North Korea has ordered propaganda officers in Pyongyang to accentuate ideological crackdowns following latest strikes to emphasise the “two hostile state” doctrine, Each day NK has discovered.
A supply in Pyongyang stated not too long ago that the propaganda division of town’s get together committee held a lecture for propaganda officers from district get together committees and main factories on Nov. 6 at get together headquarters.
The lecture adopted Kim Jong Un’s latest constitutional modifications that rejected shared nationwide id with South Korea and the idea of reunification, as a substitute defining North and South as “two hostile states.” It aimed to bolster regime cohesion by emphasizing “our state first” ideology and state symbols.
The town get together committee’s propaganda division launched new instructional supplies in regards to the “our state first” ideology and nationwide symbols, directing officers to deal with ideological actions for get together members and employees.
“Propaganda officers should acknowledge that state symbols aren’t mere symbols however highly effective means to encourage folks’s id and patriotism,” the supply quoted from the lecture. Officers had been ordered to show the general public about nationwide symbols together with the flag, emblem, nationwide flower (magnolia), nationwide canine (Pungsan), nationwide tree (pine), and nationwide language (Pyongyang dialect of Korean).
The lecture notably emphasised instructing patriotism by means of the nationwide anthem and making it a part of instructional and cultural life. “The propaganda division believes repeatedly instructing state and socialist creeds will assist folks perceive that North Korea and South Korea are clearly two hostile states,” the supply stated.
This means authorities intention to maneuver past selling common hostility towards South Korea to firmly set up the idea of “two hostile states” in public consciousness. Propaganda actions emphasizing this message will proceed by means of yr’s finish.
Nevertheless, some Pyongyang residents have expressed doubt about this ideological shift. “Some query whether or not you possibly can deny reference to individuals who share a language and traditions after a long time of emphasizing our 5,000 years of shared historical past and tradition,” the supply stated.
Whereas the promotion of South Korea as a hostile state seems central to North Korea’s present technique for regime cohesion, the rejection of shared Korean id has met with some resistance.
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