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The focus is on the Korean Peninsula.

Let's start with the news of North Korea, which celebrated Youth Day on the 28th of last month.



Correspondent Kim A-young.



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North Korea celebrates August 28 every year as Youth Day.



On the day that Kim Il-sung claims to have created the Communist Youth League, celebrations were held in various places.



College students gathered in a desolate construction site.



Kim Jong-un's recent focus is to visit the construction site of 10,000 households in the Hwaseong area and perform.



Set the mood with ensembles and choirs.



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[Chosun Central TV: The powerful singing voices such as 'Meet the Labor Party well, the youth shines' engulfed the construction site.]



This day, a holiday, is also enjoyed by young people in their own way.



[As we celebrate Youth Day like this today, I have a lot of thoughts.

Please call me, who was born in a rural area, to the highest hall of Juche science education.]



Well-dressed youths dance in pairs and warm up through sports competitions.



[Today, our school won volleyball and ranked first in basketball.

On Youth Day, we sing songs, hold judges, and play sports.]



We play team games such as tug-of-war, and enjoy games in which the elephant's trunk turns around.



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Of course, the message of the authorities is not to say that you should enjoy the nightlife.



North Korea has already tightened the reins in cracking down on youth, such as adopting the Youth Education Guarantee Act in September last year to punish youth for anti-socialist behavior.



It is even stipulated that they must fulfill their responsibilities at home so that they can plead for the difficult part.



In the end, it is an order to play a role in the forefront ideologically and economically on the occasion of Youth Day.



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['Ode to Youth': I will carry the greatest burden of my country by myself.

Love is the most fervent, and hatred is shattering.]



On the day of Youth Day, the Rodong Sinmun introduced so-called best practices such as that the youth stormtroopers in the 1970s completed the construction that would have taken two years in less than two months.



[Each monumental creation that soared on this earth is engraved with the spiritual and virtuous feats of the youth.]



North Korea claims to be a youth-oriented policy, calling itself a youth powerhouse.



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However, the fact that the relaxation of young people's ideas places a great burden on the system and the need for their labor force are probably the realistic reasons for focusing on youth policy.