A North Korean 300mm MLR with Korean Children's Union logos on its doors and the title "Kid" on its front is "donated" to the army by children at a ceremony on June 6 (left) while children run long distances in a show of loyalty to Kim Jong Un (right) | Image: KCNA (June 7, 2023)
North Korea has turned up efforts in recent weeks to ensure the younger generation remains obedient to leader Kim Jong Un, holding a cross-country loyalty march and a ceremony at which youth presented “Kid” rocket launchers to the military to celebrate the anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union (KCU).
According to Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a ceremony to pass on the KCU’s symbolic letter vowing to “trust and follow only the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un” took place Monday at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School.
North Korea has turned up efforts in recent weeks to ensure the younger generation remains obedient to leader Kim Jong Un, holding a cross-country loyalty march and a ceremony at which youth presented “Kid” rocket launchers to the military to celebrate the anniversary of the Korean Children’s Union (KCU).
According to Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), a ceremony to pass on the KCU’s symbolic letter vowing to “trust and follow only the respected fatherly Marshal Kim Jong Un” took place Monday at the Mangyongdae Revolutionary School.
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Colin Zwirko is a Senior Analytic Correspondent for NK News based in Seoul. He joined the company in 2018 after receiving a master's degree in international security and foreign policy from South Korea's Yonsei University. Follow him on Twitter.