＜Photo Report＞ Kotchebi, the Homeless, Under the Kim Jong-un Regime (PART3) A toddler–roaming around a city–represents the society. Kim Jong-un thoughtlessly enters orphanages without taking off shoes.

2017.01.23

A male kotchebi looking for something useful at a garbage dump near an apartment. March 2013, in Pyongson City, South Pyongan Province(ASIAPRESS)

Related article: Kotchebi, the Homeless, Under the Kim Jong-un Regime (PART1) A girl and a boy–probably siblings–sleeping on a street

Kim Jong-un visited a newly established large-scale orphanage. He and other government officials thoughtlessly entered the room without taking off shoes. The picture was on the front page of RodongSinmun on 2 January 2015.

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