{"id":65060,"date":"2025-09-24T05:57:27","date_gmt":"2025-09-23T20:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=65060"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:43:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:43:08","slug":"some-north-koreans-angered-government-directive-supporting-ethnic-chinese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/some-north-koreans-angered-government-directive-supporting-ethnic-chinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Some N. Koreans angered by government directive supporting ethnic Chinese population"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-test-render-count=\"2\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"group relative pb-8\" data-is-streaming=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-0.5 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-border-400 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">North Korean authorities issued urgent directives to party and administrative organizations in each region to support the winter preparations of ethnic Chinese residents of the country.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">A source in Ryanggang province told Daily NK recently that &#8220;joint directives from the Central Committee and Cabinet were urgently delivered to provincial party committees and people&#8217;s committees on Sept. 12, then transmitted to cities and counties, instructing them to help ethnic Chinese staying in North Korea achieve economic stability and especially ensure they can warmly welcome the coming winter.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">The directive included helping ethnic Chinese prepare for winter by providing firewood, encouraging neighborhood watch unit leaders to address their everyday challenges, and involving the Ministry of Social Security and Ministry of State Security to handle issues as they occur.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">The directive also included instructions to ensure smooth customs procedures when ethnic Chinese travel to and from China, helping them visit China without worry.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-test-render-count=\"1\">\n<div class=\"group relative pb-3\" data-is-streaming=\"false\">\n<div class=\"font-claude-response relative leading-[1.65rem] [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-000\/50 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-0.5 [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:border-border-400 [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.standard-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pl-2 [&amp;_.progressive-markdown_:is(p,blockquote,ul,ol,h1,h2,h3,h4,h5,h6)]:pr-8\">\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0 standard-markdown\">\n<h4 class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\"><strong>Authorities prohibit economic burden on Chinese students<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Furthermore, North Korean authorities have directed universities to avoid placing financial burdens on ethnic Chinese students, such as dormitory fees or administrative costs. The instructions emphasized that Chinese students returning to relatives in China during winter break to celebrate Lunar New Year should not face pressure to bring back financial support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Authorities also urged in the directive to treat ethnic Chinese with wholehearted care, as if sharing warm affection with a neighboring country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">Following these directives, emergency meetings regarding ethnic Chinese support were held in cities and counties throughout North Korea.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The meetings mainly discussed how to treat ethnic Chinese more warmly, how to distribute firewood, how to simplify customs procedures, and how to establish oversight systems for universities to prevent economic burdens on ethnic Chinese students.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">However, some North Koreans are expressing considerable dissatisfaction with these directives.<\/p>\n<p>Young people in particular voiced resentment over the preferential treatment given to ethnic Chinese following Kim Jong Un&#8217;s trip to China, expressing frustration that authorities were prioritizing the relatively prosperous ethnic Chinese community while ordinary citizens struggled, and showing envy of their privileged status.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">At the same time, some young people reacted strongly by connecting the ethnic Chinese support directive to recent foreign policy decisions made by authorities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-normal break-words\">The source said, &#8220;A young man in his 20s in Hyesan exploded in anger over this directive, saying the government&#8217;s actions don&#8217;t make sense \u2014 rejecting 5,000 years of national history, calling South Korea a foreign country, making citizens die fighting for Russia, which is another country, and now revering ethnic Chinese like ancestors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Border region residents also made harsh criticisms, saying they would prefer North Korea to become a Chinese province to gain Chinese-level freedoms, and suggesting that since the country was already divided, it would be better to hand it over to China entirely and have Kim Jong Un serve merely as a provincial party secretary.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20250922-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities issued urgent directives to party and administrative organizations in each region to support the winter preparations of ethnic Chinese residents of the country. 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