"Sales of budae-jjigae in the market have stopped," a vendor in the northern province of Ryanggang told the outlet. "The police and market management have said anyone caught selling it will be shut down."

Additionally, couples who wish to divorce have been ordered by the North Korean dictator to serve six-month sentences in labor centers. Kim Jong Un stated that the separation is considered "anti-socialist" behavior, and as a result, the couple is required to atone for their "crimes."

A divorced woman who claimed to have served three months of labor in South Pyongan province told RFA that women were subjected to more severe sentences than men. "There are about 80 women, and 40 men imprisoned in the county labor training camp," she said. "About 30 men and women were imprisoned due to divorce decrees, and the women's sentences were longer."

Kim Jon Un also recently declared that citizens who planned to celebrate Christmas would face execution.