{"id":36487,"date":"2018-06-26T19:19:28","date_gmt":"2018-06-26T10:19:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=36487"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:23:05","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:23:05","slug":"north-korean-officials-abuse-power-to-secure-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-officials-abuse-power-to-secure-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean officials abuse power to secure retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36488\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36488 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/IMG_6751-2-696x522-560x420.jpg 560w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean soldiers in Sinuiju, North Pyongan Province \/ Image=Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reports suggest that senior North Korean officials are engaging in a new method to ensure financial security following their retirement. The practice involves grooming specific individuals to whom the retiring officials plan to hand over their positions, with the tacit understanding that bribes will continue to be paid into the future by the promoted individual.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Recently, officials have been discreetly passing down their power to loyal youngsters who are taken in under their wings. They are trying to secure their own family\u2019s future and prepare for retirement through this transfer of power,&#8221; a\u00a0North Hamgyong-based source explained during a telephone call to Daily NK on June 20.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Officials these days are concerned that they will not be able to support themselves for long once they leave office, regardless of how much wealth they have amassed. They think it will be difficult to make ends meet after they retire and lose their stream of income from bribes.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, it was military officials who first came to realize that because most people are making their living through the market these days, those individuals without business or trading interests would find it more difficult to make ends meet during retirement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When they return to society, they have to buy everything from a home to household goods. It\u2019s obvious that they are taking measures to avoid hardship, because they don\u2019t have connections or business skills,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of State Security, which is known for accepting bribes from residents, is also reportedly engaging in these practices. &#8220;They also fear a world where work is more important than status in terms of earning a living,&#8221; a source in Ryanggang Province said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Several years before retirement, one particular official of a provincial security agency allegedly selected a trustworthy individual, who was of good <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">songbun<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and a member of the Workers\u2019 Party, and provided support for him to climb up the ladder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;When this official retires, the younger individual will inherit his position. An agreement was made to secure a source of income for retirement. Setting up these types of \u2018special relationships\u2019 has become a trend,&#8221; the\u00a0 Ryanggang-based source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, she added that disapproval amongst North Korean residents towards the increasing levels of corruption in the country has grown even more and there are also criticisms of the failing social system.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;The residents are criticizing these practices by referring to them as \u2018adoptee grooming by officials.&#8217; Even though there\u2019s a system to take care of the elderly, it\u2019s only enough money for one kilogram of rice per month, which is why people are using any means necessary to secure retirement funds. The state has forced these people into making such choices,&#8221; she said in her assessment of the situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Article 74 of North Korea\u2019s Labor Law stipulates, &#8220;The state grants elderly pensions to male workers who have reached the age of 60 and female workers who have reached the age of 55, when they have accrued a certain number of years of labor service.&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, it has been pointed out that the pension is meager, as it is calculated according to the official state salary (about 3,000 KPW per month, or 0.38 USD).<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\f<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reports suggest that senior North Korean officials are engaging in a new method to ensure financial security following their retirement. 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