[not verified in body] Youth under 15 may join the Young Pioneer Corps, itself a part of the larger Korean Children's Union.

[citation needed] On 4 January 2007, in Pyongyang, Kim Song-chol, the First Secretary of the Pyongyang Municipal People's Committee of the KSYL gave a speech at a mass rally, with other high government officials, praising Songun Korea.

[6] During the speech, Kim Song-chol said that the country should bolster "death-defying corps" and create a "youth vanguard faithfully following the Party's Songun politics.

[citation needed] The current head of the league is Chairman of the Central Committee Pak Chol-min [ko].

[12] "Youth league cells exist in the army, factories, cooperative farms, schools, cultural institutions, and government agencies.

The KSYL plays the important role of restricting any form of opposition groups or actions among the youth of North Korea", according to Ken E.