{"id":47629,"date":"2021-02-08T13:49:12","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T04:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=47629"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T10:57:17","slug":"north-korea-conducts-lectures-squashing-anti-socialist-acts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-conducts-lectures-squashing-anti-socialist-acts\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea conducts lectures on &#8220;squashing anti-socialist&#8221; acts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source has told Daily NK that North Korean authorities are conducting public lectures on \u201csquashing anti-socialist and non-socialist acts\u201d as a follow-up measure to the Eighth Party Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in South Pyongan Province on Monday, cadres from the provincial and city parties are visiting workplaces to give the lectures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a lecture described by the source, the lecturer first called on audiences to remember that \u201cnon-socialist acts are frightening crimes that render cracks in our single-minded unity firmly bound to the party and disintegrate the socialist system,\u201d encouraging them to \u201ckeep up the fight\u201d to \u201csquash these phenomena.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The lecturer called on people to \u201cget their heads together\u201d and conduct a mass struggle to break the spirit of \u201cthose who brazenly carry out non-socialist acts that violate the interests of the nation and its people\u201d so that they \u201ccannot lift their heads again.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This suggests the lecturers intend to generate fear as they warn of harsher crackdowns and punishments for state-designated non-socialist acts. They also revealed the authorities\u2019 intention to put a complete stop to transgressions by stressing people\u2019s obligation to watch one another.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, the lecturer said enemies are \u201cwickedly plotting\u201d even today to damage the authority of \u201cour highly august party\u201d and \u201cendanger the socialist system\u201d by sowing \u201cinternal political instability and chaos,\u201d as they \u201chave also done in the past.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a reflection of North Korea\u2019s typical propaganda technique of promoting internal unity by stressing efforts against enemies, the lecture basically claims that the war against non-socialist phenomena such as South Korean pop culture is \u201csacred activity\u201d to protect the regime.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40626\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40626\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption 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https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\u1107\u116e\u11a8\u1102\u1169\u11bc\u110e\u1169\u11ab_1-\u110c\u1161\u110c\u1165\u11ab\u1100\u1165-\u1109\u1169_\u1103\u1161\u11af\u1100\u116e\u110c\u1175-\u1109\u1161\u11af\u1105\u1175\u11b7\u110c\u1175\u11b8-\u1109\u116e\u11ab\u110e\u1165\u11ab-\u1100\u116a\u11ab\u1105\u1175\u110b\u116f\u11ab-1-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/2019-\u1107\u116e\u11a8\u1102\u1169\u11bc\u110e\u1169\u11ab_1-\u110c\u1161\u110c\u1165\u11ab\u1100\u1165-\u1109\u1169_\u1103\u1161\u11af\u1100\u116e\u110c\u1175-\u1109\u1161\u11af\u1105\u1175\u11b7\u110c\u1175\u11b8-\u1109\u116e\u11ab\u110e\u1165\u11ab-\u1100\u116a\u11ab\u1105\u1175\u110b\u116f\u11ab-1-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40626\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Market official on patrol in Sunchon, South Pyongan Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Specifically, the lecturer addressed factories and enterprises by mocking \u201cthe phenomenon of people gaining money and items under different pretexts\u201d and \u201cthe phenomenon of people looking out only for themselves while not going to work.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This essentially betrayed the intention to punish not only \u201cextra economic burdens,\u201d as called for by the Eighth Party Congress, but also the practice of \u201cAugust 3 money,\u201d in which employees pay their companies a sum of money to skip work so they can engage in other businesses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans are reacting coldly to the warnings, however. Many reportedly complain that \u201cnothing has changed\u201d despite decades of \u201cstruggle\u201d to root out all sorts of \u201cnon-socialist acts,\u201d and that there is no reason to show up to work when \u201cthey don\u2019t pay our salaries.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, many also say authorities have a wildly unrealistic view of the state of \u201cnon-socialism\u201d in North Korea. The source said, \u201cSuddenly the leadership is complaining about how the phenomenon of early marriage is growing serious among the youth, but people are mocking this, asking who would try to get married early now.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%ec%a7%81%ec%9e%a5-%ec%b6%9c%ea%b7%bc-%eb%b0%98%eb%93%9c%ec%8b%9c-%ea%b0%95%ec%97%b0%ec%97%90-%e5%8c%97-%ec%a3%bc%eb%af%bc%eb%93%a4-%ec%9b%94%ea%b8%89%ec%9d%80-%ec%a3%bc%eb%82%98\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A source has told Daily NK that North Korean authorities are conducting public lectures on \u201csquashing anti-socialist and non-socialist acts\u201d as a follow-up measure to the Eighth Party Congress. According to a Daily NK source in South Pyongan Province on Monday, cadres from the provincial and city parties are visiting workplaces to give the lectures. 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