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{{Short description|North Korean political youth organization}}
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{{Infobox Political Youth Organization
{{Infobox political youth organization
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|name_english = Korean Youth Corps
| name = Korean Children's Union
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|name_native = 조선소년단
| native_name = {{nobold|{{lang|ko|조선소년단}}<br />{{transliteration|ko|Chosŏn Sonyeondan}}}}
|colorcode =
| colorcode = Red
|logo = [[File:Emblem of Korean Youth Corps.svg|150px|Emblem of Korean Youth Corps, with motto "Always ready!" (항상 준비!)]]
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| logo = Emblem of Korean Youth Corps.svg
|chairperson =
| caption = Emblem of Korean Children's Union, with the motto "[[Semper paratus|Always ready!]]" ({{lang|ko|항상 준비!}})
|secretary =
| logo2 = Flag of the Korean Children's Union (KCU).svg
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|founded = 6 June 1946
| caption2 = Flag of the Korean Children's Union
|dissolved =
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| founded = 6 June 1946
|headquarters = [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]]
|mother_party = [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
| headquarters = [[Pyongyang]], [[North Korea]]
| ideology = {{Tree list}}
|international = [[International Committee of Children's and Adolescents' Movements]]
* {{nowrap|[[Kimilsungism–Kimjongilism]]}}
|regional1_type =
** ''[[Juche]]''
|regional1_name =
** ''[[Songun]]''
|website =
{{Tree list/end}}
| mother party = [[Workers' Party of Korea]]
}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
[[File:Mangyondae Schoolchildrens Palace in Pyongyang 04.jpg|thumb|Member of Korean Youth Corps at [[Mangyongdae Children's Palace]]]]
| title = Korean Children's Union
'''Korean Youth Corps''' ({{lang-ko|'''조선소년단'''}}, [[Hanja]]: 朝鮮少年團) is a [[North Korea]]n [[youth movement]] and [[Pioneer movement]]. Membership is open to children between the ages of nine and fifteen. Youth above age 15 may join the [Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League]].<ref>http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/63.htm</ref> The organization is part of the wider [[Korean Children's Union]] with units operating in elementary and secondary schools nationwide.
| image = Mangyondae Schoolchildrens Palace in Pyongyang 04.jpg
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| caption = A member of the Korean Children's Union at [[Mangyongdae Children's Palace]]
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| context = north
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| hangul = 조선소년단
| hanja = 朝鮮少年團
| rr = Joseon Sonyeondan
| mr = Chosŏn Sonyŏndan
| koreanipa =
}}

The '''Korean Children's Union''' ('''KCU''') is the precursor to the [[Socialist Patriotic Youth League]] of [[North Korea]] contributing to [[North Korea]]n [[youth movement]] and [[pioneer movement]]. It is for children aged six to fifteen and is a political organisation linked to the [[Workers' Party of Korea]]. Its uniformed branch is known as the Young Pioneer Corps (which also includes cadets from the [[Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School]]), which admits children and pre-teens ages nine to 15. The organization operates chapters in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. It teaches children about ''[[Juche]]'', and other ideologies behind the North Korean system. Youth above the age of 15 may join the [[Socialist Patriotic Youth League]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/north-korea/63.htm|title = North Korea - MASS ORGANIZATIONS}}</ref>

Prospective members are usually welcomed formally on an important [[Public holidays in North Korea|public holiday]] such as the [[Day of the Sun]], the [[Military Foundation Day]], or the [[Day of the Foundation of the Republic (North Korea)|Day of the Foundation of the Republic]]. It is considered an important occasion in a child's life.<ref name="Hunter2008">{{cite book|last=Hunter|first=Helen-Louise|chapter=The Society and Its Environment|title=North Korea: A Country Study|editor-last=Worden|editor-first=Robert L.|chapter-url=https://www.loc.gov/item/2008028547/|edition=Fifth|date=2008|location=Washington|publisher=Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress|isbn=978-0-8444-1188-0|page=[https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/85 85]|url=https://archive.org/details/northkoreacountr0000unse/page/85}}</ref> On such days, kindergarten-grade children are officially admitted and red neckerchiefs and pins handed out. Third graders from primary schools are usually welcomed into the KCU on investiture ceremonies on these days.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth League]]
* [[Socialist Patriotic Youth League]]
*[[Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation]]
* [[Ernst Thälmann Pioneer Organisation]]
*[[Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union|V.I. Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization]]
* [[Vladimir Lenin All-Union Pioneer Organization]]


==References==
==References==
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{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
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* {{cite book|author=Kim Jong-un|title=Let KCU Members Become the True Sons and Daughters, Young Revolutionaries, of the Socialist Country|url=http://www.korean-books.com.kp/KBMbooks/en/work/leader3/00000441.pdf|year=2017|publisher=[[Foreign Languages Publishing House (North Korea)|Foreign Languages Publishing House]]|location=Pyongyang}}

{{Workers' Party of Korea}}
{{Pioneer movement}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:Workers' Party of Korea]]
[[Category:Workers' Party of Korea]]
[[Category:Pioneer movement]]
[[Category:Pioneer movement]]
[[Category:Youth organizations based in North Korea]]


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Revision as of 22:52, 24 March 2024

Korean Children's Union
조선소년단
Chosŏn Sonyeondan
Gegründet6 June 1946
HauptsitzPyongyang, North Korea
Ideology
Mother partyWorkers' Party of Korea
Korean Children's Union
A member of the Korean Children's Union at Mangyongdae Children's Palace
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
조선소년단
Hancha
朝鮮少年團
Revised RomanizationJoseon Sonyeondan
McCune–ReischauerChosŏn Sonyŏndan

The Korean Children's Union (KCU) is the precursor to the Socialist Patriotic Youth League of North Korea contributing to North Korean youth movement and pioneer movement. It is for children aged six to fifteen and is a political organisation linked to the Workers' Party of Korea. Its uniformed branch is known as the Young Pioneer Corps (which also includes cadets from the Red Flag Mangyongdae Revolutionary School), which admits children and pre-teens ages nine to 15. The organization operates chapters in elementary and secondary schools nationwide. It teaches children about Juche, and other ideologies behind the North Korean system. Youth above the age of 15 may join the Socialist Patriotic Youth League.[1]

Prospective members are usually welcomed formally on an important public holiday such as the Day of the Sun, the Military Foundation Day, or the Day of the Foundation of the Republic. It is considered an important occasion in a child's life.[2] On such days, kindergarten-grade children are officially admitted and red neckerchiefs and pins handed out. Third graders from primary schools are usually welcomed into the KCU on investiture ceremonies on these days.

See also

References

  1. ^ "North Korea - MASS ORGANIZATIONS".
  2. ^ Hunter, Helen-Louise (2008). "The Society and Its Environment". In Worden, Robert L. (ed.). North Korea: A Country Study (Fifth ed.). Washington: Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-8444-1188-0.

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