{"id":45353,"date":"2020-06-18T11:13:58","date_gmt":"2020-06-18T02:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45353"},"modified":"2020-06-18T11:21:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-18T02:21:48","slug":"north-korea-takes-further-measures-control-homeless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-takes-further-measures-control-homeless\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea takes further measures to control homeless"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of homeless on the streets of North Korea is growing as people face increasingly severe economic struggles in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Against this background, Daily NK has learned that provinces were recently ordered to elevate the role of nationwide task forces aimed at managing the increase in <em>kkotjebi<\/em>, or homeless people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith citizens becoming increasingly impoverished due to the pandemic, the number of homeless is the rise, and the government has once again stepped in to address the problem through an order by the Supreme Leader [North Korean leader Kim Jong Un],\u201d according to a Ryanggang Province-based source on June 11.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although the homeless have long been a focus of government crackdowns since the 1990s &#8211; when their numbers skyrocketed because of the period&#8217;s economic crisis and famine &#8211; the source reported that authorities have recently been scrambling to come up with measures to deal with the sudden rise in the number of homeless on the streets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following the issuance of the order, officials in each province, city and county have reportedly been mobilized to serve as permanent members of the task force, including: members of provincial, municipal and county party organizations and people\u2019s committees; officials of provincial, municipal and county police and prosecutors&#8217; offices; and members of local Socialist Women\u2019s Union of Korea and Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League chapters. The authorities have essentially ordered all of them to help &#8220;stabilize the lives&#8221; of the homeless.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the Ministry of Social Security (formerly the Ministry of People\u2019s Security) has ordered that homeless people living in regions outside of their original residencies should be returned and that anyone who has committed a crime should, in principle, be sent to forced labor camps as punishment.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the Ryanggang Province source, the central government\u2019s move to throw more resources at the problem has led to a larger number of officials working to deal with the rise of the homeless in the province. Officials in the province have already begun \u201cdispersing\u201d homeless people roaming or loitering in train stations, train station waiting rooms, or in the vicinity of hotels, marketplaces and alleyways.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are also plans to designate temporary shelters for the homeless in each province. The homeless are to be separated by age and sex and people will be hired manage these facilities, including kitchen staff. Ultimately, however, each province will be responsible for footing the bill for rice and other foods to be served in the facilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although efforts to improve the lives of the homeless are underway, provinces do not have the financial resources to handle large numbers of homeless people,\u201d the source told Daily NK. \u201cThis is causing a headache for officials in each province, city and county who are unsure how they\u2019ll be able to pay to house all of the homeless when they already face difficulties paying for food and construction materials to be sent to national construction projects.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order was handed down in Kim Jong Un\u2019s name, which means local officials will have to find a way to see it through. Everything, however, comes down to money and that is something they lack.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOfficials have little other choice but to resolve the [money issue] by taxing the people more,\u201d the source added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Kkotjebi originally referred to just homeless children in North Korea but is now used much more broadly to refer to the homeless of all ages<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EA%BD%83%EC%A0%9C%EB%B9%84-%EA%B8%89%EC%A6%9D%EC%97%90-%EA%B9%80%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80-%EB%B0%A9%EC%B9%A8-%EB%82%B4%EB%A0%A4%EC%A0%B8-%EC%83%81%EB%AC%B4%EC%A1%B0-%EC%97%AD%ED%95%A0-%EB%86%92\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The number of homeless on the streets of North Korea is growing as people face increasingly severe economic struggles in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. 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