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North Koreans are in deep doo doo, literally, as their government has ordered each household to collect 10 kilograms ( 22 pounds ) of human waste and dry it for use as fertilizer, residents in the country told Radio Free Asia.
North Koreans are used to , donating people waste , for agricultural purposes, but often this is done in the winter away of planting season. Lately, a summer series was announced as one of the policies under head Kim Jong Un’s fresh agriculture- second initiative.
People complain that in the summertime heat, when smells go more easily and fly and worms are attracted, they are being asked to clean feces in their yards this time.
As in the past, those who have the means to pay their way out of it you avert performing their duties. A citizen of the northeastern province of Ryanggang told RFA Korean on condition of anonymity for safety reasons that this day it will cost 5, 000 won, or about 30 US cents.
That’s a quite large amount for several North Koreans.
The neighborhood-watch product held a residents ‘ meeting today, he said, and the party issued an order to clean the party’s waste for collection. In the hot weather, residents were unable to conceal their shock at the side’s order to clean animal waste.
He claimed that they were instructed to deliver the 10 kg of dried dung to a local nitrogen factory, where they would get a certificate as proof of their contribution.  ,
Residents expressed their dissatisfaction, claiming that this was the first moment they had been told to clean human waste in the summer when mosquitoes were circling.  ,
He claimed that at least single-family home owners may gather the trash and clean it in some privacy. However, apartment dwellers expressed protests and questioned how to go about doing this.
Because most families would rather spend the 5, 000 won than have to wash their own feces, a resident of Ryanggang said the order was equivalent to an illegal tax.
” The group is always saying that we live happily under a taxes- free communist system, but the group’s orders are usually a duty, 100 %”, she said. It’s all about collecting settlement, the party says, “every time the party gives us guidelines.”
