After vowing to take \u201cresolute
\ncountermeasures\u201d in response to international sanctions on March 4, Pyongyang
\nis said to have ordered its State Security Department, Ministry of People\u2019s
\nSecurity, and other governing bodies to \u201cmake all necessary preparations for
\nwar,\u201d Daily NK has learned. <\/p>\n
\u201cRecently, the state and people\u2019s security Sources in North and South Hamgyong Staff from the MPS have commented on the \u201cMPS and reserve units in each region are According to the source, some agents are \u201cThe state is also emphasizing that the Analyses on these latest developments \u201cOrdering agencies to gear up for war is a After vowing to take \u201cresolute countermeasures\u201d in response to international sanctions on March 4, Pyongyang is said to have ordered its State Security Department, Ministry of People\u2019s Security, and other governing bodies to \u201cmake all necessary preparations for war,\u201d Daily NK has learned. \u201cRecently, the state and people\u2019s security offices [SSD and MPS, respectively] received […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":32436,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\noffices [SSD and MPS, respectively] received orders to be ready for war at any
\ntime,\u201d a source from Ryanggang Province said on Sunday. \u201cAn official from the
\nMPS who shared this information said it appears Kim Jong Un is determined to go
\nto war under any circumstances.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nProvinces reported the existence of the same mandate in those regions.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nfact that the Marshal [Kim Jong Un] toured military sites in combat uniform, noting
\nthat it appears to be an indication of the political climate having shifted,
\nand to emphasize that people should be in ‘combat mode’ when going about their
\ndaily lives. This general atmosphere can be noticed at state and people\u2019s
\nsecurity offices, which have taken the unusual step of dispatching agents to
\nsome sites for daily briefing purposes.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nbusy inspecting their weapons storage,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s also pretty clear that
\npolice officers are under pressure because they\u2019re now on rotation for 24-hour
\nduty.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\neven saying they would rather see war break out, if stronger sanctions mean the
\nNorth would have to go through another famine like it did in the 1990s.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ngeneral public, and not just security agents, should maintain a \u2018combat
\nlifestyle\u2019,\u201d he said, adding that people are not at all pleased and are
\ncommenting that, \u201cOne can only fight on a full stomach,\u201d while questioning what
\nthe state will do if economic sanctions indeed cause a food shortage.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nsuggest that although Pyongyang has been ordering agencies to prepare for war
\nand emphasizing that people should fight against sanctions, this response is
\ndue to concern that external pressure from the international community will
\ncause internal instability.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nhint that the state is trying to keep a tight lid on even the smallest signs of
\ndiscontent within the public,\u201d the source explained. \u201cIt likely sought to
\ndeclare a quasi-state of war to counter possible disturbances, but that would
\nnecessitate recalling all the storm-troopers involved in the \u201870-day battle\u2019
\nfor the Party Congress from their work assignments, so this is probably the
\nbest it could come up with.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"