According to the North Korea media Daily NK, on the 17th, a "large-scale crime" was committed in Nampo City, North Korea.
Those involved in the entertainment of party committee officials in Oncheon County will be punished. The incident occurred at the end of last month. About 40 officials of the party committee in Oncheon County were
After a formal county party plenary meeting, the group was treated to a reception. It was initially set up as a place to pledge commitment to the development of the local economy, but the actual atmosphere was apparently the exact opposite.
A source said, "The excited executives engaged in inappropriate behavior, such as taking female volunteers to the hot springs. Not only the executives who were entertained, but also staff at the cafeteria and hot spring inn, as well as the female volunteers, were involved in the inappropriate behavior."
"The party's top officials were also being treated for alcohol by women from volunteer groups, and even for sexual favours at bathhouses.
The source further stated, "To get into a facility under the Social Welfare Administration as a volunteer, you have to be from a good family and you also need to pay a bribe," and added, "It ranges from $200 (approximately 30,300 yen) to
"Parents who paid $300 to send their daughters as volunteers are angry that they have been labeled as dirty and kicked out," he said.
Kim Jong Un mentioned the incident at an expanded meeting of the Central Committee Secretariat on the 27th of last month. He called it a "serious violation of party discipline and a crime of upsetting moral order," and said, "We are determined to uphold the strict discipline of our party."
The Party Central Committee Secretariat decided to dissolve the Nampo City Cheon County Party Committee in accordance with the Workers' Party rules and to propose strict measures to deal with those involved.
Furthermore, the female volunteers involved in this incident were dismissed or suspended. They were not included in the ideological re-education target group because they were mobilized as hostesses for inappropriate events.
In addition, officials of restaurants and hot spring inns who invited female volunteers to entertain guests are also reportedly being punished.
This is not the first time such an incident has occurred at a bathhouse in North Korea.
In June 2012, it was revealed that a group of second-year high school students in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, had engaged in group sexual relations in a bathhouse and even used drugs.
In response to this, the General Administration of People's Service under the North Korean Cabinet will provide skin care, beauty salon, massage, and other related services to volunteer applicants nationwide in September 2024.
Despite instructions to eliminate inappropriate behavior at volunteer facilities such as bathhouses, such incidents have recurred.
2025/02/20 07:07 KST
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