North Korean authorities are converting the contents of the 11th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers’ Party held at the end of last month into study materials, distributing them to each organization, and forcing them to memorize them in their entirety. It is said that due to this, the number of residents complaining of fatigue has recently increased.
On the 15th, a source from Daily NK in North Pyongan Province said, “The party committees in each region instructed party members and workers to study about the 8th 11th plenary session and distributed learning materials,” adding, “Because of this, residents He said, “I can’t go home and am doing ‘plenary study.’”
According to the source, the learning materials include ▲2025 business policy to achieve the five-year economic development plan, ▲major economic indicators and production goals to be achieved this year, and ▲detailed goals for each unit.
In addition, the source says that the content and amount of information that must be memorized is considerable because it requires complete mastery of personal determination to achieve the organization’s goals.
It has been reported that working residents are complaining about the fact that they have to memorize study materials after work hours every day before they can leave work.
“In our work group, we are forcing question-and-answer learning,” said a resident who mines coal at a coal mine joint enterprise in North Pyongan Province. “It’s so painful,” he said.
As orders are given to each organization to familiarize themselves with learning materials containing the results of plenary meetings and New Year’s goals, executives are said to be frequently asking questions to workers.
The source said, “Even senior agency executives come to the site, stop passing coal workers and ask them questions about what they have learned,” and “If they don’t answer properly, they call the person in charge and reprimand them, so the atmosphere is tense every day.”
When workers are assessed as having failed to properly understand the learning materials, executives from higher-level organizations call in junior executives and reprimand them, so the junior executives frequently scold workers, telling them to “memorize the learning materials without losing any sleep.” It is said that the atmosphere in the workplace is completely frozen due to the recruitment of entry-level executives.
A source said, “Conflicts between junior executives and workers are intensifying because junior executives say insulting things to people who have not mastered the learning content, saying, ‘Why are you so stupid? Are you a chickenhead who can’t even memorize such things?’ and publicly humiliate them.” “It is happening,” he said.
In fact, in the workplace, there are complaints about whether it is necessary to memorize study materials, even if it creates a hostile atmosphere.
The source said, “’If you enjoy working, you have to work hard and achieve your production goals. But who would want to work if you check what you have memorized every day and curse at them, ruining your mood?’ “There are even complaints saying, ‘Why can’t we live now if the economy develops just by memorizing the decisions of the plenary meeting or the production indicators?’” he said. “I wish we would stop doing such useless things.”
Source: www.dailynk.com
