Author / Himalayan
On September 28th, North Korea announced an amnesty. The news was released externally and internally by the Korean Central News Agency and Rodong Sinmun respectively; Among them, the news of Rodong Sinmun is more detailed, because it issued Decree No.2017 of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK on 26th (The following are referred to as “Regime 2017”.By the way, Amnesty’s decree was published in the second edition of the Labour News headline on 9.28, before the news of Trai’s visit.month27Arrive in Beijing by plane in the evening.
9month27In the afternoon, Trudeau departed from Pyongyang with a special plane. Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, Mandy Yin, and my ambassador to the DPRK were sent to the airport.
North Korea’s amnesty is based on the Labour Party.80The anniversary is coming.2017There are three main contents of Decree No.-
Amnesty is applied to those who have committed crimes and have been convicted in front of the motherland and the people.
Amnesty will take effect from 1 October 2025.
The cabinet and relevant agencies of the DPRK should formulate pragmatic countermeasures so that those released by amnesty can work and live stably.
That's what happened, as expected. Why do you say that? Because this is not the first time, but the routine. Let's not mention the previous two generations, just talk about the situation of Kim Jong-un's era for more than ten years.
Since Kim Jong-un's reign, North Korea has conducted many amnesties, based on memories and simplicity for everyone.
2012Day to commemorate Kim’s Birthday100Anniversary and Kim Jong Il's birthday70Anniversary of Amnesty.
2、2015To celebrate the liberation of the Korean motherland (1945）70Anniversary and Labour Party70Anniversary of Amnesty.
3、2018In, to celebrate the founding of Korea (1948）70Anniversary of Amnesty.
4、2020Celebration of the Labour Party.75Anniversary of Amnesty.
5、2022Day to commemorate Kim’s Birthday110Anniversary and Kim Jong Il's birthday80Anniversary of Amnesty.
6、2025Celebration of the Labour Party.80Anniversary of Amnesty.
The aforementioned amnesty2017The content of the order is basically consistent, but there are differences in the implementation time, such as:2020Party founding in75Amnesty on the anniversary.9month17It will be implemented on this year, compared with this year's80The anniversary is about two weeks early.
From the above-mentioned amnesty situation, the implementation of amnesty in the era of Kim Jong-un has a basic rule, one is that the amnesty implementation time node choosing the birth of the predecessor and the founding of the party, the founding of the country and the anniversary of the liberation of the motherland, in the five-to-ten major years, the majority of the whole number of major years, the five-to-five incomplete major years so far only once; the second is every two or three years once.2028The founding of Korea80On the anniversary.
North Korea's past amnesty is the subject of "crimes and convictions in front of the motherland and the people", and those who have committed crimes and have been arrested but have not been convicted are not included. This is more interesting, although North Korea's severe punishment law, but in fact amnesty is relatively frequent, two or three years comes once, and criminals who have been sentenced to five years, ten years or even longer can be released from prison for amnesty. From this perspective, North Korea's severe punishment law is actually quite resilient, so-called "punishment before punishment, after healing the sick."
Why amnesty? the surface reason is to commemorate or celebrate the great day of “five-to-ten” and celebrate the same day, so amnesty is in the sky. The public official logic here is that according to Kim Jong-un “the noble political idea of “value the people, respect the people, love the people” (2018Annual referenceThe Labour Party, the "Mother Party", "will embrace tens of millions of children, look at them equally, and care for them."This reference“Everyone who grows up in this land, no matter who he is holding in.”Mother PartyIn warm arms, carefully and fully responsible for protecting fate and future."2020Annual referenceBut in my opinion, the final article of the amnesty decree in the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Congress states that “the Cabinet and the relevant agencies must formulate pragmatic measures to enable those released as a result of the amnesty to work and live in a stable manner.”
As is well known, North Korea is currently in the "peak of development" and is in the process of "leaving the country butterfly", the construction of various projects all over the world.The supply and assignment of labor force is an important issue that is encountered here.Although North Korea has never published the number of criminals who have been sentenced, pardoning those people to return to society and work is generally beneficial and more beneficial than detrimental. As long as "practical measures" are in place, these pardoned people can be added to the "High Nation Butterfly Transformation", some of which can even continue to make some special or significant contributions to the cause of the marshal, such as those for the "Trai Wei" class destroyer "Jiang Ken"Launching accidentResponsible technicians.
Amnesty is a major initiative after comprehensive consideration, and its significance is also multi-faceted. From the overall situation of North Korea's past amnesty, this initiative is first and foremost pragmatic in many aspects, and to some extent shows that the Marshal has a strong and flexible control over all aspects of the country and social life.