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Korea orders men to show affection to their wives to celebrate International Women\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean government recently instructed men to show affection to the women in their lives in the run-up to International Women\u2019s Day, a reporting partner in North Pyongan Province told Daily NK last Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the directive, the authorities criticized chauvinistic men who raise their voices at women or mistreat them at home as acting foolishly. It further emphasized that they <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">should properly fulfill their role as men and treat women with the right mindset.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In response to the order, the South Pyongan Province Party Committee instructed all men in the province to express their love for their mothers and wives by giving them gifts, such as flowers or cosmetics, or by treating them to a nice meal. In the days following International Women\u2019s Day, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">various social organizations then made an effort to find out how men had expressed affection to the women in their lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter the Mar. 8 holiday, the organizations submitted reports between Mar. 9 and Mar. 11 that showed most men failed to follow the government\u2019s instructions to give the women in their lives roses, cosmetics, or other gifts.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many men said they considered flowers and cosmetics luxuries given the challenges people face due to the country\u2019s difficult economic situation, the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Instead, the organizations found that most men opted to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">please their wives<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by serving them breakfast, while others took their wives out for lunch or dinner at a restaurant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">less well-off<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> households, men purchased rice cakes at local markets and presented them to their wives and mothers with a written note that promised they would take good care of them in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWomen responded positively to the government\u2019s nationwide directive to respect women, saying that this year\u2019s International Women\u2019s Day could mark a slight shift away from the time when women were mistreated,\u201d the reporting partner said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWomen were extraordinarily satisfied that husbands who regularly neglected them were pushed by the government directive to show even a small degree of sincerity and affection toward them,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by Rose Adams. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. 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