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The Grand Gymnastics and Artistic Performance "The Land of the People" was held with due ceremony at the May Day Stadium on Monday. Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and supreme commander of the armed forces of the DPRK, enjoyed the grand gymnastics and artistic performance[...] After the performance he called creators of the performance and seriously criticized them for their wrong spirit of creation and irresponsible work attitude, pointing to the contents and forms of the performance...(source: KCNA, 4.06)

Please keep in mind: Usually, when KJU is dissatisfied with something/someone... the consequences are seriously, if not deadly!! Here just one example: Pyongyang Sunan Airport. N. Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the construction of the new terminal in July 2012[...] He reportedly visited the construction site several times, deploying troops for its construction and issuing instructions personally. Last November, he was said to have stopped work on the terminal after inspecting the site and reproaching workers for "defects". He reportedly said there were "deviations in the interior layout including halls for check-in and departure". Parts of these facilities had to be torn down and rebuilt... The terminal's head designer Ma Won Chun [...] disappeared last year in a government purge carried out by Mr Kim. "The Diplomat" reported that he was murdered in November... (source: Straits Times, 2015.7.02)

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Well, I don't want to speculate what it means for the creators of the performance("seriously criticized" by KJU)... But I'm sure that the performers'(thousands of kids and teenagers) hardship will be aggravated for the (at least)next two months!!

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