North Korea orders workers to start their day at 5 a.m.

[RUCCI]

Korea ya Kaskazini imepitisha sheria kuwa Wafanyakazi wote wa Serikali wanatakiwa kuanza kazi saa kumi na moja asubuhi.

Hatua hii imefikiwa ili kuongeza uzalishaji katika viwanda.

In a bid to get work done in cooler hours, Pyongyang has mandated that all state workers start their day at 5 a.m. during this month-long peak summer period known as the "sambok."

"All central agencies in Pyongyang and other offices and schools nationwide have been ordered to... now start at 5am instead of the usual 8, and end at 1pm," an anonymous source told the Daily NK site, in an article published also by the Guardian's North Korea network.

The source detailed the hardships brought on by the new schedules, including exhaustion among children and the absence of eateries at dinner time (they are shuttered because of the early start to the day).

Here's some more context from the article, written by Choi Song Min:

The early working hours in the summer were first implemented after the turn of the century under the orders of former leader Kim Jong-il.

Although central agencies, party offices, and the elites working at state-owned companies are equipped with air conditioners, this summer's drought has limited energy production at hydroelectric power plants, making it impossible to run a fan, much less an air conditioner.

The electricity shortages are a real problem at this time of the year. Part of the derivation of the word "sambok," writes Choi, comes from a Chinese character that can be translated thus: "to lie face down because the summer days are so hot that even a frog cannot endure it, lying flat with its stomach stuck to the humid earth."

Source:Washington Post

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Pwa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

Hao watu wanafugwa kama punda.

Maskini wanatia huruma kweli.

Pwa! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha! Ha!

 

[hill and portion]

hii sheria ikiletwa bongo sijui itakuajee duuu
timu usingizi itakula kwetu😕

 

[Bavaria]

hii sheria ikiletwa bongo sijui itakuajee duuu
timu usingizi itakula kwetu😕

Mtazoea tu.
Tena inatakiwa iwe masaa 24 kazi zinafanyika.
Uzalishaji utapaa mara dufu.

 

[Baba Wawili 2012]

nawaonea huruma sana..kwani watoto wenye busara huwa wanatafutwa wakati hazana imeshalia...na kengele za kanisan sasa km wote saa 11 ndio wako kazini..watakosa watoto wazur wakorea

 

[pipikali]

hii sheria ikiletwa bongo sijui itakuajee duuu
timu usingizi itakula kwetu😕

mbona wakazi wa dar ndivyo wanavyoishi

 

[MESTOD]

Duh, kwa hiyo kuamka kuanzia saa tisa, huyo jamaa noumer aisee..

Ukileta ujinga anakulipua na roketi ya kulipulia ndege..

 

[daniseckadam]

wakazi weng wa dar by 5 (alfajiri) wanakuaga road, sema utofauti ni kwamba,kule korea ni lazima,na kwa kawaida binadamu hapendi kulazimishwa

 

[mtoto wa maskini]

Iyo mbona sawa tu mana wengine kila siku tunaamka sa 10 usiku

 

[Sexer]

wakazi weng wa dar by 5 (alfajiri) wanakuaga road, sema utofauti ni kwamba,kule korea ni lazima,na kwa kawaida binadamu hapendi kulazimishwa

Kwani hao wa dar wanapenda ama wa foleni ndo inawalazimisha!

 

[daniseckadam]

Ni kwel folen inawalazimisha,ila foleni sio harsh kama sheria,korea ya kaskazin ni shidaa usiombe

 

[Swat]

Dar huwa tunaamka saa 11 kila siku. Ila tu huwa hatulazimishwi na mtu.

 

[SILVANUS NJENGA]

nimeipenda sana hii coz nd'o mchakamchaka wa maendeleo tunahuitaji ili kuweza kuhakikisha taifa linasonga.

Kila mtu saa kumi na moja yuko tayari eneo la kazi yake husika iwe ofisini au shambani, kiwandani e.t.c uzalishaji mpaka saa nane au tisa Alasiri hapo ni poa tu.


HONGERENI KOREA KASIKAZINI KWA MAAMUZI SAHIHI NA YENYE TIJA KWA TAIFA LENU.

 

[Kwameh]

...Hatua hii imefikiwa ili kuongeza uzalishaji katika viwanda...

Ni wapi hapo waliposema sababu ni kuongeza uzalishaji katika viwanda?

 

[Nyani Ngabu]

Duh, kwa hiyo kuamka kuanzia saa tisa, huyo jamaa noumer aisee..

Ukileta ujinga anakulipua na roketi ya kulipulia ndege..

Ebana yule dogo kama yanayosemwa juu yake ni ya kweli, basi ni noma.

Halafu akishakulipua hivyo mabaki yako wanapewa mbwa.

Ila wakati mwingine mi nadhani wanamsingizia tu haya mambo aisee.

 

[Dafugwadu]

Ebana yule dogo kama yanayosemwa juu yake ni ya kweli, basi ni noma.

Halafu akishakulipua hivyo mabaki yako wanapewa mbwa.

Ila wakati mwingine mi nadhani wanamsingizia tu haya mambo aisee.

Ninyi wa Marekani ndio mnamletea propaganda hizo teh. Ati usa baby???

 

[Cascos]

Chezea foleni ww

 

[HIMARS]

Kuchelewa amka ni uzembe

 

[MATHIAS KABYEMERA]

nawaonea huruma sana..kwani watoto wenye busara huwa wanatafutwa wakati hazana imeshalia...na kengele za kanisan sasa km wote saa 11 ndio wako kazini..watakosa watoto wazur wakorea

Hii itasaidia kupunguza idadi ya watu pia

 

[mnang'umba]

Huyo kiongozi Wa ukweli