All people, including North Korean party leaders, are required to regularly attend self-criticism and criticism meetings of others. Let’s take a look at the explanation of the former member of North Korea’s secret police, the “National Security Service,” who is a former member of Yun Dae-il.
On that basis, self-criticism and mutual criticism must be made. (Ibid.)
Next is North Korean researcher Andrei Lankov.
The soldier did not clean his rifle properly or missed his target during training, and the student did not do his homework well
Confessing that, the housewife admitted that he had cleaned the nearby street without proper passion. We must not only admit mistakes, but also provide measures to correct them. The end of the public speech with obligatory quotes from Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il is the turn to mutual criticism. The average group, whether a party cell or a women’s or workers’ alliance group, is between seven and ten, with an average of one and a half hours of assembly.
That is, there is about enough per person to reveal and accuse each member of the crime.
It is common to prearrange criticism with friends and follow planned scenarios. Those who fear making a small fuss are much less likely to be involved. (Andrey Lankov, North of the DMZ: Essays on Daily Life in North Korea)
In North Korea, such criticism meetings are called “summary of life (summary of life)”, “idea struggle”, and “self-criticism meetings”. So what about the criticism rally? The following is testimony of a defector.
On Saturday, we all come together to study propaganda and criticize ourselves. It is organized at the school or work level, with students attending school gathering at class and workers gathering at work.
First, copy the words of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Just as people in other parts of the world transcribe the Bible and Quran verses. Next, write down everything you did in the week.
After that, you have to stand in front of everyone and criticize yourself.
For example, start as follows: “This week I was not thankful for the endless unconditional love of dear leaders.”
He said that he did not take on the work assigned to the party, did not study hard, or lacked love for his comrades.
Since we are all fighting against “American bastards” or “blood-thirsty west wolf”, love for each other was very important.
Finally, ‘Still, dear leaders have forgiven me with broad mercy. Thanks for that, I’ll do my best next week. ” ‘
After self-criticism is over, it is time to criticize others. If you name one of your classmates, you must listen to my criticism seriously.
No one did not follow the teachings of the dear leader, did not participate in the group work … After the criticism, the student in the ball was grateful to me, and from now on, the whole class will be renewed. Must swear in front of. (Park Yong-mi, “The Choice to Live”)
Party members working in the entertainment sector, such as intellectuals and movie actors, are required to have a party life general once every two days. Be in a position to know the privacy of the power class, and know the dark parts of the powers
That’s why. (Yun Dae-il “Public Security Police in the North”)
Criticism meetings are also held at schools, and children are required to participate.
During the ideological struggle, Son Yeong (Song Yeong) was a child who stood up and improved his bold criticism. “Why can you do that? I have no conscience.
You are naturally ineligible to be a child studying with your father’s husband, so it is natural to drop out of school. ”
In addition to pointing out the weaknesses of the child, this child was in front of a double tooth and was nicknamed by the boys as “chodemi (meaning a good beaker).” Schools are developing loyalties that can criticize not only friends, but also parents and siblings, as they look for seeds of criticism during criticism, which takes place almost two or three times a week. (Kim hyon-hui “as a woman”)
Criticism rally is also held when students attending school can be punished
It must be done by hand. Cleaning the pig hut must also be handled by hand, as if wiped by hand. (Ibid.)
If a member of the art troupe fails in the performance, he will be hit by barrage.
In addition, the following testimony shows that party and non-party members have different rally times.
The remaining non-members each had their own collective time at the social worker youth league and the confederation (professional alliance). At that time, I was not a member. He usually joined the party within one year of entering Mansudae, but he had no such opportunity, so he belonged to a gathering of company workers. It was an organization of young people, non-members and older members belonging to associations. (Ibid.)