Tag: younger generation
Young North Koreans are taking pains to avoid military service
Editor's Note: In Sep. 2021, North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly adopted the “Youth Education Guarantee Act,” one of the “big three” oppressive laws passed...
Ahead of Kim Il Sung’s birthday, N. Korea intensifies anti-American education...
Ahead of the Day of the Sun (Apr. 15, a holiday celebrating the birthday of Kim Il Sung), North Korea has ordered that the...
The impact of Kim Jong Un’s order in late 2020 to...
Before North Korea's government passed the "Reactionary Ideology and Culture Rejection Act" in December 2020, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un issued an order...
More and more young N. Koreans are living together before marriage
The number of young North Koreans living together before marriage is on the rise, Daily NK has learned.
“The percentage of young people who live...
Two N. Korean university students given 15 years in prison for...
In late November, two North Korean university students in Nampo received a public trial for watching illegal South Korean movies and were sentenced to...
S. Pyongan Province cracks down on dyed hair and other “improper”...
North Korean authorities in South Pyongan Province have recently stepped up crackdowns on young people and students over dyed hair, clothing and other aspects...
N. Korea orders reorganization of the country’s caste system
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered the Ministry of People’s Security (MPS) last month to reclassify the “birth songbun” and “social songbun” of...
