North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) inspects the Artillery Company under the Korean People's Army (KPA) Unit 963, which started a new year combat and political drill, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 2, 2014. REUTERS/KCNA
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has ordered people who share the name of leader Kim Jong Un to change their names, South Korea's state-run KBS television reported on Wednesday.
North Korea imposed similar bans on the use of the names of its two former leaders, Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, and grandfather, Kim Il Sung, as part of propaganda drives to build cults of personality around them.
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