SEOUL - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has underscored the vital role of mothers in bolstering the regime's internal solidarity. This statement was made at the first national meeting of mothers held in North Korea in over a decade, as reported by state media on Tuesday.
According to Yonhap News Agency, During his closing speech at the Fifth National Congress of Mothers, which convened for a two-day session in Pyongyang starting Sunday, Kim highlighted the critical "primary revolutionary task" of mothers in educating the younger generation. According to Yonhap News Agency, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim emphasized the importance of family education in shaping the youth to become the main force of society and transforming family members into revolutionaries.
Experts suggest that the meeting, the first since 2012 and initially inaugurated in November 1961, was convened to address social discipline issues and the country's declining birth rate. In his opening remarks at the congress, Kim focused on the role of mothers in resolving "non-social" problems and combating the drop in birth rates.
Data from the U.N. Population Fund shows that North Korea's total fertility rate stood at 1.8 in 2023. South Korea's unification ministry noted that this was the first public acknowledgment by Kim of the country's birth rate decline, indicating serious concerns. An anonymous ministry official suggested that the congress aimed to prevent ideological deviation among the youth and support the regime by emphasizing the significance of family education.
SEOUL, Dec. 05 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's weather forecast for Tuesday, 5th November 2023, indicates varied conditions across the nation's major cities, as reported at 9:01 a.m.According to Yonhap News Agency, In Seoul, the temperature is expected to range from a high of 11°C to a low of 2°C with cloudy skies and a 30 percent chance of rain. Similarly, Incheon will experience cloudy conditions with identical temperature highs and lows and the same probability of precipitation. Suwon's forecast also includes cloudy skies, with slightly higher temperatures ranging from 12°C to 1°C.
Cheongju and Daejeon are predicted to have sunny weather, with high temperatures of 11°C and 12°C, and lows of 0°C and -1°C, respectively, accompanied by a 20 percent chance of rain. Chuncheon will see sunny skies as well, with temperatures between 10°C and -2°C.
Gangneung is expected to have a high of 13°C and a low of 5°C under cloudy skies, with a 20 percent chance of rain. Jeonju and Jeju will both experience cloudy conditions, with Jeonju having a high of 13°C, a low of 1°C, and no expected rainfall, while Jeju forecasts a high of 16°C and a low of 9°C.
Gwangju, Daegu, and Busan are all predicted to have sunny weather. Gwangju's temperatures will range from 14°C to 2°C, Daegu from 13°C to 1°C, and Busan from 16°C to 6°C, each with a 20 percent chance of rain.