About 100 young people from Chongjin in North Hamgyong province who passed the provincial party committee’s review are currently awaiting their trip to Pyongyang. The selected candidates are primarily in their 20s and 30s and have already passed ideological screenings and background checks conducted by provincial party committees. These evaluations thoroughly examined candidates’ ideological soundness, loyalty to the party, political background and any history of legal penalties. They have been instructed to avoid causing problems and to faithfully participate in organizational activities until their departure.
To go to China, one must be affiliated with a workplace. The actual departure date remains subject to change. “Although mid-June is the current scheduled departure, we’ll have to see if they actually leave then,” the source noted.