Kim Jong Un's secretive state is monitoring the measures wives are taking as they fear their husbands could lose positions of favour in the typical end-of-year reshuffle North Korea is watching the actions of officials' wives (Image: AFP via Getty Images)

North Korea is reportedly cracking down on officials' wives visiting fortune tellers ahead of the typical year-end reshuffle. The Ministry of State Security has sent out orders to monitor the 'night-time movements' of wives, amid reports of them offering bribes and taking part in shamanistic rituals to ensure their husbands keep their positions in Kim Jong Un’s administration.

The report, from Daily NK , claims that accusations of corruption are common at this time of year, as families fear personnel changes in the secretiv

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