[imText1]Last month, North Korean authorities and affiliates of the people\u2019s unit distributed lecture materials throughout the country, in attempt to strengthen the society and operations with \u201cOur Socialism.\u201d <\/p>\n
The meetings of people\u2019s units comprise of roughly thirty families who work as a political operation regulating the people. Amidst former communist countries, North Korea is the only unique system to have implemented a people\u2019s unit. <\/p>\n
On the 6th Good Friends, an organization aiding North Korea published on their website, North Korean News No. 49, \u201cIntroduction to lecture materials revealing the aim that to exalt supremacy while strengthening operations is \u2018our socialism system.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
Authorities and the People\u2019s Committee notify the people\u2019s unit which consists of 20~40 families of the same residence grouped by North Korean authorities and uses their power by controlling the lives of people living in the community as well as their thoughts and regulating visitors. However, after the \u201cMarch of Tribulation (Mass starvation period in the 1990s)\u201d people\u2019s units remained passive as people busily tried to find food in order to live. Hence, people only felt frustrated with the system and the people\u2019s unit movements became aberrant.
\nGood Friends stated \u201cThough attempts are made (by the international community) to change the lifestyle and thinking of the people, the people\u2019s units are making sure that they strengthen unification from within.\u201d<\/p>\n
More specifically, \u201cRequests were made to be cautious of any act of anti-socialism such as secretly watching or spreading news of video tapes, anyone who uses a car to sell goods, any act of offering accommodation or receiving money for lease of accommodation and acts of brewing home-wine.\u201d<\/p>\n
In particular, in the cities near and around the border, meetings of people\u2019s units frequently take place advocating the \u201cact of giving accommodation to people crossing the border illegally prohibited.\u201d<\/p>\n
The people say \u201cPeople with money suffer damages whereas of the people with no money, the unlucky person will suffer severe regulation and punishment\u201d and informed the current atmosphere in the area \u201cExcluding similar political issues, everyone either pretends or closes an eye to the situation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Good Friends said \u201cThe biggest issue for the people is food and firewood. It is imperative that even an additional kilo is secured and sent to the people so they may live throughout the winter\u201d and \u201cWherever you go, you hear that the immediate best plan is to find a way to live. Who would listen to lectures which proclaim not to illegally cross the border?\u201d<\/p>\n
Recently, the citizens participating in field operations conducted by the people\u2019s units are known to be suffering severe fatigue. <\/p>\n
In Sungchon River-district, Ham-heung, members of the people\u2019s units go out to the fields every day with great dissatisfaction and the head of the household must go out to the fields every morning every day of the week without fail to supervise the cable operations, informed Good Friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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