The spiritual and psychological black hole that is life in North Korea has led to widespread drug use, particularly crystal meth. According to North Korean defectors, the regime started making the stuff a few years ago to earn foreign currency. Now addiction has spread across the country. One intriguing claim:”…senior officials in Pyongyang in recent days is that Kim Jong-il’s younger sister Kyong-hui is among the addicts, and Kim father and son too use the drug.”
South Korea’s Chosun Ilbo has an extensive report. An excerpt:
“How serious the problem is can be gleaned from a special instruction issued by North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s son and heir Jong-un, who earlier this year ordered the security forces to round up drug users, ‘regardless of rank”‘– implying that addiction is widespread in all strata of society.
Defectors say that youngsters at an elite school in Chongjin, North Hamgyong Province attended by the children of senior officials were caught by security officers having sex acts while watching a porn video under the influence of the drug. Widespread drug use has also been reported at major universities such as Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies and Kim Chaek University of Technology.
North Korean sources say many security officers are themselves in thrall to the highly addictive drug.
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