{"id":59206,"date":"2024-04-25T11:30:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-25T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=59206"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:43:12","slug":"north-korea-youth-pretend-loyal-state-get-jobs-they-want","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-youth-pretend-loyal-state-get-jobs-they-want\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea’s youth pretend to be loyal to the state to get the jobs they want"},"content":{"rendered":"

North Korea\u2019s \u201cnew generation\u201d includes everyone from unmarried young people to infants. North Korea defines this new generation as the \u201cdriving force that must carry on the patriotic and revolutionary line\u201d and has emphasized its ideological indoctrination.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, this new generation includes young people who will lead North Korean society, the so-called \u201cMZ Generation,\u201d which prioritizes personal interests over those of the state of the collective. They are uninterested or even displeased with ideological indoctrination.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, the North Korean youth display different work attitudes from those of previous generations. They tend to seek jobs that pay a lot and enable them to live well rather than jobs where they can flex their political muscles. They also strongly desire to go abroad to experience a free atmosphere.<\/span><\/p>\n

North Korea\u2019s MZ Generation prefers making money and overseas work experiences<\/b><\/p>\n

A 20-something resident of Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province, told Daily NK that young people today \u201cstrongly wish to do everything they can and go as far as they can, living at a certain standard, since you only live once.\u201d He said, \u201cThis being the case, money and high economic status are becoming their highest values, and this way of thinking is spreading far and wide like a virus.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBefore, young people preferred to become guidance officials in state agencies as political power or position was connected to stable lives, but now, they want jobs that pay well, even if that means less activity in organizations \u2014 for example, taking a job in a government agency in name only while engaging in trade,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cNow, \u2018Let\u2019s go overseas at least once\u2019 has become a slogan,\u201d a 20-something in Pyongyang said. \u201c[Young people] tend to prefer going overseas to work as expatriate employees or serving in specialized agencies with many opportunities for overseas work.\u201d In Pyongyang, more and more young people want to experience a different world. Accordingly, they are most interested in the IT sector, where opportunities to work overseas abound, and the foreign languages sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the provinces, where economic stability is the top value, young people prefer well-paying jobs. In Pyongyang, where people already enjoy economic stability, they prefer jobs that enable them to experience social atmospheres that differ from North Korea for themselves.<\/span><\/p>\n

North demands loyalty in job placement, but young people just go through the motions<\/b><\/p>\n

However, people in North Korea are not free to choose their work. The state decides where one works and what one does. Personal ability and specialization are partial considerations in determining job placement and career paths, but the most crucial factor is <\/span>songbun<\/span><\/i>, or personal background. People with good <\/span>songbun <\/span><\/i>\u2014 or, in other words, people from good families \u2014 enjoy advantages in job placement.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not easy to land the job you want based on personal effort alone,\u201d an official in Pyongyang told Daily NK. \u201cThe reality is that you have to leverage your money, parents\u2019 power or personal connections.\u201d However, he added that while one needed just money or power to get the job you wanted in the past, \u201cthings are a bit different now as you need experience in patriotic activities.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The official said that as North Korea equates patriotism with loyalty to the party, state, and supreme leader, how much loyalty an individual has displayed has recently become the most important factor in job placement. To land desired jobs, people must compete to show the most loyalty.<\/span><\/p>\n

In South Korea, young people build the experience they need to get their desired jobs through volunteer work, outside activities, internships and contests. In North Korea, they engage in activities to prove their loyalty.<\/span><\/p>\n

This suggests North Korea is demanding more and more loyalty from young people as time passes.<\/span><\/p>\n

However, a 20-something resident of Rason said young people \u201care working hard to build up patriotic experience while simply pretending to actively participate in social and political activities.\u201d This suggests that North Korean youth now display an \u201cartificial\u201d loyalty, resulting from a desire for jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n

In a study published in December by the Korea Institute for National Unification titled \u201cNorth Korean Youth in the Kim Jong-Un Era: Navigating Between Compliance and Independence, Traversing the State and Market Boundaries,\u201d the authors wrote that North Korean young people \u201cdiffer from previous generations in the political and ideological tension between the state and the individual\u201d and that they are \u201cnot unconditionally devoted to the party or the state, but obey simply to satisfy personal interests or display only perfunctory obedience, which makes the state endlessly nervous.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Translated by David Black. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Daily NK works with a network of sources living in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. Their identities remain anonymous for security reasons. For more information about Daily NK\u2019s network of reporting partners and information-gathering activities, please visit our FAQ page\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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