North Korean Officials Anger Kim Jong-un with “Hot Spring Hospitality”… “Female Staff Also Punished”

“Excited Officials Play in Hot Springs with Female Workers”
Kim Jong-un Criticizes “Serious Party Discipline Violation”,
, Reports indicate that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un publicly criticized officials involved in inappropriate activities with female workers during a gathering at a hot spring.,
, According to the North Korea-focused media outlet ‘Daily NK,’ on the 13th, an incident involving party committee officials from Onchon County, Nampo City was labeled as a “major criminal case.” The female workers involved in the incident are also expected to face punishment.,
, Various sources revealed that last month, after a local industry factory completion ceremony in Onchon County, a celebratory event with 40 local party officials turned inappropriate. Some officials reportedly entered the hot springs with female workers, changing the intended purpose of the gathering meant for pledging regional economic development. Reports state that inappropriate conduct occurred, with excited officials engaging in water play with the women, leading not only the officials but also restaurant and hot spring staff, as well as the female workers, to face punishment.,
, A source mentioned, “To work as a service staff under the Social Catering Management Office, a decent family background and sometimes bribes are required,” as some parents, who paid $200–$300 for their daughters to become service workers, feel humiliated at being associated with this scandal.,
, Previously, during the 30th expanded meeting of the 8th Secretariat of the Central Committee on the 27th of last month, Kim Jong-un called this incident a “grave violation of party discipline and immoral conduct,” describing it as a public negation of the party’s discipline-building path.,
, This isn’t the first time inappropriate activities have occurred in North Korean bathhouses. Last June, high school sophomores in Hamhung, South Hamgyong Province, had an incident involving group sexual activity and drug use at a bathhouse. It was reported that these students paid the bathhouse manager $70 (approximately 96,000 won) on top of the official fee to rent the entire facility for two hours.