{"id":46486,"date":"2020-09-18T15:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T06:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46486"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:01:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:01:31","slug":"preferential-treatment-toward-samjiyon-stokes-discontent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/preferential-treatment-toward-samjiyon-stokes-discontent\/","title":{"rendered":"Preferential treatment toward Samjiyon stokes discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans living outside of Samjiyon are increasingly expressing discontent about the preferential treatment the city\u2019s locals are receiving from the government, including free housing and household appliances, Daily NK has learned from a source in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source, who lives in Yanggang Province and who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Daily NK on Sept. 10 that the increasing number of complaints focus on the fact that \u201csuccessive generations\u201d of people in the city are receiving special favors from the state.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere are many households who [are the relatives] of anti-Japanese fighters in Samjiyon, but increasingly people are saying it doesn\u2019t make sense that good <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">songbun <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should be the only reason someone receives good treatment,\u201d the source said, using a term to refer to social status in the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some North Koreans are reportedly pointing out how those living in Samjiyon have received preferential treatment in the form of free gifts. According to the source, people are saying that \u201cmost apartments in Hyesan cost more than RMB 50,000 [<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">approximately KRW 8.68 million], <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">but since Samjiyon residents receive new homes for free, they are the only ones who are living well.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Discontent toward Samjiyon\u2019s preferential treatment by the state is reportedly growing even more as rumors have spread about Samjiyon residents receiving household appliances. According to the source, when people gather together to talk, they quietly express their discontent by saying: \u201cSamjiyon denizens have received TVs and tableware as gifts\u201d and that \u201cif you were to buy that [at local markets], they would cost around one million KPW [about USD 125], so where on earth is this money coming from?\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46488\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46488\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-46488\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"discontent\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/09\/origin_10\uc6d410\uc77c\uae4c\uc9c0\uc644\uacf5\ubaa9\ud45c\u2026\uc0bc\uc9c0\uc5f0\uc2dc3\ub2e8\uacc4\uac74\uc124\uc7a5.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46488\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Propaganda posters in Samjiyon extolling the completion of the city&#8217;s modernization project by Oct. 10. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, some people are also claiming that Samjiyon residents are provided with two comforters and a blanket when they move into new homes and that \u201cif you look at the current prices of these items at local markets, they would cost around KPW 1.12 million [around USD 140].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some people are also highlighting the fact that Samjiyon residents receive a 24-hour supply of electricity because of the Samsu Power Plant. This, of course, is a sensitive topic because many areas of the country suffer from power shortages.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given that Samjiyon is promoted as the \u201chometown\u201d of Kim Jong Il, the city has long received free supplies and gifts from agencies at both the central and local level.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost people living in Samjiyon have occupations related to historical sites [concerning the struggle against the Japanese], and since the 1980s people there have been treated similarly to those living in Pyongyang,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe economic and social gap between the city and other regions will continue to widen given the large-scale construction projects there,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Gabriela Bernal<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EC%82%BC%EC%A7%80%EC%97%B0-%EC%A3%BC%EB%AF%BC%EB%93%A4%EC%9D%80-%EA%B3%B5%EC%A7%9C%EB%A1%9C-%EB%B2%88-%EB%8F%88%EB%A7%8C-%EC%88%98%EB%B0%B1%EB%A7%8C%EC%9B%90-%EB%93%A4%EB%81%93%EB%8A%94\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans living outside of Samjiyon are increasingly expressing discontent about the preferential treatment the city\u2019s locals are receiving from the government, including free housing and household appliances, Daily NK has learned from a source in the country.\u00a0 The source, who lives in Yanggang Province and who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Daily NK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":46488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[165,271],"class_list":["post-46486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-samjiyon","tag-ryanggang-province"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.6) - 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