{"id":30928,"date":"2015-06-09T17:01:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-09T08:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=30928"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:26:26","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:26:26","slug":"smugglers-struggling-on-tighter-bo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/smugglers-struggling-on-tighter-bo\/","title":{"rendered":"Smugglers struggling on tighter border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n  <o:AllowPNG\/>\n <\/o:OfficeDocumentSettings>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:WordDocument>\n  <w:Zoom>0<\/w:Zoom>\n  <w:TrackMoves>false<\/w:TrackMoves>\n  <w:TrackFormatting\/>\n  <w:PunctuationKerning\/>\n  <w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridHorizontalSpacing>\n  <w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>18 pt<\/w:DrawingGridVerticalSpacing>\n  <w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>0<\/w:DisplayVerticalDrawingGridEvery>\n  <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas\/>\n  <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false<\/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>\n  <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false<\/w:IgnoreMixedContent>\n  <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false<\/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>\n  <w:Compatibility>\n   <w:BreakWrappedTables\/>\n   <w:DontGrowAutofit\/>\n   <w:DontAutofitConstrainedTables\/>\n   <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx\/>\n  <\/w:Compatibility>\n <\/w:WordDocument>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>\n <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState=\"false\" LatentStyleCount=\"276\">\n <\/w:LatentStyles>\n<\/xml><![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--[if gte mso 10]>\n\n\n<style>\n \/* Style Definitions *\/\ntable.MsoNormalTable\n\t{mso-style-name:\"Table Normal\";\n\tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;\n\tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0;\n\tmso-style-noshow:yes;\n\tmso-style-parent:\"\";\n\tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;\n\tmso-para-margin-top:0in;\n\tmso-para-margin-right:0in;\n\tmso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt;\n\tmso-para-margin-left:0in;\n\tmso-pagination:widow-orphan;\n\tfont-size:12.0pt;\n\tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-ascii-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;\n\tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";\n\tmso-fareast-theme-font:minor-fareast;\n\tmso-hansi-font-family:Cambria;\n\tmso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<![endif]--><\/p>\n<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" class=\"bbs_caption1_box\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/efile\/201506\/DNKE_1269_243575_1433832002_i.jpg\"><br style=\"line-height:6px;\"><a class=\"bbs_caption1\">A photo taken by Daily NK&#8217;s correspondent in China captures North Korean smugglers operating<br \/>along the Amrok River. Image: Daily NK<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">North Korean citizens residing along the Sino-North Korea border have been dealt a blow upon tightened regulations on smuggling<br \/>\noperations, local sources have reported to Daily NK.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cBecause of the Marshal (Kim Jong Un), discontent is<br \/>\nmounting among citizens who used to smuggle sheep to China,\u201d a source in<br \/>\nYangkang Province told Daily NK on the 8th in a phone call. \u201cSince the<br \/>\nauthorities defined smuggling as treason and tightened the crackdown since last<br \/>\nyear, smuggling of sheep has become almost impossible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This same trend was confirmed by another source in China<br \/>\nclose to these cross-border operations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Sheep smuggling is a burgeoning industry, according to<br \/>\nthe source, who said North Korean residents residing in villages tucked up in the<br \/>\nmountains breed herds of the animals to sell off to China.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This business is key to these residents\u2019 survival; take it<br \/>\naway and they are left with few, if any, options to make ends meet. \u201cBecause<br \/>\nresidents of the national border were not receiving provisions from the<br \/>\nauthorities, they were getting by through selling sheep, goats, dog meat, and<br \/>\nleather,\u201d the source said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Interestingly, lamb, mutton, and hogget from North Korean<br \/>\nsheep are known to be less expensive, more flavorful, and juicier than their<br \/>\nChinese counterparts, fueling demand from just across the river. &nbsp;A<br \/>\ndemand, he added, that only continues to rise as Chinese merchants scramble to<br \/>\nfulfill orders; sheep-derived meats are a staple in Chinese cuisine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Kim Jong Un\u2019s unceasing efforts to stamp out these operations, thereby quashing the channel through which related residents survive, have unsurprisingly met with a great deal of criticism. Many of those experiencing<br \/>\nthe negative side effects first-hand point out that while the young leader<br \/>\nconstantly underscores the betterment of resident\u2019s lives, he \u201cissues a lot of<br \/>\ndirectives that don\u2019t make any sense,\u201d and feel that he should just \u201cleave<br \/>\nborder trade between China and North Korea alone.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to sources in both China and North Korea, the Kim<br \/>\nJong Un era has seen systematic controls mandating&nbsp;that anyone caught<br \/>\nillegally crossing the rivers forming the border between China and North Korea is<br \/>\nshot without hesitation. Moreover, North Korea\u2019s Ministry of People\u2019s Security<br \/>\n(MPS) issued judicial instructions aimed at shoring up internal security in<br \/>\nthe wake of the public removal and execution of Jang Song Thaek in 2013.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The source explained that, under the guidelines,<br \/>\nparticularly severe punishment awaits anyone who engages in: \u25b2 Slander of Kim<br \/>\nJong Un; \u25b2 \u201cSuperstitious behavior\u201d (including of a religious nature, such as<br \/>\nChristianity); \u25b2 Production, sale or consumption of illicit substances; \u25b2<br \/>\nViewing or distributing illicit recordings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">As 2014 drew to a close, regulations on overseas calls,<br \/>\nremittances, smuggling, and drugs&#8211;all contingent on the porous border<br \/>\nregion&#8211;were amped up significantly. MPS agents and security officials<br \/>\ncomplicit in these matters have been summoned, probed, and handed&#8211;at times, severe&#8211;punishments<br \/>\nto set an example for others involved in similar operations; needless to say,<br \/>\nNorth Korea\u2019s endemic corruption makes it a fair assumption to say &#8220;others&#8221; in this situation refers to most everyone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">All of these moves, according to the source, suggest that by focusing his energies on<br \/>\noccluding smuggling streams into and out of the country, Kim Jong Un is<br \/>\nattempting to \u201cprevent the yellow winds of capitalism from blowing into the<br \/>\ncountry.\u201d The \u201cyellow winds,\u201d reference, he went on, concerns anything alluding<br \/>\nto the lurid or sensational&#8211;as in \u201cyellow journalism.\u201d &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWhereas his father (Kim Jong Il) overlooked a lot of<br \/>\nthings, the son focuses on and oppresses them,\u201d the source said, surmising that<br \/>\nsuch Kim Jong\u2019s Un actions illustrate an underlying lack of confidence about<br \/>\nthe stability of the regime. He also cited <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=12870&amp;cataId=nk01500\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">the efforts aimed at blocking Sony Pictures&#8217; &#8220;The Interview&#8221;<\/font><\/a> as further evidence bolstering this assertion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The concerns stemming from the oppressive controls concern the young leader far less than the population\u2019s exposure to<br \/>\noutside information and its potential to besmirch the image of the leadership. \u201cHe\u2019s showing his resolve to forestall the influx<br \/>\nof external information at all costs,\u201d the source explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">And yet, the source speculated that<br \/>\nthe regulations would have only a fleeting effect on smuggling&#8211;peaking,<br \/>\nfizzling out, and eventually being replaced by a new mechanism down the line destined to enter the same cycle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cSmuggling is directly related to the survival of citizens<br \/>\nliving along the Sino-North Korea border, so people are always going to find a<br \/>\nway around the clampdowns,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">*The content of this article was broadcast to the North Korean people via Unification Media Group.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A photo taken by Daily NK&#8217;s correspondent in China captures North Korean smugglers operatingalong the Amrok River. 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