{"id":57846,"date":"2024-02-08T15:36:32","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=57846"},"modified":"2026-04-05T16:12:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T07:12:41","slug":"kaechon-government-official-faces-struggle-session-for-bribery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/kaechon-government-official-faces-struggle-session-for-bribery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaechon government official faces struggle session for bribery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An official of the Kaechon People&#8217;s Committee was recently subjected to a public struggle session for using his position to solicit bribes in exchange for help in obtaining jobs and admission to universities.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons, a source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that the official, who works in the labor department of the people&#8217;s committee, &#8220;faced a struggle session in late January for taking bribes for several years. The official, surnamed Kim, was in charge of job placement and university recommendations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the source, Kim ignored the state&#8217;s position or applicants&#8217; wishes when placing people in factories or companies, arbitrarily assigning them to workplaces based on the size of their bribes. He also solicited bribes from young workers for university recommendations.<\/p>\n<p>Kim openly demanded money, telling applicants to certain companies that they &#8220;need to pay more dollars because they are good jobs that others can&#8217;t apply for.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He also brazenly demanded that applicants &#8220;collect South Korean movies, TV shows, cooking shows, and music&#8221; or &#8220;buy South Korean e-books.&#8221; He would explain that he did not want them for himself but for his wife.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, some people thought that he was a &#8220;stupid husband who does whatever his wife tells him to do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Facing the music<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim&#8217;s corruption came to light when a friend of his wife accused the couple of illegal behavior. Kim was then taken by local authorities to a public struggle session.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With both hands tied, Kim was dragged in front of the struggle session at the Kaechon Cultural Center on Jan. 25,&#8221; the source said. &#8220;Participants at the struggle session harshly criticized Kim, saying that demanding South Korean movies or novels as bribes at a time of heightened tension shows in itself that he is ideologically rotten and sick.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Kim was dismissed from his job but escaped criminal punishment. A relative who served in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/candidates-north-korean-leadership-bodyguard-unit-must-four-centimeters-taller-than-last-year\/\">Unit 974<\/a>, Kim Jong Un&#8217;s bodyguard unit, used their considerable influence to get Kim off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;People complained that if someone without relatives in high places had done such a thing, he would have been sent to a political prison camp. But because Kim has power and money, he was just released. They&#8217;re wondering what difference one difficult struggle session will make,&#8221; the source said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources who live in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information-gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/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\/20240206-3\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An official of the Kaechon People&#8217;s Committee was recently subjected to a public struggle session for using his position to solicit bribes in exchange for help in obtaining jobs and admission to universities. 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