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\nSuspicions that the process of selection for recent events in Pyongyang to commemorate the 66th anniversary of the Chosun Children\u2019s Union would become mired in corruption have been confirmed, leading the Central Chosun Workers\u2019 Party to dispatch investigation teams to the provinces to look into allegations of impropriety. <\/p>\n
The Childrens\u2019 Union celebrations took place between June 3rd and 6th, with more than 20,000 children from around North Korea selected to travel by special train to Pyongyang to take part. The events in the North Korean capital culminated with an event at Kim Il Sung Stadium during which Kim Jong Eun made his second public speech. <\/p>\n
A source from the border city of Shinuiju told Daily NK on the 27th, \u201cAs soon as suspicions that cadres had taken substantial bribes in the process of selecting representatives to attend the Pyongyang events started being voiced, a Central Party investigation \u2018gruppa\u2019 was formed and came down to the regions to launch an investigation.\u201d <\/p>\n
The investigating \u2018gruppa\u2019, as investigation teams in North Korea are often known, is made up of core cadres from the Kim Il Sung Socialist Youth League, which, as the Chosun Workers\u2019 Party arm responsible for youth activities, oversees the activities of the Chosun Children\u2019s Union.<\/p>\n
The source went on, \u201cIt includes some parents who entered complaints of unfairness to the Central Party because, even though they had bribed the cadres, their children were not selected as Children\u2019s Union representatives. In particular, once a rumor that attendees were being given accordions or notebook computers by the Central Party as gifts started going around, parents of kids who had failed to be selected could no longer stand it.\u201d<\/p>\n
With Kim Jong Eun seeking to bed in his regime and establish a measure of public trust, and with the regime having put Kim Jong Eun forward as the champion of the North Korean young in its propaganda narrative, persons found guilty of corruption related to the Children\u2019s Union events are likely to meet serious punishment. <\/p>\n
According to the Shinuiju source, \u201cCadres who committed crimes in selecting the Children\u2019s Union representatives basically stained the reputation of a \u2018No.1 Event\u2019, an event directly convened by the supreme leader. Comrade Kim Jong Eun invited the Children\u2019s Union representatives, so can you imagine it being OK for cadres to secretly change the attendance list?\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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