You made me think how I have been equally horrified by some of the tales of NK prison camp escapees. Especially the ones about familial punishment, to the point where they don't just round up all the relatives and subject them to the same slave-like conditions and mental and physical torture as the actual "political enemy" gets, but that their children born there are included and experience the same treatment.

Which in turn made me think: how come this crime-is-genetic thing isn't applied to the ruling dynasty? Dogs or no dogs, how can the uncle be worthy of execution but his brother and nephew still be dear leaders of nearly god-like porportions?

I am seeing lots of commentary suggesting that it's probably not true but is a regime-produced story for some propaganda effect, maybe one we don't understand. Maybe it was created to keep that pesky Dennis away once and for all? You know kinda like when you decide to be nice to someone against your gut feeling that you should ignore him, and then he keeps bothering ya like you're new best buddies?