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North Korea's Kim casts youth as vanguard of state goals amid Russia war
Kim linked youth loyalty to party discipline and said young soldiers sent to Russia had become bombs and flames, state media said.
- On Sunday, North Korean leader Kim met with delegates from the Socialist Patriotic Youth League in Pyongyang, urging tighter organisation and ideological discipline as the government cast young people as central to both domestic mobilisation and military involvement in the Ukraine war.
- The Eleventh Congress of the league concluded last week in the capital with mass rallies, torchlight parades, and a gala, representing a once-in-five-years political gathering aimed at mobilising citizens aged roughly 14 to 30.
- North Korea sent an estimated 14,000 troops to fight alongside Russian forces in the Kursk region, according to South Korean, Ukrainian, and Western officials, who report that more than 6,000 North Korean soldiers have been killed.
- In a letter published on Friday, the Workers Party explicitly linked youth loyalty to the war effort, telling the congress that young soldiers sent on overseas operations had "become bombs and flames" in defending the country's honour.
- Kim on Saturday told delegates that youth were the "vanguard" in advancing state goals, as the government intensifies repression of foreign cultural influence to ensure social stability among the younger generation.
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North Korea's Kim casts youth as vanguard of state goals amid Russia war
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met delegates to the ruling party's youth league congress in Pyongyang, state media KCNA said on Sunday, as the government again cast young people as central to both domestic mobilisation and its military role in Russia's war against Ukraine.
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