{"id":38239,"date":"2018-10-30T14:30:31","date_gmt":"2018-10-30T05:30:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=38239"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:45:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:45:27","slug":"university-students-ordered-to-help-manage-hyesan-samjiyon-train-tracks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/university-students-ordered-to-help-manage-hyesan-samjiyon-train-tracks\/","title":{"rendered":"University students ordered to help manage Hyesan-Samjiyon train tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37696\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37696\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37696 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4-768x483.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4-696x438.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/\ubd81\ud55c-\ucca0\ub3c4-668x420.jpg 668w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37696\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean residents repair railways in Hyesan following flooding in 2016. Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Frequent visits to Samjiyon County by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to check on the area\u2019s modernization projects have led the local People\u2019s Committee to establish a system to manage the safety and \u201ccleanliness\u201d of the railway stretching from Hyesan to Samjiyon.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kim has visited Samjiyon County at least three times in the latter half of this year, along with a visit to the nearby Mt. Paektu. In August, he rode the Hyesan-Samjiyon railway that was completed in August, and used an aircraft to travel to the area on the final day of the Pyongyang summit to visit Mt. Paektu along with President Moon Jae In and his entourage. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn October, the [local People\u2019s] Committee gave each factory-enterprise and even university and driver\u2019s training organizations an area to manage along the road and railway stretching from Hyesan to Samjiyon,\u201d said a Ryanggang Province-based source on October 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations must visit the area they manage at least once a week and ensure it remains safe and clean. If any issues are discovered, they must be addressed as soon as possible. The source also noted that the local municipal and county People\u2019s Committee Mobilization Departments will likely conduct monitoring activities in the area. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe continued on-the-spot visits by the General [Kim Jong Un] and the recent visit by the South Korean president during the summit has local officials feeling the need to make all preparations necessary in case another unannounced visit is made by high-level officials,\u201d an additional source in Ryanggang Province reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The railway between Hyesan and Samjiyon is 64 kilometers long and is in a very mountainous area. The area of the railway that has been newly constructed connects deeply-forested, remote areas, meaning that managing these areas is not an easy task. The temperature in the Samjiyon area also falls 30 degrees below zero [Celsius] in the winter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parts of the railway also pass by important sites including the Samjiyon Grand Monument and other historical sites that honor the revolutionary activities of the Kim family. This means that local organizations may have to manage the cleanliness of these sites as well. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are systems in place for managing the road and railway exclusively used by the General, but there is no precedent for mobilizing university students for this kind of thing,\u201d the initial source said, adding that &#8220;the students are confused as to why they are being asked to do this.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of the workers in the factories and enterprises have been mobilized for construction projects over the years. The lack of labor resources may explain why the university students have been ordered to manage the train tracks, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frequent visits to Samjiyon County by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to check on the area\u2019s modernization projects have led the local People\u2019s Committee to establish a system to manage the safety and \u201ccleanliness\u201d of the railway stretching from Hyesan to Samjiyon. 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