Following heavy rains in July, North Korea distributed two batches of meals rations to residents of the flood-stricken Uiju county in North Pyongan province in late August, a supply stated Tuesday, talking on situation of anonymity.
The Central Committee ordered the meals distribution, which included high-grade grain (wheat grains, wheat flour and corn), biscuits and bread. Every particular person was given meals for one month.
North Pyongan province’s get together committee informed the flood victims that the grain they acquired “was not imported from different international locations however was produced and processed within the nation” and that “the biscuits and bread had been additionally processed and packaged in home factories and solely the highest quality was chosen for distribution.”
Occasion officers additionally confused to the flood victims that the meals distribution represented North Korean chief Kim Jong Un’s “nice kindness and deep love for the individuals.”
The provincial get together committee had households specific their gratitude to Kim in particular person by standing in entrance of their rations and shouting, “Lengthy dwell Basic Kim Jong Un, the intense solar of Juche Korea!”
Recipients pressured to jot down letters of thanks
The provincial get together committee additionally had the recipients of the rations write letters expressing their gratitude for the free meals.
After receiving orders for the thank-you letters, the propaganda and agitation division of Uiju county’s get together committee knowledgeable the recipients of the principle ideological factors they need to cowl of their letters. After the letters had been written, they had been collected by get together officers.
“At current, the provincial get together committee and Uiju county’s get together committee have acquired all of the letters of thanks from these dwelling within the flooded areas. They’re additionally getting ready an occasion the place these letters might be delivered to the marshal to specific the appreciation of the provincial residents after the flood reconstruction work is accomplished,” the supply stated.
Though the flood victims in Uiju county are nonetheless dwelling in tent shelters and haven’t acquired as many advantages as those that had been delivered to Pyongyang, most of them are nonetheless grateful that the state is making an attempt to resolve numerous difficulties akin to distributing free meals, the supply stated.
“Individuals who haven’t acquired rations for years are very grateful to obtain a month’s value of meals without cost. They’re additionally excited as a result of they’re speculated to get extra meals on the finish of September,” he added.
The Every day NK works with a community of sources in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. For safety causes, their identities stay nameless.
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