Childhood in North Korea. North Korean families North Korean children

Everyone knows that North Korea is a country closed to prying eyes. Quite rarely, we have the opportunity to look behind the Iron Curtain to find out how its citizens really live. But today there is such an opportunity!

Thanks to these photos, you can learn a little more about the young generation of North Korea - how local children live, how they relax and have fun, how they study and how they smile.

1. North Korean children after a snowfall on the banks of the Yalu River, in the North Korean district of Sakchu, December 17, 2014. The picture was taken from the territory of China on the Yalu River.

2. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits one of the orphanages in Pyongyang for the New Year.

3. Kim Jong-un poses with children at the orphanage on the first day of the new year.

5. North Koreans celebrate Lunar New Year on February 19, 2015.

6. North Korean students in the classroom for taekwondo wrestling in the Moranbong district in Pyongyang on July 31, 2014. The capital is hot and humid in summer, and one of the most popular holiday destinations is Moranbong Mountain, located just a short walk from the famous Kim Il Sung Square. The mountain is famous for its shady paths for walking, picturesque views of the city and green lawns.

7. North Korean schoolchildren play musical instruments on Moranbong July 31, 2014 in Pyongyang.

8. Primary school students help repair potholes on a rural road in North Hamgyong Province.

9. North Korean children during a trip along the Yalu River in Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 15, 2013.

10. A North Korean boy rides on ice on the Yalu River on the border with China near the North Korean city of Hyesan December 1, 2008.

11. The new school year 2015-2016 began in the DPRK with proper ceremonies in schools.

12. North Korean students with weapons at the parade to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the signing of a truce in the Korean War of 1950-1953 on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, July 27, 2013.

13. Workers and youth visit the Munsu entertainment center during the heat wave in Pyongyang on August 8, 2014.

14. North Korean students use sheets of colored cardboard to form a picture as a background during the mass gymnastic and artistic performance of "Arirang" in Pyongyang on July 26, 2013.

15. Beginning of the school year.

16. North Korean children wave to people on a Chinese tourist boat on the banks of the Yalu River near Chongsong, a district in North Korea, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, May 8, 2011.

17. A boy with a shovel in a corn field in the area affected by floods and typhoons in South Hwanghae province on September 29, 2011.

18. Kim Jong-un visits Mangyongde revolutionary school on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the founding of the Korean Children's Union.

19. North Korean students in a school bus in Pyongyang July 25, 2013.

20. North Korean children and their parents wave to Chinese residents during the celebration of Children's Day on the Yalu River near the North Korean city of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, June 1, 2011.

21. Girls mourn the dead leaders of the country at the memorial in Pyongyang.

22. North Korean schoolchildren in front of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and his son Kim Jong-in are located, in Pyongyang on July 25, 2013.

23. Kim Jong-un plays with children during a visit to a general hospital in Pyongyang May 19, 2014.

24. A boy in an orphanage in an area affected by a summer flood and typhoon in South Hwanghae province, October 1, 2011.

25. A woman carries a boy dressed in a North Korean military uniform at a monument to the Fund Party in Pyongyang on October 11, 2010.

26. Girls backstage before a performance at a local school in the city of Rason, northeast of Pyongyang, August 29, 2011.

Faced with the statistics of marriages and divorces of different countries, we see not very pleasant pictures and figures. Divorce is becoming commonplace even in countries where strict family views are held and where kinship and family ties are very respected.

The reason for this situation is a departure from traditions and customs that were of great importance for every person many years ago. Many modern families have long forgotten what was once dear to their ancestors.

Among this not very pleasant information that family values are a thing of the distant past, one can take as an example North Korea, which has achieved incredible success in its development, and family values have played a big role in this.

In North Korea, as in other countries, ancient traditions were passed down from one generation to another, but over the years they have been preserved and have not changed at all. Thanks to family values, which are very reverently guarded here, North Korea has preserved its culture.

Marriage is a union of two people who are ready to create a new family, raise children so that they can achieve a lot in their lives. This is a big responsibility that those who are going to get married should first of all think about.

Each person thinks that this will be the only marriage for life, but most often everything happens quite the opposite and at present, few people can boast that they had one single and happy marriage in their life.

In North Korea, marriage is taken really seriously and families are created once and for all. To do this, both young people carefully consider the moment of official marriage. There are very few divorces in the country, which puts North Korea in one of the first places among the many countries that are given in the statistics. Divorce in North Korea is tantamount to a global catastrophe that can harm the entire family.

In order to get a divorce, you need a really serious reason, because it can cause irreparable damage to the career of one of the spouses or both at once. In addition, it is difficult for a divorced man to marry again, and there is nothing to say about a divorced woman. People who could not save their family will not be able to move further up the career ladder and it is difficult to trust them in a second marriage.

Even worse is the situation in North Korea with adultery. Having a mistress or a lover on the side is a criminal offense that can imprison both perpetrators for a long time, which also does not give advantages to either one or the other.

At present, of course, this law is not valid, but all the same, the spouses remain faithful to each other, out of personal motives of honor and dignity. Adultery is something of a kind of fantasy and no one even thinks that it is possible to have some kind of relationship on the side.

The arrival of a child in a family is a celebration, and in North Korean families, children have a special meaning, because they will have to continue to help their parents in their old age. Children live in the same house with their parents until they have their own families. However, in any case, one of the older children still remains in the parents' house, who will have to take care of the parents until their very old age.

The upbringing of children in North Korea is treated very strictly, because how well a child is brought up will depend on whether he becomes a worthy citizen of his country and whether he can contribute to society. The irresponsible and negligent attitude of parents to the upbringing of children is condemned by the whole society.

Children should obey their parents, respect them and take care of them. In addition, every child is brought up in love for work. All Koreans are very hardworking and they are not afraid of even the hardest work, they work very hard and as a result, we see a high and rapid development of the country's economy.

By comparison, we can include some European countries in which divorces are very frequent, as a result of which there are a large number of incomplete families. In this case, the government spends a lot of money in order to provide benefits to single-parent families, single women with children. Although all these funds could be directed to the development of the economy.

In North Korea, on the other hand, because of the minimal divorce rate and hard-working two-parent families, the government can afford to raise the level of the economy, because people are willing to work and earn their living. Children, leaving their parental home, fully provide for themselves and their own family, not counting on the help of their parents, although parents are always ready to lend a helping hand in difficult moments of life. It also makes no sense to ask for help from the government, when a perfectly healthy and capable person can fully provide for himself.

In addition, there is no need for the existence of nursing homes in North Korea, which also require additional expenses from the government. There is absolutely no need to open such establishments in a country where children support their elderly parents and fully provide for them.

As for education, parents in North Korea decide this issue in advance, even before the child enters the age when it will be necessary to acquire knowledge. Of course, the opinion of children matters, but more often than not, they agree with the wise decisions of their parents about what profession is best to get.

Specialists with full and higher education will always be needed, and therefore each parent tries to do everything possible to ensure that the child receives the best education.

This attitude to the family and to the well-being of the country will help to survive any crisis, which in most countries will force a sharp review of all expenses. The country will have enough budget to help citizens survive difficult times.

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The everyday life of North Korea is hidden from prying eyes, but sometimes the curtain rises and we manage to peep how adult citizens spend their everyday lives. But many times less is known about the smallest ones, and is there anything in their life that is sharply different from the life of our children?

We are in website found the answer to this question and share with you 10 interesting facts about how childhood goes in the most closed country in the world.

The first thing a newborn receives is social status, or songbun. Thus, the state immediately classifies the baby as a "loyal", "wavering" or "hostile" segment of the population. Songbun is passed down from the father and determines where the child will study, which university they will enter, and whether they can become a member of the Workers' Party.
Education starts in kindergarten. From the age of 4, children go to the kindergarten at the request of their parents, but from the age of 5 - according to the compulsory educational program. Every child who is going to the 1st grade must attend kindergarten during the year.

Children who have parents live in shelters. This is because young couples often cannot cope with the financial support of children. It happens that orphans who were taken into the family are returned to the orphanage for the same reason.

The schools teach biographies of the country's leaders and the Russian language. Separate classes are also devoted to the glorification of the revolutionary activities of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un. They study not only Russian, but also English, although at a rather low level due to the rejection of foreign textbooks. At the age of 10, all schoolchildren, without exception, join the Korean Children's Union and from that moment begin to attend political and ideological meetings.

Ideological propaganda at lessons and class events. There are propaganda posters in school corridors, patriotic slogans in textbooks. At matinees, children act out scenes with obvious political overtones, and on major holidays, children's parades are held, where schoolchildren dressed in military uniforms march and drive around in cars with cardboard rocket launchers.

Children are taken to public executions. What to do, such a seemingly traumatic experience is considered normal and even necessary for the little citizens of North Korea. In addition, children sometimes participate in denunciations.
Hard child labor is par for the course. Schoolchildren harvest crops, cut down trees, break and carry rocks, and even work at a construction site. Like adults, children have a “labor standard”, for failure to comply with which they may well be fined.

Military toys. Of course, dolls and bunnies are sold in stores, but there are also many toys. tanks, helicopters and machine guns. It is believed that such toys help to bring up the spirit of patriotism in little Koreans.