North Korea bolsters leader Kim with birthday loyalty oaths

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SEOUL, May 6 — For the first time since leader Kim Jong-un took power in 2011, North Koreans were asked to take loyalty oaths on his birthday, a South Korean research institute...

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The loyalty oaths, which Reuters could not independently verify, were administered on what is believed to have been Kim’s 40th birthday on January 8, according to the South and North Development Institute , a Seoul-based organisation that released photos of the oath in an ornate folder on Friday. The Kim family dynasty has ruled the country since its founding after World War Two, strengthening their grip on power by building cults of personality around them.

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