North Koreans face the gulag for using slang words after Kim Jong-un unleashed a bizarre new crackdown on perverted language.
The secretive state adopted the new measures in December, fearing that its teenage citizens were growing too comfortable with words popular in democratic South Korea.
Now the authorities will inspect citizens phones, hunting for any use of banned expressions in private messages.
Those caught will be suspected of flouting the ban on South Korean TV and could face the gulag.
North Koreans face the gulag for using slang words after Kim Jong-un unleashed a bizarre new crackdown on perverted language
Kim Jong-un bans North Korean teens from using slang and threatens brutal gulags
Words such as saranghaeyeong (I love you), chal-ka (see you), bye-bye , and ty (the English abbreviation for thank you) in texts will be inspected by authorities
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