The North Korean authorities have installed a series of
\nGerman-produced radio wave detectors along the border areas to monitor
\nand block residents from making phone calls with people in other countries. The
\nDaily NK has learned that by using the new devices near borders areas where
\nphone reception can be detected, the authorities have been tapping phones and
\ntracking down the call locations. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt has become very difficult to make \u201cA five-minute conversation allows them to The new detectors, managed by the In the past, a lone device manufactured in According to the source, starting late last \u201cI believe the latest equipment can pick up He went on explain that within each company Kim Jong Eun\u2019s era has seen increased These new devices may not prove effective The North Korean authorities have installed a series of German-produced radio wave detectors along the border areas to monitor and block residents from making phone calls with people in other countries. The Daily NK has learned that by using the new devices near borders areas where phone reception can be detected, the authorities have been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":29031,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nmobile phone calls from the North Korea-China border area,\u201d a source in North
\nHamkyung Province told the Daily NK on Tuesday. \u201cSecurity officials have set up
\nhigh-tech frequency tracking devices here and there along the border and are
\nlistening in on phone calls.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\npick up the location and content of the call, so people get caught by patrol
\nteams carrying out investigations,\u201d he explained. \u201cBefore they come, the caller
\nneeds to hang up and relocate, which is why it\u2019s hard to get calls out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndepartment overseeing wiretapping and frequency control at provincial
\nsecurity units, have been set up in multiple locations, with mobile patrol teams
\non standby ready to catch people in the act.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nChina would be set up in densely populated locations, or officials would use
\nhand-held signal detectors that are easily carried like bags. Recently however,
\neven small detection guard posts in remote mountainous areas, a great
\ndistance from any residential area, aid in the crackdown on
\nresidents headed there to make illicit international phone calls,
\nmost often to relatives in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nyear the State Security Department [SSD] purchased Chinese-manufactured
\nfrequency detectors through the \u201cHyoksin Trade Company” and \u201cSinheung Trade
\nCompany\u201d as part efforts to thwart residents from making calls to the
\noutside world. However, unable to produce the intended results, the devices
\nhave been replaced with products from Germany, giving the SSD a broader range
\nand quality of monitoring to secure details of the conversation.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nall signals within a 500m radius,\u201d the source said, adding, \u201cResidents say
\nthere are ten installed in Onseong County alone.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n
\nof border control forces, \u201cmobile platoons,\u201d specifically
\ntasked with search and patrol, have formed. \u201cThey usually patrol areas at night and mostly
\nrest during the day. When phone calls are detected, they launch unexpected
\ninspections in the area,” he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nefforts to wipe out illicit phone calls, believing them to be the root source of information leakage and aiding in illegal river-crossing to escape the country.
\nThe latest installation of frequency detectors supports a larger framework
\naimed at blocking information going in and out of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nfor long, the source pointed out, \u201cNow that residents are able to identify the
\ndetection posts, they\u2019ll likely just move beyond the 500m range to make calls, once
\nagain rendering the devices useless.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"