Asiapress published a series about the homeless kids (Kotchebi) under Kim jong un regime.
[*NOTE] kotchebi (꼬 제비) is a slang word used throughout North Korea to denote “vagabonds” or homeless people. In the mid-1990s when deaths from starvation became widespread, many people lost their homes and it became more common to see begging in the marketplaces and on the streets. Since then, the term has remained in common usage in North Korea. In South Korea and Japan. kotchebi is often misconstrued to indicate homeless children specifically; however, in North Korea the word does not distinguish between children and adults. Kotchebi is originally derived from the Russian word “kochevnik” (кочевник), which means “nomad.” According to numerous accounts from elderly North Koreans, Russians who engaged in recovery efforts after the Korean War would refer to drifters as “kochevniki.”
The term kotchebi is often misinterpreted as “flowering swallow” in South Korea, since it resembles the Korean words for kkoch (꽃), “flower,” and jebi (제비), “swallow.”
The great thing about Asiapress is they get photos and footage at the ground level in North Korea.
They have average north Koreans kitted out with hidden video cameras who do covert coverage of everyday life in NK.
I suspect that recent coverage is hard to get now since Chinese and North Korean border controls have tightened in addition to the completion of the electrified fence along the Yalu.
Most of these photos are around 2012 or 2013
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20161026-children-homeless-01/2/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20161027-children-homeless-02/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/uncategorized/20161104-children-homeless-03/
Kotchebi will steal whatever they can from trains either to eat or sell and risk grave injury doing so.
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20170121-children-homeless-04/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20170110-children-homeless-05/
[*NOTE] kotchebi (꼬 제비) is a slang word used throughout North Korea to denote “vagabonds” or homeless people. In the mid-1990s when deaths from starvation became widespread, many people lost their homes and it became more common to see begging in the marketplaces and on the streets. Since then, the term has remained in common usage in North Korea. In South Korea and Japan. kotchebi is often misconstrued to indicate homeless children specifically; however, in North Korea the word does not distinguish between children and adults. Kotchebi is originally derived from the Russian word “kochevnik” (кочевник), which means “nomad.” According to numerous accounts from elderly North Koreans, Russians who engaged in recovery efforts after the Korean War would refer to drifters as “kochevniki.”
The term kotchebi is often misinterpreted as “flowering swallow” in South Korea, since it resembles the Korean words for kkoch (꽃), “flower,” and jebi (제비), “swallow.”
The great thing about Asiapress is they get photos and footage at the ground level in North Korea.
They have average north Koreans kitted out with hidden video cameras who do covert coverage of everyday life in NK.
I suspect that recent coverage is hard to get now since Chinese and North Korean border controls have tightened in addition to the completion of the electrified fence along the Yalu.
Most of these photos are around 2012 or 2013
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20161026-children-homeless-01/2/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20161027-children-homeless-02/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/uncategorized/20161104-children-homeless-03/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20170121-children-homeless-04/
http://www.asiapress.org/rimjin-gang/report/20170110-children-homeless-05/
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this kid has lost his legs somehow. maybe a train or just frostbite
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