North Korea wants to give candies to kids for Kim Jong Un's birthday, but it's making its citizens pay to produce them: report

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  • North Korea is making residents pay for sweets to give children on Kim Jong Un's birthday, RFA reported.

 Local governments in North Korea are requiring that citizens pay for candy ingredients as the country rushes to manufacture sweets in time for dictator Kim Jong Un's birthday, Radio Free Asia reported, citing two unnamed local sources.

Officials in some areas have imposed a tax on each household so their governments can buy raw confectionary ingredients, such as flour and sugar, one source from North Pyongan Province told RFA.

The source said that families in some regions have also been asked to donate an egg to the candy-making effort, resulting in egg shortages in markets.

North Koreans are not happy about being asked to chip in, a source told RFA.

"Residents are angry that the authorities are wiping out the pockets of the people at a time like this to make candy for children, supposedly from Kim Jong Un for his birthday," they said.

Each province is responsible for producing and distributing the sweets, the outlet reported.

The "birthday candy" tradition dates back to the rule of Kim Il Sung, the regime's first dictator and Kim's grandfather, who died in 1994, according to DailyNK. Children receive candy on April 15, Kim Il Sung's birthday, and Kim Jong Il's birthday on February Kim Jong Un's birthday falls on January 8 (though there is dispute about what year).

This past April, families started selling the gifted treats they received for Kim Il Sung's birthday, per Daily NK, as the country faces a devastating food crisis that even Kim admitted is "tense."

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