N. Korea bans citizens from having same name as Kim Jong-un’s daughter

On Wednesday, the Ministry of Security in Chongju, a city in North Pyongan province, gathered citizens with the name “Ju-ae” and ordered them to change their names, a resident from the city told Radio Free Asia on Thursday. A source from South Pyongan province also told the news agency that people were given one week to change their name. Authorities told the parents of a 12-year-old girl in Chongju that her birth certificate must be changed, as the name is now reserved for people of “the highest dignity,” the source added.