In time for spring, North Korea is stepping
\nup its reforestation efforts and an increasing number of people are signing up
\nto contribute to the cause. The attraction of the job, which requires workers
\nto live deep in the mountains, is that people are allowed to freely cultivate
\nproduce on personal plots. <\/p>\n
\u201cThe emphasis on reforestation means that the role of forest worker, not a Rumors, predicated on the notion that involvement with sectors promoted by the Party will lead to better opportunities, have also spurred much of the movement among residents to join the cause–especially considering the emphasis Kim Jong Eun has placed on reforestation. “Unlike in the past, the state is \u201cThe state usually likes to promote people who have ventured into difficult areas or taken on hard work through state-run media nationwide, encouraging others to follow in their footsteps,\u201d he went on. \u201cPeople are also thinking that if they volunteer to go work in the forest by saying they would like to dedicate their lives to the Marshal–for whom reforestation is such an allegedly important issue–they\u2019ll surely be seen as patriotic.\u201d<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n He also cited the example of a young couple hailing from the Chongjin University of Mining and Metallurgy, who left their jobs at a research The additional benefits for residents joining the cause are self-evident. \u201cForest workers can freely cultivate fields Following the state\u2019s drive for Leader Kim Jong Eun underscored reforestation last November during a visit to Pyongyang\u2019s Central Tree Nursery. State-media reported that while there he declared, \u201cDuring the Arduous March [North Korea’s famine of the mid-1990s] and hard times we lost many of In time for spring, North Korea is stepping up its reforestation efforts and an increasing number of people are signing up to contribute to the cause. The attraction of the job, which requires workers to live deep in the mountains, is that people are allowed to freely cultivate produce on personal plots. \u201cThe emphasis on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":30327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nparticularly well-known job in the past, is becoming more popular,\u201d a source
\nbased in Yangkang Province told Daily NK on Thursday. \u201cParty cadres commend residents
\nwho sign up for the effort, saying that they are \u2018wise to follow the Party\u2019s
\npolicy direction.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\napproving applications from farmers and miners to change their occupations,\u201d
\nhe said, explaining why many feel these rumors are far from unfounded.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ncenter to join this campaign. This is unsurprising, according to the source, who said that of the pool of applicants, a large number come from mining backgrounds.<\/p>\n
\nwithout constant state monitoring; others who gather firewood are subject to
\ncrackdowns, but these afforestation workers are exempt from such consequences,
\nfree to do what they choose—even using solid wood (used in construction) to stoke their
\nhearths,\u201d he explained.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nreforestation, residents have been under tighter control regarding cultivation
\nof individual plots or small patches of land; tilling land near mountains is
\nstrictly forbidden—unless one is an official worker with the afforestation
\nefforts.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nour forest resources, so the degree of deforestation is severe.\u201d He followed by describing restoration efforts as a “war against nature,” calling on the entire nation–from the Party to ordinary residents–to “fight in this battle.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"