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2021.05.04 10:00am
North Hamgyong Province’s justice department is reportedly investigating a member of the provincial Ministry of Social Security for attempting to use his position to wrongfully ensure his wife’s participation in the upcoming Socialist Women’s Union of Korea (SWUK) conference.
“The Musan County Ministry of Social Security case management bureau’s vice director is currently under investigation,” a source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Apr. 28. “[He is being investigated] because he promoted his wife to the position of chairwoman of an elementary chapter of the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea to secure his wife’s participation in their upcoming conference in Pyongyang.”
North Korea accuses South s corporations of exploiting BTS, Blackpink
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South Korean boy band BTS was mentioned in a statement from North Korea that denounced “exploitation” of young artists. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo
March 17 (UPI) North Korea likened globally popular K-pop groups to slaves, as the regime continues to crack down on banned media and corrupting influences.
North Korean propaganda service Arirang Meari claimed in a recent statement that popular groups, including BTS and Blackpink, are leading miserable lives because of the policies of South Korean corporations.
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In South Korea, local news service NK Economy reported the North Korean statement Tuesday.
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For over a century International Women’s Day has been celebrated around the world on March 8 as a day to recognize the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women.
From The San Diego Union, Tuesday, March, 9, 1971:
International Women’s Day Marked
International Women’s Day is 61 years old yesterday and feminists here made notations in the margins of history to commemorate the event at the downtown YWCA.
“How many of us with college degrees would recognize the names Mercy Otis Warren, Anna Ella Carrol, Harriet Tubman and Mother Jones?” Sherry Smith asked the women who sat cross-legged on overstuffed pillows.