North Korea has increased ideological lectures for young people in Chongjin, North Hamgyong province. These sessions, previously held once or twice monthly, are now mandatory weekly events.
A source told Daily NK recently that authorities now require weekly ideological lectures for students at high schools, vocational colleges, and universities throughout Chongjin.
“Despite creating new laws and even executing people to stop youth from watching ‘impure videos,’ the government hasn’t curbed young people’s interests. So since the beginning of the month, authorities have mandated weekly criticism sessions and ideological lectures,” the source explained.
The regime has intensified these lectures to keep young people vigilant against foreign ideology and culture. On March 8, one Chongjin high school hosted a lecture titled “Let’s strengthen the fight against the frightening toxins that erode young people’s class consciousness and revolutionary consciousness.”
The speaker began: “Impure videos and publications continue to propagate because of our enemies’ plotting. This significantly weakens our young people’s class and revolutionary consciousness. The puppet regime (of South Korea) and hostile forces use these impure materials to undermine youth consciousness.”
The lecturer described outside ideology as part of “our enemies’ strategy of destroying our socialist system” and emphasized that young people must guard against such influences.
“Our enemies ultimately want to tear down our socialist ideology and system. Their behavior isn’t new, but they’re more desperate now that our country is a nuclear power. Young people, as this country’s heirs, must lead in defending our socialist system,” the speaker declared.
“Lasting victory only comes through absolute trust and obedience to the Workers’ Party and Supreme Leader. We must reinforce our ideological struggle to defeat our enemies’ schemes by maintaining revolutionary vigilance,” the lecturer added.
While these sessions aim to prevent ideological wavering among youth, their effectiveness remains questionable. Young North Koreans admit they’re tired of repetitive lectures that cover the same points with little new material.
“Young people already hate the weekly criticism sessions, so adding lectures will only irritate them further. They’ll attend for appearance’s sake, but the effectiveness will diminish over time,” the source concluded.
March 21, 2025 at 02:04PM
by DailyNK(North Korean Media)