Kim Jong-un Temporarily Ban Weddings and Funerals for ‘Security’ Reasons

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un has put a ban on all weddings—and funerals—for the upcoming week as the country prepares to anoint him as its leader, according to The Korea Times.

Hu Kwang Rim and his wife Hwang Ju Ok celebrate their wedding at the Monument of Party's foundation of DPR Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Oct. 19, 2007. Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images

North Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un has put a ban on all weddings—and funerals—for the upcoming week as the country prepares to anoint him as its leader, according to The Korea Times.

But it’s all for security purposes … to prevent any “mishap” at the event.

“Strengthening security can be seen as a measure to prevent mishaps over the party congress,” said Cheong Joon-hee, a spokesman at South Korea’s Unification Ministry, according to The Mirror.

At the 7th Party Congress, which starts on May 6 and is expected to last four to five days, the 33-year-old is set to talk and praise North Korea’s recent missile tests.

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