{"id":2917,"date":"2017-01-20T10:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T01:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2017\/01\/report\/20161027-children-homeless-02\/"},"modified":"2021-07-13T15:59:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T06:59:20","slug":"20161027-children-homeless-02","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2017\/01\/news\/20161027-children-homeless-02\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff1cPhoto Report\uff1e Kotchebi, the Homeless, Under the Kim Jong-un Regime (PART2) Toddler worn out on a street while regime shows off luxury orphanages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A boy\u2013apparently, below ten years old\u2013worn out at a market. He may be extremely hungry or exhausted. November 2012, in a suburb of Hyesan City, Ryanggang Province. Taken by an AISAPRESS reporting partner in Ryanggang Province (ASIAPRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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2016\/Oct\/<\/em>27<\/p>\n

The North Korean state media has often announced that Kim Jong-un visited newly established large-scale orphanages in Pyongyang and Wonsan.  It has proudly portrayed his \u201clove towards the children.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although the number has decreased under the Kim Jong-un regime, however, there are still \u201cKotchebi,\u201d the Homeless, roaming around cities in all parts of North Korea. They turned into kotchebi because their parents were dead or had abandoned them due to their inability to take care of them.<\/p>\n

A child kotchebi is born out of parents\u2019 inability to raise him\/her.  The majority of North Koreans makes a living out of small business.  Once unexpected problems occur\u2013such as a disease, business failure, theft, and being arrested by the authority, it becomes extremely hard for them to make a living.<\/p>\n

When everything goes wrong, people\u2013both in Japan and North Korea\u2013 resort to committing crimes, doing a moonlight flit, and even committing suicide. In addition, people in North Korea easily end up as kotchebi\u2013roaming around cities. It is because the majority of the people rely on the feeble foothold for a living, and the social welfare system is dysfunctional.
\nRelated article: Kotchebi, the Homeless, Under the Kim Jong-un Regime (PART1) A girl and a boy\u2013probably siblings\u2013sleeping on a street<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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The boy at the previous picture dragging a big cloth bag. When the reporter asked about his parents, he shortly answered: \u201cI don\u2019t have.\u201d November 2012, in a suburb of Hyesan City, Ryanggang Province. Taken by an AISAPRESS reporting partner in Ryanggang Province (ASIAPRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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May she be hungry? A girl kotchibi is staring at food at a hawker stall. She is holding a plastic bag with a bit of food. March 2013, in Pyongson City, South Pyongan Province. Taken by ASIAPRESS.<\/p><\/div>\n

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Kim Jong-un should focus on re-building the social welfare system and allowing it people to have the freedom of market activity, not building large luxurious orphanages intended for propaganda use only.  (ISHIMARU Jiro)
\nRelated article: [Video Report] The hidden homeless of Pyongyang<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Kim Jong-un visited a newly established large-scale orphanage. The picture was at the front page of RodongSinmun on 2 January 2015.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\uff1cKotchebi, the Homeless, Under the Kim Jong-un Regime\uff1eView article sections<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u3010Related article<\/strong>\u3011
\n\u25c6 More Kotchebi Homeless Children Under the Kim Jong-un Regime<\/a><\/span>
\n\u25c6 Kim Jong-un\u2019s Starving Soldiers \u2013 \u201cJust a spoonful of oil for me\u2026\u201d A soldier pleads for grace<\/a><\/span>
\n\u25c6 \uff1cInside N. Korea\uff1e Student absenteeism on the rise due to excessive requisition from school; a third of students are absent from<\/span> school in local cities.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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