[imText1]According to a few well-informed sources,19 April the North Korean government started extensively cracking down on drugs and cellular Phones by dispatching a comprehensive censor group on a 10,000 scale to development cities around Shinuiju and the Yalu River.
The source said that, “To correct such slack discipline problems as drug trafficking, anti-government statements, and an accident with an outflow of the government information to the outside, the biggest group was dispatched and under activity”, adding, “It led to strengthening the crack-down on cellular phones and because of it, now it is impossible to directly connect with North Koreans staying in North Korea”.
Another source said that, “A large-scale group of around 10,000 came in the development areas”, and “Recently many harmful events have happened and this would be the government’s purpose to establish the base of controlling North Koreans before the Shinuiju development launches”.
‘Drug trafficking incidence’ is that recently 2 women who lived in Uiju of North Pyongan province and concealed a large amount of dollars earned by drug, counterfeit dollars and scrap iron smuggling were arrested. It was known that the two women were assured to be executed to death, and now only the decision about whether they would be openly or in a chamber executed remained. Besides that, late March 3 Chinese-North Koreans living in North Korea were caught in the process of carrying thousands of drugs called ‘Yautouwan’ to China by a ship. ‘Yautouwan’ is similar to hallucinogenic agents like ‘Extacy’ and “Doridori’ called psychotropic drugs in South Korea.
‘Anti-government statement’ is that a youth who lived in Shinuiju and criticized the North Korean government was taken to a prison. The reason was that he, who had an experience in defecting, compared China that was being developed by reformation and liberalization with North Korea that was closed. At the time when he tried to defect, he was known to participate in a church a few times. Because of it, this incidence was mistakenly informed as an ‘incidence of underground Christians in North Korea’. Also, early April, a North Korean living in Yongcheon district was caught on the spot in the process of being on the phone with a relative in South Korea.
A Defector who Worked at the National Security Agency Said “the Censor Group is Likely to Include Graduates of the Political Universities”
According to the sources, because the signs that showed slack social control appeared like this, a large scale of a comprehensive censor group was dispatched.
Usually, North Korean groups are arranged for the particular purpose such as drugs and begging clack-downs. However, in the case of comprehensive problems proposed, a ‘comprehensive group is arranged as well. This times, a group is very likely to contain graduates of the National Security Agency Political University (a disguised name ‘Pyongyang Technical University’ located at Pyongyang Mangyungdae district) and Political University of the Ministry of the People’s Security (located at Pyongyang Hyoungjesan district)
Mr. Lee who worked at the National Security Agency explained “In general late March graduates of Political University are dispatched to each local city as interns before they are appointed to their work places”.
According to Mr. Lee, during a training period graduates of Political University come to each department of the National Security Agency and work in a cooperation with the officials of the Agency. The training period of graduates of Political University is usually 6 months and “They frantically disclose incidences in order to be appointed to a good workplace, because the disclosures are the evidence of their ability and quality “.
The source said about the crack-down in the development cities around Shinuiju and the Yalu River, “The first purpose seams catching drug traffickers or smugglings and cellular phone users”, adding, “Given that the internal trend of North Korea and the scale of the group, it is not likely to be a short-term censor”.
