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.

Kim Jong Un's name is not allowed for newborns and people who share the name must not just stop using it but must change it on their birth certificates and residence registrations, KBS reported, citing an official North Korean directive.

Kim Jong Il, the father of the current leader, issued the order in 2011, when his son was heir apparent, KBS said. The elder Kim died in December that year and his son took power.

South Korea's Unification Ministry, which handles ties with the North, could not immediately confirm the report but said it was plausible.

"The ban is highly possible since North Korea had the same policy in the era of Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung," a ministry official said.

It is not known how many people there are in North Korea called Kim Jong Un, but Kim is a very common family name and Jong Un are common given names. http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0JH0IC20141203?irpc=932

This boy and wahala. One day that boy will order anybody younger than him to stop fvcking.

this Korean leader na was ohh. oya kanye wife court do affidavit.

some kids n their shallow minds.. smh

is there any name in Nigeria we need to stop.

Its at times like this I raise my hands up high and say "Thank you Lord that I am a Nigerian"

Well what else do you expect from someone who had members of his government executed for watching soap operas?

100% agreed with this move because It is normal that the leader's name remains clean.