North Korea orders youth crackdown for Kim Il Sung day

North Korea orders youth crackdown for Kim Il Sung day

North Korea’s ruling party apparatus in North Hamgyong province issued a special directive in April 2026 ordering a crackdown on ideological nonconformity among young people, as authorities sought to exploit the Kim Il Sung birthday holiday to tighten control over a restless generation. A source in North Hamgyong province told Daily NK that the North Hamgyong Provincial Party Committee issued the directive on April 13 through the Socialist Patri…