North Korea CIVIL WAR

North Korea CIVIL WAR: Kim scrambles to avoid uprising as family monuments targeted NORTH Korea could be on the brink of civil war as furious locals target memorials and monuments glorifying the bloody Kim dynasty as anger grows over poor living standards.

By JOEY MILLAR

09:58, Sat, Oct 28, 2017 | UPDATED: 10:05, Sat, Oct 28, 2017

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un has ordered an increase in security at such sites to stop more “hostile elements” deface the statues and murals.

Increasing numbers of bronzed figures and paintings have been produced in honour of the three Kim leaders as the current despot tries to piggy-back on the popularity of previous rulers.

But with famine and starvation frequently sweeping the country, citizens are furious at the imbalance in the country and there is a growing anger at Kim and his one-party government.

In particular, citizens are frustrated at the increased focus on nuclear weapons and war when they and their families are going hungry and have taken aim at the monuments in protest.

One citizen told a South Korea-based news agency security lighting was now being used to stop anyone attacking the statues or other monuments.

He said: “Agencies have constantly been saying 'Use lights to illuminate statues and paintings of the three generals of the Mount Paekyu bloodline and thoroughly care for them to ensure that hostile elements cannot damage them'.”

And a Japan-based expert confirmed disgruntled North Koreans were targeting the statues as symbols of the state’s problems.