The North Korean government is ordering citizens to read 10,000 pages of propaganda this year in order to foster loyalty among the populace and combat "reactionary" South Korean popular culture. The reading campaign is a rehash of a 1960s policy enacted by leader Kim Jong Un's father and predecessor Kim Jong Il, who at that time was a high-ranking government official. The purpose of the 10,000-page reading campaign is not to simply achieve the exact number of pages, but to build up mental nourishment to prepare oneself politically and ideologically. Factory workers in South Pyongan province, north of Pyongyang, were told to focus on texts like Kim Jong Un's speeches and transcripts of party plenary meetings, a source in the province told Radio Free Asia.

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