The leader orders to have fun: a long-awaited day of rest in the DPRK
Photos of vacationers or North Koreans having fun are not often leaked to the Internet. These pictures show us what is happening in one of the North Korean moon parks. They are also notable for the fact that they were made during a 200-day "campaign of loyalty" to the country's leadership, the purpose of which is to accelerate the pace of implementation of the five—year economic development plan. Kim Jong-un ordered workers to be more efficient in order to boost the growth of the stagnant economy.
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Now, the North Koreans have been given a day off so they can take a breather during the 200-day campaign to increase the pace of shock socialist labor. The families of the Pyongyang elite were captured enjoying life in a Folk amusement park.
Children eat ice cream and cool off in the park.
Posters are hanging all over the country with the question: "Have you fulfilled your plan for today?" Attempts to stimulate the economy of the DPRK in this case are attempts to pull the country, which is under international sanctions, out of the pit of ongoing economic stagnation.
Pyongyang residents ride rides in the Folk Amusement Park.
The regime claims that such measures to increase labor efficiency are very popular, but there is no doubt that anyone who decided to express discontent would be accused of disloyalty and sent to one of the prison camps.
Children play at a fountain in Pyongyang.
The founder of the DPRK, Kim Il Sung, laid the foundation for the traditions of conducting such campaigns back in the late 1950s. This analogue of the Soviet Stakhanov movement was named "Chollima" in honor of the mythical horse capable of flying 1000 "li" (about 480 kilometers). Then such measures were necessary to restore the country after the bloody war of 1950-1953. The current campaign was called "Mallima" — this winged horse is 10 times faster. In the photo: little girls run through the square under the gaze of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
"We completed the annual plan a few weeks ago!" — said the manager of one of the shoe factories Chang. It employs 220 people and produces about 700 pairs of shoes a day. They are sold in state department stores. In the photo: Pyongyang residents are greedily enjoying a day of rest.
"I usually work 8 hours a day: from 8 a.m. to noon and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Now sometimes I'm late at work. No one needs to tell me that I have to do this. I just do it, and that's it," says Kang Chen Ching, a former soldier now working in a shoe factory.
The DPRK authorities claim that their state is moving towards self-sufficiency, although it is under the influence of international economic sanctions.
"Marshal wants us to reach new heights in science and technology development. And I want to participate in it," Kang Jong—un shared.
Keywords: DPRK | Recreation | Amusement park | Parks | Pyongyang | North Korea | Socialism | Labor