Tag: security
N. Korean government again emphasizes nighttime curfews in border region
In the China-North Korea border regions of Yanggang Province, North Korean authorities are once again emphasizing an August 2020 decree placing night time curfews...
N. Korean security agency’s surveillance research center renamed and expanded
The Ministry of State Security’s Information and Communication Research Institute was recently renamed and expanded into the Information and Communications Strategy Research Center. Accordingly,...
Daughter of high-ranking N. Korean cadre executed for watching and distributing...
The daughter of a high-ranking cadre has been publicly executed for watching and distributing South Korean films, soap operas, and entertainment programs. North Korea...
Hyesan apartment buildings hire security guards to keep watch
Some apartments in Hyesan whose residents are mainly government cadres and members of the donju have recently begun hiring security guards and are paying...
Source confirms use of new terms, titles for Ministry of Social...
Two months after North Korea changed the name of the Ministry of People’s Security (equivalent to South Korea’s National Police Agency) to the Ministry...
Behind the Ministry of People’s Security’s recent name change
North Korea’s recent move to change the name of the Ministry of People’s Security to the Ministry of Social Security has its origins in...
