A North Korean officer was recently demoted for drinking, “debauchery” and breaching the communist nation’s strict coronavirus lockdown rules, according to state propaganda.
The highly-unusual report could hint at a wider anti-corruption drive by North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong-un. In an article titled “Let’s find a lesson from the complacent, idle, and privilege-seeking acts among Chonnae County officials”, party officials described one officer who had been “expelled from the party”.
It read: “Recently among some officials of Kangwon province’s Chonnae county, complacent, idle, and privilege-seeking phenomena arose in which… [some officials] were negligent of their duties and committed drinking debauchery.” The official was described as
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