Kim from North Korea praises young “volunteers” in difficult and challenging sectors

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SEOUL, Aug 31 (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with young people who had “volunteered” to work in “difficult and challenging” sectors and praised them, they said. on Tuesday the country’s state media.

KCNA, calling them admirable heroes, praised the young people for volunteering to work in the most difficult and challenging places. The report did not delve into its functions.

In May, state media said orphans, recruited soldiers and students (some of whom were pictured as children) volunteered to do handicrafts in North Korea, including coal mines, farms and large construction projects. Read more

“It is the best pride, active and power motivating for the development of a revolutionary party that has its reliable successors, its reserves and its promising main force,” Kim said according to the KCNA, referring to the Labor Party ruler.

The drastic measures taken by North Korea to contain COVID-19 have exacerbated human rights abuses and economic hardship for its citizens, including famine reports, according to the United Nations.

North Korea has repeatedly rejected allegations of human rights abuses and blamed sanctions for a dire humanitarian situation. Pyongyang has been under UN sanctions since 2006 for its ballistic and nuclear missile programs.

Sangmi Cha Reports; edited by Richard Pullin

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