Blue is the Arctic region of Russia, while blue is the area equivalent to the North Pole. Photo: Hellerick (CC BY-SA 3.0). The concept of the North Pole appeared in the Soviet Union in the 1930s to define remote areas with difficult living conditions. Most of these areas are located in permanently frozen areas. Here the land is not fertile and the winter is harsh, especially the difficult terrain, with no means of communication with other localities. These include Zapolyarie and the Far East. Administratively, however, the North Pole was added to more territories, not only distributed in the North of Russia. Specifically, this region includes part of the Ural and Southern Sibiri ranges, which are some areas of Tuva and Altai. In addition, there are similar regions to the North Pole (in blue on the map). Thus, the area of ​​the North Pole, including its equivalent, accounts for about 70% of the territory of Russia! 2. The North Pole is not inhabited by many people Remote village Tiksi in the Republic of Yakutia (Russian). Photo: Sergei Fomin / Global Look Press. Despite such a large area, but in the North Pole only less than 12 million Russians live, which is only 7% of the country’s population. Interestingly, in the North Pole, there are many ethnic minorities. They are the Pomor, Yakut, Tuva and many other peoples. They maintain a traditional way of life for hundreds of years. Cities in the Arctic are now becoming sparsely sparsely populated: In the Soviet era, people came here for money, because salaries for experts were 5-6 times higher than those in the central region of Russia. Many cities and villages were built next to mineral deposits that fell into decline after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. People are moving to warmer weather areas and selling their homes. Currently, in the city of Vorkuta, a 2-room apartment with repair costs about 200,000 rubles (nearly 2700 USD), equivalent to the price of a square meter of housing in the Moscow suburbs. In the villages on the outskirts of the city of Vorkuta, the cheapest price is from 30,000 rubles (400 USD). However, the population of Salekhard city in the Yamal region increases every year, as many locals do not want to leave. 3. The State guarantees the supply of essential goods Staff of the Russian Ministry of Emergency Conditions transport food to remote areas of the Yakutia Republic. Photo: Russian Ministry of Emergency Situations / Sputnik. Identification of the Arctic region is necessary to address the supply of essential goods issues. Every year before winter, Russian authorities organize the transport of goods to these areas such as fuel, medicine, food and other goods, usually by air or water. Of course, shops are still available in cities and rural areas in these areas, but private provision is very expensive. 4. Expensive cost of living in the North Pole Inside a store in the Republic of Yakutia. Photo: Barcroft Media / Getty Images. Farming in the Russian Arctic is very difficult due to the soil characteristics and infrequent weather conditions that allow the transportation of goods from other places. Only one thing here is the cheapest – an apartment. Here cheese costs 2 times more expensive than in central Russia, eggs 3 times more expensive, vegetables 4-5 times more. In fact, in the Arctic regions there are a few things that can be sold at relatively low prices are hunting animals and fish, which are quite rare in other parts of Russia. 5. Bright-colored housing to combat depression Graffiti in the city of Salekhard. Photo: Maria Plotnikova / Sputnik. In many cities in the North Pole, there is a tradition of brightly painted apartment buildings. Due to the lack of sunlight and trees, orange, yellow, and pink buildings add to the excitement. Vacation time longer, retire earlier Deer Farmers in Yamal. Photo: Maksim Blinov / Sputnik. In Soviet times, incentives for people to work in the North Pole were introduced in 1932 and revised several times. Today, people who work there get an additional 24 days off (by the standard 28 days a year), while working in the Arctic equivalent is an extra 16 days. If a person has worked in the Arctic for more than 15 years, then he or she is entitled to retire five years earlier than the average Russian (55 years old for women, 60 years old for men). In areas similar to the Arctic, it takes 20 years to retire. 7. The people of the North Pole adapt quickly to extreme conditions Photo: Ayar Varlamov / Sputnik. People who spend their whole life in the southern regions of Russia find it very difficult to get used to winter with cold winds and lack of sunlight. As for the people of the North Pole, such conditions will not cause them any special problems. A few years ago, scientists from the Republic of Yakutia explained that the body of people of northern Russian origin quickly adapted to extreme nights and extreme climates. QUOC KH Asian NH ( according to the RBTH . com )

Na Phac Church Stepping out of the car, appearing in front of us was the “rising” church in the middle of the mountains, built according to the spacious, clean and beautiful Western architecture. Sharing with Tien Phong, Father Joseph Nguyen Van Tinh, curator of Na Phac Cathedral said, in 1979, the border war event occurred. When the war broke out, people went to Na Phap to avoid bullets and bombs. After the war ended, some people returned to Cao Bang, leaving 25 families and took the name of the land of Na Phac (meaning pumpkin field – because there are many pumpkins) to name their teachers. Most of the lay people are Mong and Dao, so the Mass is celebrated in two languages: Kinh and Mong. According to Father Joseph, the whole Bac Kan province now has more than 1,200 parishioners, mainly ethnic minorities, the largest being Mong. Someone is 180 km from the church. That is why on Sunday, this priest has to travel 170km to celebrate Mass. The missionary prospects here are enormous, added Father Joseph. There are about 300 families still wanting to join the religion. Meals of parents and students staying at Na Phac church. Photo: NT In addition to missionary purposes, we join hands with society to bring the children to school. “At first, we traveled a hundred kilometers, we had to leave every household to mobilize parents to send their children to school. However, due to many families facing difficult circumstances, the distance from the school is nearly 100km, all dirt roads and hilly roads, so few children participate. Having mobilized the children, we have to ask for vegetables, rice, food … to feed them, ”said Father Joseph. Father Joseph shared that in the past, this land had only a makeshift house made of laminated wooden slats, covered with palm leaves. Although it is a temporary house, it has 2 functions, both a place for parishioners to pray and a place for children to stay in study. After a period of time, our work has been effective, many helping organizations have so far built a spacious and beautiful cathedral to celebrate Mass and also a “dormitory” for the children. the student. Currently, Na Phac Church has hundreds of pupils living there.

Be surprised on the legendary Ho Chi Minh street A Luoi district is located in the west of Truong Son mountain range. This is the revolutionary land of the Pa Ko ethnic group, a resistance base of the army and the Tri Thien people during the fight against the imperialism and independence for the nation. Back then, because the heavy consequences of the war could not be overcome, from Hue, if you wanted to get to A Luoi, you had to go back to Dong Ha (Quang Tri province), turn to the legendary 9th Street, through places like Cam Lo, Huong Hoa … then runs along Ho Chi Minh Road next to the majestic Truong Son range. A Luoi years after the reunification of 1975. (Photo provided by the author) A Luoi today has changed flesh. In the photo: Students come home from school on the streets of A Luoi town Our mission of about 40 people was assigned to remote villages. Morning on the road, Hue was very cold. Before that, we were told that this season, the climate in the mountains was very cold, so we had to bring enough warm clothes, blankets … When the cam-gong drove us across the Dakrong bridge – the suspension bridge was full. When the statue leads into A Luoi area, it rains heavily. The sky was overcast, and dark clouds hung in front of him. The cold air rushed in and out of the cold, unlike when it was on the plain. The majestic Truong Son range is hidden behind a hazy cloud. Large, deep and dense bomb craters on Ho Chi Minh Road were the result of enemy bombing. Every hole is full of water up to half a wheel. Small streams cut across the road, making the car ceaselessly tilting. On both sides of the road, there are houses on stilts of ethnic minorities curled up in the cold wind. Departing from 7 am but not until 5 pm, our delegation arrived at the district center. After a night of rest in the dormitory of a boarding high school, the next morning, I and 3 other colleagues were assigned to a commune nearly 80 km from the district center. It is Hong Van commune, a commune located deep in the Truong Son range. When I arrived in the commune, I was led by a young man named Ho Tau to hamlet 4. Anh Tau is also a teacher at the commune’s primary school. In the voice of the Kinh-speaking ethnic minority, he said: “We have to go through a forest road about 5 kilometers long to reach the residence of the people. In our village, there is only one trail. Only, I try to remember so that if there is a need, the commune will not get lost “. Hearing him say that, I was also a bit shy, Truong Son forest road, if I get lost, I know who to ask. I was brought by Mr. Tau to live in a long house on stilts owned by Uncle Ho Ha and his wife. Uncle Ha is in charge of the culture of the hamlet. His house is long and wide, divided into about 5-6 small houses for each family member to live and live in. In the middle of each apartment, there is a fire with very large sticks of firewood that are always red and buried in ashes. My apartment is on the outside. The center of the house is that of Uncle Ha and his wife, this is also the place where I “stand class”. The class consists of 6-7 tables with chairs, made of pine wood from cartons. After receiving the accommodation, the first thing I did was to send him some rice stamps and food stamps from the commercial level, but Uncle Ha refused. He said: “Whatever our family eats, you will eat it. You can keep these things for later!”. Literacy classes The first night of teaching, I was provided with a hurricane lamp, a blackboard and a chalk box. The first class starts around 7:00 pm. After Uncle Ha’s squeaking sound, from the trails, many small oil lamps scrambled, those were the students who brought lamps, exercises and pens to the “opening”. When I received the list of students, I was very surprised because they all wore the surname Hồ. It turned out to show respect for Uncle Ho, the people here took Uncle Ho’s surname as their surname. My class is about 10 students, most of them are women aged 30-40, only a few are men, most speak Kinh language very poorly and are a bit hard of hearing. Due to the prior instructions, I try to give the lecture very slowly, with a simple and easy-to-understand way of speaking. The first lesson was very fun with the voice of the ladies and uncles loudly reading in unison. Butter (shore), avocado ba. Mechanical, muscle a ca. Dirty, dirty … Then there were very hilarious laughter. Just like that, even if the rain is cold, every night the class will be crowded. In the free mornings, I often follow the practitioners to trim rice, pick corn, dig cassava (tapioca) … Upland rice can only grow one crop a year due to the lack of water. The people here cultivate on a large plot of land that has been cleared, one person goes first, holding two sharp-pointed sticks, walking while thrusting sharp stakes into the ground. The follower took the grain of rice from the small basket and put it in the hole and covered it with soil. But perhaps the most interesting is that according to Uncle Ha, he hunts small animals such as mites, hares, porcupines … or even boars come back to disturb the fields. Every time he hunted one, he shared it with his neighbors to improve the meal together. The food here is mainly corn, cassava, vegetables, dry meat … cooked together in a pot. At that time, the whole country was in the period of overcoming the consequences of the war, so the life of the people here was very difficult. After only 3 months of work, I have seen two students in the neighboring neighborhood get injured when digging up leftover bombs and ammunition. As a rule, on every Saturday at the end of the month, our group of teachers must go to the Commune People’s Committee to meet and report on difficulties and advantages in the working process. The first month I went to the meeting, because I had to go alone early, I was somewhat worried. But then went deep into the shady forest and followed the trail that Mr. Ho Tau took, so he was very confident and spoiled for the view of the mountains and forests. Through the third month, the curriculum reached its end. Students can self-rhyme for reading and writing. At that time, my wife was about to give birth to my first child, so I took 2 nights off to visit home. Uncle Ha gave me a bag of fresh corn to bring back to foster my wife. Hearing the news, Mr. Tau said: “Let me go with you, from childhood to big, I do not know where the street is!”. That morning, I got up early, Mr. Tau came to me and brought me some cassava roots wrapped in banana leaves for breakfast, then we both went to the national highway to take the cam-gong bus ride to Hue. Arriving at the street, I took Mr. Tau to Dong Ba market to eat Hue beef noodle soup. Seeing everything he is also interested, looking intently. I bought him a warm shirt, some scarves. He gave me back the dagger that he always had on hand while on the road. Three months of teaching here also ended. The day I broke up was very sad because I knew that there would rarely be a chance to reunite with everyone. I also know that due to the circumstances and life here, if students only learn to know without the conditions to improve, the risk of re-illiteracy can occur. I know that but how can it be! A Luoi district is not the same as before. The road up here now goes straight from Hue, the distance is only 1/3 of the distance we had to go more than 40 years ago. Now the people of A Luoi are no longer living in stilt houses, but instead are bricked red tiled houses. The village has been planned more neatly. Electric lights illuminate all over deep areas. Many places have become attractive tourist destinations. Thanks to the mechanization and expansion of irrigation, farming is much more efficient. On the two sides of the national highway, many shops sell all kinds of items that do not lack anything like in the town. The revival of this land has been soaked in blood, sweat, and tears of the people here. COMPANION UNIT

Staff installing a 5G base station in Korea. Photo: Koreabizwire According to the ministry above, carriers include SK Telecom Co., KT Corp. and LG Uplus Corp. signed an agreement so that 5G users could access the high-speed network of any other service provider they registered in 131 remote locations across South Korea. Accordingly, 5G users will be able to use another carrier’s network in places where their service provider does not have coverage. The Ministry of Science and ICT said telecom carriers will test network sharing systems before the end of the year and aim to fully phased in by 2024. Remote areas selected to provide 5G network sharing are sparsely populated, with a population density of 92 people / km2, while areas that do not share 5G networks have a population density of 3,490. person / km2. The move to share 5G networks comes as South Korea is racing to establish 5G coverage nationwide, with network equipment currently installed in major cities. In July 2020, the three major South Korean carriers pledged to invest up to 25,700 billion won (23.02 billion USD) to upgrade the network infrastructure by 2020. As of February 2021, South Korea has 13.66 million 5G subscribers, accounting for about 19% of the country’s total mobile network subscribers. South Korea was the first country in the world to commercialize 5G networks in April 2019.