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According to the report, Kim Jong Un is all-powerful in North Korea and is seen as a god by his own people.But one threat looms large for the 41-year-old dictator: the disloyalty of his country’s youth.He is particularly concerned about foreign media leaking information into his country, where information is under pressure, giving North Koreans a rare glimpse of the outside world through Hollywood movies or K-pop albums.Possessing or distributing such content, which Kim calls “dangerous poisons,” carries increasingly harsh penalties, even death.
The report said that at stake is Kim’s ability to maintain the illusion that North Korea is a socialist paradise.That is key to his ability to maintain his grip on power.And no group is more vulnerable to ideological shifts than North Korea’s youngest citizens.That’s why Kim recently handed over a central propaganda role to the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade.Named after the country’s sacred mountain, Paektusan, the group of teenagers and 20-somethings were recently hailed as national heroes for helping rebuild the western border region, which was devastated by summer floods.
The report also stated that the country’s official media claimed they built 15,000 homes, schools and hospitals over four months.State media reported that 300,000 members of the youth shock brigade immediately took action and volunteered.Kim, who describes himself as the group’s “benevolent father,” had previously urged them to carry out the project, which requires physical labor, to demonstrate their loyalty to the regime, and heaped praise on the fresh-faced members in a speech last month.
The report added that Kim told state media that the construction work provided "a good opportunity to raise our youth to be staunch defenders of socialism and reliable builders."North Korea's highest legislative body, the Supreme People's Assembly, praised the country's "great construction campaign" as reflecting "the spirit of our state," according to a state media report published Friday.Peter Ward, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, a think tank in Seoul, said:Kim Jong Un wants to keep young people busy with work to prevent them from gathering to watch South Korean television and developing perverse ideas about the state.
In addition to the report, Kim has a long list of challenges ahead of him. He must avoid backlash at home and abroad for sending 12,000 troops to Russia.He is keeping a collapsed economy afloat with his sanctions-violating behavior.And he must decide how to approach President Trump, who recently vowed to reach out to the North Korean leader again, for another four years.But keeping North Korea’s youngest generation of true believers represents a long-term challenge he must address now.
Watch the report via the YT link.
The report said that at stake is Kim’s ability to maintain the illusion that North Korea is a socialist paradise.That is key to his ability to maintain his grip on power.And no group is more vulnerable to ideological shifts than North Korea’s youngest citizens.That’s why Kim recently handed over a central propaganda role to the Paektusan Hero Youth Shock Brigade.Named after the country’s sacred mountain, Paektusan, the group of teenagers and 20-somethings were recently hailed as national heroes for helping rebuild the western border region, which was devastated by summer floods.
The report also stated that the country’s official media claimed they built 15,000 homes, schools and hospitals over four months.State media reported that 300,000 members of the youth shock brigade immediately took action and volunteered.Kim, who describes himself as the group’s “benevolent father,” had previously urged them to carry out the project, which requires physical labor, to demonstrate their loyalty to the regime, and heaped praise on the fresh-faced members in a speech last month.
The report added that Kim told state media that the construction work provided "a good opportunity to raise our youth to be staunch defenders of socialism and reliable builders."North Korea's highest legislative body, the Supreme People's Assembly, praised the country's "great construction campaign" as reflecting "the spirit of our state," according to a state media report published Friday.Peter Ward, a research fellow at the Sejong Institute, a think tank in Seoul, said:Kim Jong Un wants to keep young people busy with work to prevent them from gathering to watch South Korean television and developing perverse ideas about the state.
In addition to the report, Kim has a long list of challenges ahead of him. He must avoid backlash at home and abroad for sending 12,000 troops to Russia.He is keeping a collapsed economy afloat with his sanctions-violating behavior.And he must decide how to approach President Trump, who recently vowed to reach out to the North Korean leader again, for another four years.But keeping North Korea’s youngest generation of true believers represents a long-term challenge he must address now.
Watch the report via the YT link.