North Korea citizen lectures emphasize ¡®protection of the motherland¡¯
A lecture delivered by the North Korean authorities to Korean Workers¡¯ Party (WPK) members and workers placed emphasis on the duty of North Korean citizens and the protection of the motherland. The lecture was conducted after the inter-Korean summit was agreed to be held in Pyongyang in mid-September, suggesting that it was aimed at preventing ideological drift and raising solidarity toward the regime.
¡°A lecture was conducted for Party members and workers in late August that emphasized that residents of the Republic [the DPRK] must fulfill their duties,¡± a North Korean source told Daily NK on September 17. ¡°The emphasis of the lecture was on clearly understanding the main points of the ¡®rojak¡¯ and realizing those main points in the course of work and life.¡±
Rojak refers to books on traditional ideology and theory created by Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. The lecture noted a statement made by Kim Jong Il in 2002 to high-level officials in the WPK¡¯s Central Committee: ¡°Let¡¯s ensure the Republic¡¯s citizens have a self-awareness about themselves as citizens and perform their duties.¡±
The lecture materials, which were obtained by Daily NK, state that Party members and workers have ¡°holy duties¡± as citizens and that citizens must actively protect the motherland in order to fulfill their duties as citizens. ......
[Source: Daily NK]