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Kim Jong-Un Tearfully Begs North Korean Women For Higher Birth Rates [Video]
North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un became emotional during a National Mothers’ Meeting in Pyongyang, where he appealed to North Korean women to consider increasing the country’s birth rate.
In a carefully orchestrated event, the leader was spotted wiping his eyes with a handkerchief while addressing the crowd, expressing his concern over the declining population.
Speaking directly to the audience as “Dear Mothers,” Kim Jong-un said “preventing a decline in birth rates and good childcare are all of our housekeeping duties we need to handle while working with mothers.”
Kim Jong-un pointed out that North Korea was facing various societal challenges, urging mothers to actively engage in addressing these pressing issues together.
He emphasized the importance of their involvement in tackling these social tasks.
He said “These tasks include bringing up their children so that they will steadfastly carry forward our revolution, eliminating the recently-increasing non-socialist practices, promoting family harmony and social unity, establishing a sound way of cultural and moral life, making the communist virtues and traits of helping and leading one another forward prevail over our society, stopping the declining birth rate, and taking good care of children and educating them effectively.
“These belong to our common family affairs, which we need to deal with by joining hands with our mothers.”
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As of 2023, the United Nations Population Fund estimated North Korea’s fertility rate to be 1.8, reflecting a prolonged decline in recent decades.
Although this rate is higher than in some neighboring countries, North Korea, along with its neighbors, faces a similar downward trend in fertility.
South Korea reported a record low fertility rate of 0.78 last year, while Japan’s figure decreased to 1.26.
In South Korea, declining birth rates have led to a scarcity of pediatricians, prompting one city to organize matchmaking events aimed at boosting birth rates.
In North Korea, with a population of approximately 25 million, the country has grappled with severe food shortages, exacerbated by natural disasters such as floods that have damaged harvests.
This struggle includes a deadly famine in the 1990s, contributing to the nation’s challenges.
In the 1970s and 1980s, North Korea initiated birth control programs to curb postwar population growth.
Subsequently, the country witnessed a significant decline in fertility rates, notably after a famine in the mid-1990s that, according to a report by the Seoul-based Hyundai Research Institute in August, was estimated to have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people.
“Given North Korea lacks resources and technological advancements, it could face difficulties to revive and develop its manufacturing industry if sufficient labor forces are not provided,” the institute report said.
A diving excursion turned tragic on Monday when a tourist boat, Sea Story, sank in the Red Sea, off the coast of Egypt.
Officials confirmed that 17 people are still missing, while 28 others have been rescued.
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The boat was carrying 45 individuals, including 31 international tourists and 14 crew members, when it went down near the popular diving destination of Marsa Alam.
Rescue teams, including coast guard boats and helicopters, are continuing an intensive search for survivors.
Details shortly………….
A DHL cargo plane en route from Germany to Lithuania crashed early Monday near Vilnius Airport, leaving one crew member dead, according to local emergency services.
Renatas Pozela, head of the firefighting and emergency services unit, reported that the plane went down just a few kilometers from the airport.
“The plane was due to land at Vilnius Airport but tragically crashed. One person from the four-member crew has been confirmed dead,” Pozela said.
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The crash also caused a nearby house to catch fire under unclear circumstances.
Fortunately, all residents were safely evacuated, according to Vilmantas Vitkauskas, head of the National Crisis Management Centre.
Emergency teams promptly contained the fire, preventing further casualties.
DHL spokesperson Ausra Rutkauskien confirmed that the plane was part of the company’s fleet.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation, with aviation authorities and crisis management teams working to uncover what led to the accident.
More to follow………..
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has taken a historic step, issuing arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant.
The charges include crimes against humanity and war crimes allegedly committed during Israel’s recent assault on Gaza.
In a detailed statement, the ICC accused the Israeli leaders of “intentionally and knowingly depriving the civilian population in Gaza of objects indispensable to their survival, including food, water, and medicine and medical supplies, as well as fuel and electricity.”
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The ICC’s move marks a significant escalation in international scrutiny of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Netanyahu and Gallant are alleged to have orchestrated policies that caused severe harm to the civilian population in Gaza, leading to widespread condemnation from human rights organizations.
Alongside the charges against Israeli officials, the ICC also issued an arrest warrant for Hamas military commander Mohammed Deif. Deif has long been a central figure in Hamas’s military operations. Israel’s military claims to have killed him in a July airstrike, although this has not been independently verified.
The warrants highlight growing calls for accountability amid the ongoing conflict in the region. The ICC’s actions are likely to provoke heated debate and may complicate diplomatic efforts aimed at resolving the crisis.
With the warrants issued, global attention now turns to how the international community will respond and whether any practical steps will be taken to enforce them.
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