{"id":51319,"date":"2022-04-14T15:23:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T06:23:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=51319"},"modified":"2022-04-14T15:24:59","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T06:24:59","slug":"north-korea-mobilizes-students-pyongyang-prepare-april-15-events","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-mobilizes-students-pyongyang-prepare-april-15-events\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea mobilizes students in Pyongyang to prepare for Apr. 15 events"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea is mobilizing students in Pyongyang to prepare for political events to mark the 110th birthday of late national founder Kim Il Sung on Apr. 15. In fact, the country\u2019s education ministry recently issued an administrative order to schools in Pyongyang to \u201csuspend classes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in Pyongyang said the education ministry issued the order on Apr. 9 to the administrative departments of universities and general higher-level middle schools (high schools) in Pyongyang. The order suspended classes from Apr. 11, and called on students to focus on practicing for holiday political events from 7 AM to 7 PM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, Pyongyang\u2019s adult and student populations have been preparing for events in downtown areas and empty areas of the city since last month. University students and high school students had been going to school in the morning, leaving in the afternoon to practice for the events until 9 PM.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the order \u2014 issued just a few days before the \u201cDay of the Sun,\u201d as Kim\u2019s birthday is called \u2014 suspended classes from Apr. 11 so students could practice the entire \u201cflow\u201d of the events, training for 12 hours a day. This means students are spending all day training for the events, just like adults are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said Pyongyang residents and students are leaving home early to practice, bringing their lunch with them. They train until the evening, and only when they finish can they return home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That the authorities have suspended classes and fully mobilized students for event training \u2014 in contrast to the holiday celebrating late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il\u2019s birthday on Feb. 16 \u2014 shows North Korea\u2019s intention to use them in the finale of this year\u2019s political events to celebrate the 110th birthday of Kim Il Sung.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the education ministry reportedly excluded graduate students, undergraduate honor roll students, and students from high schools for the gifted from the preparations for the events.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry said the order \u201ctemporarily adjusted class hours\u201d to ensure the events marked the \u201cgreatest holiday of the Korean people\u201d with \u201cgreat political passion.\u201d It also issued another order directing that schools make up the progress missed due to event training after the holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, North Korean authorities \u2014 concerned about the risk of COVID-19 spreading as people congregate to prepare for the event \u2014 are imploring students mobilized for the training to adhere to quarantine rules and health management through the same \u201cfive-minute quarantine education\u201d protocol they follow at school (where teachers explain disease control measures in the five minutes before classes start).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many Pyongyang residents are criticizing the authorities for mobilizing university and high school students, as if mobilizing the adults all day for training was not bad enough. They also complain that in times like this, \u201cpeople in the provinces [areas outside of Pyongyang] have it easier.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20220413-1\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea is mobilizing students in Pyongyang to prepare for political events to mark the 110th birthday of late national founder Kim Il Sung on Apr. 15. 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