 The small badges were worn on the officials' jackets at a meeting in Pyongyang, showing Mr. Kim's face against a flag-shaped red background. The leader's badge became a fixture five decades ago when North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, made it a daily requirement for each citizen to wear a pin with his portrait. That's the BBC's Celia Hatton. Coming up after traffic and weather are taxes on recreational marijuana helping the state of Maryland much.