{"id":38708,"date":"2018-11-30T17:19:29","date_gmt":"2018-11-30T08:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=38708"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:13","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:13","slug":"malnourishment-rife-in-north-koreas-orphanages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/malnourishment-rife-in-north-koreas-orphanages\/","title":{"rendered":"Malnourishment rife in many of North Korea\u2019s orphanages"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38724\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38724\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38724 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"799\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-1068x711.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/SSI_20150102104319-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38724\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\ubd81\ud55c \uae40\uc815\uc740 \ubd81\ud55c \uad6d\ubb34\uc704\uc6d0\uc7a5\uc774 \uc9c0\ub09c 2015\ub144 1\uc6d4 1\uc77c \uace0\uc544\uc6d0\uc778 \ud3c9\uc591\uc721\uc544\uc6d0\u00b7\uc560\uc721\uc6d0\uc744 \ubc29\ubb38\ud55c \ubaa8\uc2b5. \/ \uc0ac\uc9c4=\uc870\uc120\uc911\uc559\ud1b5\uc2e0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Despite Kim Jong Un\u2019s proclaimed &#8220;love for children&#8221; and efforts by the government to expand and reform the country\u2019s child care facilities, there are still children being subjected to forced labor and suffering from severe malnutrition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn accordance with orders from the Party, orphanages have been appearing everywhere for the past few years. There are even orphanages now in some small villages in the countryside. Unit 927, an entity that is dedicated to dealing with juveniles has become much busier than in the past, and orphans have started to disappear from the markets here,&#8221; a\u00a0source from Ryanggang Province told Daily NK in an interview on November 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough these orphanages are supposedly getting ample supplies from the government, there have been several cases of managers dipping their hands into the pot for personal gain. A rumor has been circulating that you can easily get rich by becoming a manager of an orphanage.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While orphanages are getting allocated ample supplies and rations from the government under the Kim regime, the shortage caused by the embezzlement problem is forcing many children to participate in farm work to be able to feed themselves. \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cI\u2019ve seen and talked with a few of the orphanage children out working in the fields before and they looked like nothing except skin and bones. One child told me, \u2018It\u2019s harder for us when we are inside the orphanage where there is barely anything to eat, than when we are out in the fields\u2019,\u201d a source in North Hamgyong Province added.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Analysts are warning that there is a dire need for a system to be put in place to fight the embezzlement taking place at orphanages.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Director of the International Coalition to stop crimes against humanity in North Korea (ICNK), Kwon Eun Kyoung, stated, \u201cAlthough this isn\u2019t the case for every facility, there seems to be several facilities that are being forced to sell supplies given to them by the government to cover operating costs. This is resulting in an unavoidable shortage of rations for the children living at these facilities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAlthough the government is trying to help orphans, the bigger problem associated with the operation of the orphanages isn\u2019t being addressed. For example, if 100 supplies get marked for distribution to orphans by the government, 40 will be taken by a middle man and then another 40 get taken by an administrator. By the time they actually reach the orphans, only 20 will be left. Trying to fix this corrupted system is paramount to solving the problem,\u201d said a North Korean defector on condition of anonymity.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty in 1990, and enacted a law to improve Children\u2019s Rights in 2010. In 2017, North Korea claimed that the situation for children\u2019s rights had largely improved when they submitted their 5<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Children\u2019s Rights Report to the UN Children\u2019s Rights Committee.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite Kim Jong Un\u2019s proclaimed &#8220;love for children&#8221; and efforts by the government to expand and reform the country\u2019s child care facilities, there are still children being subjected to forced labor and suffering from severe malnutrition. \u201cIn accordance with orders from the Party, orphanages have been appearing everywhere for the past few years. 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