North Korea holds first national training event for children’s union instructors



News North Korea holds first national training event for children’s union instructors Workshop was aimed at ensuring young people grow up loyal to regime and follows rare meeting of neighborhood unit heads Seung-Yeon Chung March 31, 2025 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Kim Jong Un with the attendees of a Korean Children’s Union congress in 2017 \| Image: “DPRK” magazine (2024) North Korea held a historic workshop for youth group teachers from across the country last week, aimed at reinforcing ideological control and ensuring that young people grow up loyal to Kim Jong Un and the ruling party's principles. According to state media on Monday, the first-ever national training event for instructors of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) took place over four days in Pyongyang. It follows a rare gathering of neighborhood unit heads earlier this month. North Korea held a historic workshop for youth group teachers from across the country last week, aimed at reinforcing ideological control and ensuring that young people grow up loyal to Kim Jong Un and the ruling party's principles. According to state media on Monday, the first-ever national training event for instructors of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) took place over four days in Pyongyang. It follows a rare gathering of neighborhood unit heads earlier this month. Try unlimited access Only $1 for four weeks Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis Year-one discount if you continue past $1 trial period The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

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North Korea holds first national training event for children’s union instructors

Workshop was aimed at ensuring young people grow up loyal to regime and follows rare meeting of neighborhood unit heads

Seung-Yeon Chung March 31, 2025

North Korea holds first national training event for children’s union instructors

Kim Jong Un with the attendees of a Korean Children’s Union congress in 2017 | Image: “DPRK” magazine (2024)

North Korea held a historic workshop for youth group teachers from across the country last week, aimed at reinforcing ideological control and ensuring that young people grow up loyal to Kim Jong Un and the ruling party's principles.

According to state media on Monday, the first-ever national training event for instructors of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) took place over four days in Pyongyang. It follows a rare gathering of neighborhood unit heads earlier this month.

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