Last week, a North Korean newspaper suspended a journalist indefinitely for asking a question to Kim Jong-un during the “2015 State of the NUKEion.”
Park Ji-sung, a staff writer for The North Korean Chronicle, asked Kim Jong-un, “Do you prefer boxers or briefs?” and was immediately thrown out of the auditorium.
“I tweeted the question with the #NUKEion at the end, but the moderators chose not to ask it. Considering that the supposedly annual ‘State of the NUKEion’ seems to happen as often as I eat, I thought this was my only chance to ask a question,” said Park, while looking for a job at a newspaper more interested in providing the news. “I feel that the people have a right to know what Kim Jong-un has under his pantsuit!”
The moderator of the event, a high-ranking member of Kim Jong-un’s cabinet, chose questions that he felt were “more worthy of our Supreme Leader” such as “Have you improved at golf?” and “Are you excited about St. Patrick’s Day?”
The North Korean Chronicle Editor-in-Chief Jo Tong-sop was unhappy about Park’s decision to ask a question that was not approved by the moderator. “The Chronicle has a certain way of doing journalism and Park’s inquisitiveness and dogged determination for the truth has no place at our newspaper,” said Jo. “In fact, I want to let it be known to the world: The Chronicle does not condone investigative journalism and wishes nothing but an unexamined and stress-free term for Kim Jong-un and all future North Korean leaders!”
In unrelated news, Kim Jong-un is considering giving a speech at Quinnipiac, stating his admiration of the school newspaper’s “journalistic integrity.”