Why North Korea’s Kim Jong Un wept during his address

In an emotionally charged address, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un implored the women of his country to have more children and raise them as communists, visibly moved to tears during his speech. During the Fifth National Conference of Mothers in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un emphasized the importance of reversing the country’s declining birth rates. He said, “stopping the decline in birthrates and providing good child care and education are all our family affairs that we should solve together with our mothers,” while wiping away tears with a handkerchief.