North Korean Youths Engaging in Free Dating and Premarital Cohabitation Despite Organized Criticism

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As free dating and premarital cohabitation have recently increased among North Korean youth, youth organizations are intensifying educational campaigns to rectify the situation. However, it is reported that organized crackdowns and control are not as effective as before, as the youth remain largely unconcerned by criticism and reprimands. According to a DailyNK source in North Pyongan Province on the 23rd, the Socialist Patriotic Youth League (Y…