Crackdown on Teenagers Even for ‘Hand Hearts’… Forced to Write Letters of Apology Labeled ‘Anti-Socialist’

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Amid reports that North Korean authorities have been tightening control over residents' language and behavior to prevent the influx of external culture, even the so-called "hand heart" gesture, which has recently become popular among teenagers, is becoming a target of crackdowns. According to a DailyNK source in South Pyongan Province on the 3rd, students at a senior middle school (high school) in Kaechon City were recently caught making heart s…