{"id":31204,"date":"2015-07-21T09:35:57","date_gmt":"2015-07-21T00:35:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.dailynk.com\/en\/?p=31204"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:26:16","slug":"protests-increase-for-legitimate-r","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/protests-increase-for-legitimate-r\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests increase for &#8216;legitimate right&#8217; to sell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Occurrences of both individual and group<br \/>\nprotests by North Korean residents against Ministry of People\u2019s Security [MPS]<br \/>\nofficials threatening their right to economic activities continues to grow in<br \/>\nfrequency, Daily NK has learned. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Clampdowns on markets have mitigated<br \/>\nexponentially since the onset of the Kim Jong Un era, which has led to<br \/>\nvitalization of market activities. Unlike in the past, the citizens are<br \/>\nadamantly protesting against the remaining regulations on market activities.<br \/>\nThey believe more strongly than ever that the authorities should not crack down<br \/>\non business activities&#8212;indispensable for people to be financially independent and self-reliant<br \/>\nin a system where state rations have long been absent. &nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Daily NK\u2019s local sources across a number of<br \/>\nregions, including North and South Pyongan Provinces and North and South<br \/>\nHamkyung Provinces, have reported that continually ebbing market crackdowns and<br \/>\nregulations report that residents increasingly view forays into the business<br \/>\nsector as their \u201clegitimate right\u201d and \u201crefuse to sit idly by and watch MPS<br \/>\nagents try to take these rights away.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">During Kim Jong Il\u2019s era, the majority of<br \/>\nNorth Korea\u2019s population understood market activities&#8211; no matter the purpose<br \/>\nbehind them&#8211; as an illegal arena, rendering collective protests a rare, if<br \/>\never, occurrence. The current climate, in which state propaganda has repeatedly called for a more self-sufficient population, breeds even more residents keen to serve as economic actors. This, according to our sources, all but ensures<br \/>\nfurther and more frequent backlash against attempts by the state to hamper<br \/>\nmarket endeavors.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">A source in North Hamkyung Province weighed<br \/>\nin on these developments through a phone call with Daily NK on July 14th,<br \/>\nsaying, \u201cThere was a recent case in Hamhung wherein MPS and merchants got into<br \/>\na major skirmish after the agents tried to regulate their actions. By now,<br \/>\ntussles and confrontation between MPS agents and vendors have become common<br \/>\nnews.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">She added that the authorities have no<br \/>\njustifiable grounds for clamping down on business endeavors when they are<br \/>\nincapable of allocating provisions to the population. &nbsp;\u201cIf they were to<br \/>\nshutter the markets or implement stricter regulations at this point in time,<br \/>\nevery citizen would rise up [in protest],\u201d she asserted. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Citizens are not alone in sharing these<br \/>\nsentiments&#8211;most authorities feel that crackdowns or regulations on the markets<br \/>\nare gratuitous, if not futile, given how developed and widespread the<br \/>\njangmadang [market] system is.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Not only that, on the same day, an<br \/>\nadditional source in the same province reported a recent riot targeting MPS<br \/>\nagents at Chongjin\u2019s Sunam Market. The skirmish ignited when an agent<br \/>\narbitrarily targeted a male merchant in his 60s for the old middle-school<br \/>\ntextbooks mixed in with the secondhand books he was hawking at his stall.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">When<br \/>\nthe books were confiscated he shouted, \u201cWhat does the state give us? We don\u2019t<br \/>\nget rations or wages. If I got even one of those two things I wouldn\u2019t be here<br \/>\ndoing this!\u201d according to the source.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Moreover, \u201cPassersby and merchants alike<br \/>\nnear the scene quickly stepped up to take the old man\u2019s side, wasting no time<br \/>\nin berating the MPS officials by shouting, \u2018What\u2019s wrong with what he said? Of<br \/>\ncourse we\u2019ve taken to market life&#8211;we\u2019re hungry! We have to make ends meet! Why<br \/>\nwould be put ourselves through arduous work like this if we could be full and<br \/>\nrich like you. Those who are full can\u2019t grasp the hunger of others,\u201d he<br \/>\nexplained.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Others at the scene chimed in, shouting,<br \/>\n\u201cNot even being able sell things without worrying&#8211;that\u2019s too suffocating a<br \/>\nreality,\u201d according to the source, who added that this micro incident is<br \/>\ndirectly reflective of a macro issue of citizens\u2019 frustration regarding the<br \/>\nauthorities.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">The agent, visibly overwhelmed by the<br \/>\noutcries, tried to defend himself, shouting, \u201cIt\u2019s not my fault that the state<br \/>\nis not giving you rations. Go take your complaints to the district office,\u201d<br \/>\naccording to the source, who said that he fled directly thereafter, during<br \/>\nwhich citizens&nbsp;yelled after him, \u201c You\u2019re all the same&#8211;living off the<br \/>\nmoney of those struggling to get by!\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">He added, \u201cThe MPS agent took off in a<br \/>\nflash before the altercation could escalate further. Still, the tension hung<br \/>\nheavy in the air long after his departure and a lot of the residents on the<br \/>\nscene said that it helped them get [suppressed feelings] off their chests.\u201d<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">Meanwhile, as previously reported by Daily<br \/>\nNK, these latest trends come close on the heels of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?cataId=nk01500&amp;num=13313\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">riot between security<br \/>\nagents and vendors in Musan Market <\/font><\/a>and a tragic incident wherein a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=13345&amp;cataId=nk01500\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">rice vendor<br \/>\nthrew herself off a cliff in defiance of a corrupt MPS official.<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-US\">*The content of this article was broadcast to the North Korean people via Unification Media Group.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Occurrences of both individual and group protests by North Korean residents against Ministry of People\u2019s Security [MPS] officials threatening their right to economic activities continues to grow in frequency, Daily NK has learned. 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