North Korea Cracks Down on Mother’s Days

Kim regime afraid maternal affection will compete with affection for rulers

Students clean the steps in front of the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il in Pyongyang on July 27, 2017. North Korea is censoring messages that can be delivered on Mother’s Day, which is used to celebrate mothers who educate their children to be 'good socialist revolutionaries.' ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images

North Korea has begun censoring the messages that can be delivered on its fledgling Mother’s Day holiday, started by dictator Kim Jong Un in 2012.

Mother’s Day in North Korea is used to promote mothers who uphold the North Korean regime.