Kim Jong Un’s emotional moment: A widely circulated video captures him wiping away tears while looking down.

Addressing a National Mothers Meeting in Pyongyang, Kim Jong Un emphasized the collective responsibility of preventing declining birth rates and ensuring quality childcare, stating, “These are our housekeeping duties while working with mothers,” as reported by Reuters.

Expressing gratitude to mothers for their role in bolstering national strength, Kim Jong Un remarked, “Even during challenging times in managing party and state affairs, I always have mothers in my thoughts.

NEW: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un starts crying as he begs North Koreans to have more babies.

North Korean birth rates are about to skyrocket 📈

The incident happened at the National Mothers Meeting hosted by the dictator who started dabbing his eyes in an effort to get… pic.twitter.com/F8xg0dZ05J

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The United Nations Population Fund reports North Korea’s fertility rate at 1.8, reflecting a prolonged decline in recent decades. Despite this, it still surpasses some neighboring countries; South Korea recorded a record-low fertility rate of 0.78 last year, and Japan’s rate fell to 1.26. Additionally, South Korea grapples with a shortage of pediatricians, leading to reports of matchmaking events in one city aimed at boosting the country’s birth rates.

With a population of approximately 25 million people, North Korea, an isolated nation, has confronted severe food shortages stemming from a devastating famine in the 1990s and other natural disasters.