door of Mangyongdae, regime founder Kim Il-sung’s birthplace in Pyongyang, was stolen in February last year. Mangyongdae is the most sacred place in the North. Minister of People’s Security Ju Sang-song, the closest aide to Kim Jong-il, was suddenly fired in March, presumably taking the blame for this case.

In September last year, graffiti reading “Hereditary succession is betrayal of socialism!” and “Down with Kim Jong-un!” were found at major universities and in market areas.  [Chosun Ilbo]

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