Is Kim Jong-un a... Cat Person?
In this episode, we explore North Korea’s deeply strange relationship with animals, beginning with probably the most urgent question about the Kimdom: Is Kim Jong Un secretly a cat person? From the new Pyongyang pet shop inspected by Kim and his daughter, to dog meat cooking contests, smoking chimpanzees, sacred white horses, and the regime’s evolving idea of “socialist pet culture,” this is the bizarre animal Kimdom, where dogs may be companions, dinner, propaganda symbols, or tools of foreign policy depending on the season. Here, animal rights are guaranteed as good as human rights. Subscribe, unless you are too busy building a socialist civilization through importing Chihuahua to North Korea. OP Song: I Want to Make Clear Sky ED Song: Dash to the Future Reference: Daily NK. “N. Korea Calls Ownership of Pet Dogs ‘Non-Socialist Behavior.’” March 13, 2024. Daily NK. “North Korea’s Pet Industry Takes Off as Kim Jong Un Visit Fuels Elite Demand.” May 6, 2026. Dugnoille, Julien. “To Eat or Not to Eat Companion Dogs: The Controversy over Dog Meat in South Korea.” Food, Culture & Society 21, no. 2, 2018. Jeon, Ho-tae. “Dogs in Goguryeo Tomb Murals.” 2020. KBS World Radio. “Pet Animals in N. Korea.” May 14, 2020. KBS World Radio. “Summer Health Foods in N. Korea.” July 13, 2022. KBS World Radio. “Canine Companions in N. Korea.” May 3, 2025. KCNA Watch. “Tangogi Restaurant Inaugurated.” March 2026. Kho, Youenhee. “Images of Dogs in Joseon Poetry and Painting.” 2018. Korea JoongAng Daily. “North Korea Imports Orlov Trotter Horses Loved by Kim Jong-un from Russia.” August 28, 2024. LeBlanc, Ronald D. “Chocolate and Bourgeois Self-Indulgence in Early Soviet Culture.” In studies of Soviet food culture and revolutionary asceticism. Library of Congress. “South Korea: New Law to Ban Breeding, Butchering, and Selling Dogs for Food Promulgated.” April 10, 2024. Nelson, Amy. “A Hearth for a Dog: The Paradoxes of Soviet Pet Keeping.” Park, Boram. “N. Korea Holds Dog Meat Cooking Contest, Touts It as Summer Health Food.” Yonhap News Agency, July 4, 2025. Seoul National University research team. Study on South Korean public attitudes toward dog-meat consumption. Animals 14, no. 15, 2024. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 05:26 The Useful Animals 14:55 The Socialist Dog 26:44 The Sweet Meat 41:33 The Animal Kimdom 48:29 Final Thoughts
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