Kim Jong Un Sends Congratulations on 'Cheongnyeonjeol'... "Attempts to Corrupt Youth through Ideological and Cultural Infiltration Are Futile"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of North Korea, sent a congratulatory message encouraging young people to volunteer for challenging assignments in celebration of Youth Day, emphasizing that "the imperialists' attempts to corrupt the youth ranks through ideological and cultural provocations have been foiled."

Korean Central News Agency reported on the 29th that "(General Secretary Kim) invited the youth who have demonstrated heroic struggles on the frontlines of socialist construction to the celebration event and sent a loving congratulatory message."

In his congratulatory message, General Secretary Kim stated, "We are currently facing the most severe phase since the founding of the country," adding, "At such a time, the fact that young people are competing to volunteer for challenging assignments is more encouraging news than the production of tens or hundreds of millions of tons of steel and fertilizer or tens of thousands of machines."

North Korea is currently encouraging young people to volunteer for rural areas, coal mines, and mineral mines to overcome economic and food shortages. According to the Korean Central News Agency, since the 8th Party Congress in January, about 10,000 young people, including graduates of Kim Il-sung University, have volunteered.

General Secretary Kim further stated, "The imperialists' attempts to corrupt and dismantle our youth ranks through vicious sanctions and persistent ideological and cultural infiltration have turned to bubbles before this mighty tide," adding, "Trying to separate our new generations from the revolution and destroy the fortress of socialism is a futile delusion that cannot be achieved even in a hundred years."

This aligns with North Korea's recent emphasis on ideological education for the so-called North Korean 'MZ generation,' known as the Jangmadang generation. The Jangmadang generation experienced a market economy represented by the Jangmadang (black markets) instead of the collapsed state distribution system and is familiar with digital devices such as computers and mobile phones.

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