Elite Guards Form to Quash Anti-Kim Activity

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Eun has
reportedly organized a new unit of “elite guards,” tasked with covertly conducting surveillance operations to counter
threats against him, Daily NK has learned. 

“The nascent unit, which falls under the Defense
Security Command [DSC] of the Chosun People’s Army, began to take form last year
and finished this February,” a source in North Hamkyung Province told Daily NK
on Tuesday. “On the surface, it falls under the DSC, but it’s really more like a private unit right under Kim Jong Eun.”
 

She added, “The ‘elite guards’ aren’t tasked with monitoring military officials but all authority figures in general, reporting every bit of information back to Kim Jong Eun,”
the source said. “This is to cut off all potential elements that could lead to
any type of rebellion and see that all ‘anti-state forces’ are stamped out.”
 

Many of the core tasks assigned to this
special unit run parallel to those of the Escort Command, one of the main units that
guarantees the security of North Korean leader Kim Jong Eun, the wider Kim
family, and top elites. However, the “elite guards” especially focus on preemptive strikes– monitoring sources of potential threat and isolating them if deemed necessary, according
to the source.
 

The very existence of the new unit suggests the potential for anti-state forces to emerge, she went on, adding that the move further reflects the young leader’s distrust of even his most loyal officials and “broader scale instability.”

“Following the execution of Jang Song Thaek,
Kim Jong Eun wants to instill a heightened sense of fear among authorities and demonstrate his intentions to boost surveillance and quash any semblance of anti-state activity,” the source speculated.

*The content of this article was broadcast to the North Korean people via Unification Media Group.