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Sources inside the country interpret the move as Kim Jong Un&#8217;s aggressive reaction to the capability of Chinese<br \/>\ncellphones to facilitate the import and export of information into the isolated<br \/>\ncountry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=13920&amp;cataId=nk01500\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">As recently reported by Daily NK<\/font><\/a>, the North Korean<br \/>\nauthorities have ramped up efforts to label Chinese cellphone users as traitors<br \/>\nand pursuing strict punishments against them. To this end, North Korean authorities doubled down on the use of<br \/>\nsignal detectors to trace illicit international calls and zero in on the<br \/>\nlocation of foreign phone users.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">However, the messenger apps allow users to circumvent<br \/>\ndetection by this equipment, prompting the regime to respond with new<br \/>\nthreats specifically targeting users of these communication applications.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cA measure has been enacted that orders the immediate arrest<br \/>\nof \u2018traitorous\u2019 residents who use foreign messenger applications. The regime<br \/>\nfurther threatened that those caught will not be offered clemency under any<br \/>\ncondition,\u201d a source in Ryanggang Province told Daily NK on June 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cOffenders who are apprehended will be processed according<br \/>\nto the discretion of the arresting agency&#8211; i.e. the State Security Department or<br \/>\nthe Ministry of People\u2019s Security. Those taken in will be charged with<br \/>\nespionage associating with the enemy and dispatched to a political prison<br \/>\ncamp.\u201d &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">According to the source, the regime first began showing<br \/>\ninterest in foreign messenger apps in May 2014. At the time, residents who<br \/>\ncontinuously used Chinese cellphones were arrested, and through the course of<br \/>\nthe investigation process, the authorities discovered that information was<br \/>\nbeing sent back and forth through apps such as the South Korean texting service<br \/>\nKakao Talk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cAt that time, the authorities decided to define such<br \/>\nactivity as espionage and handed down an order to strictly punish offenders,\u201d<br \/>\nhe said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The crackdown on messenger services therefore strengthened<br \/>\nfrom that moment on. The South Korean service Line and the Chinese service<br \/>\nWeChat also became targets of surveillance at that point.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThese days, Line and Kakao Talk are explicitly mentioned in<br \/>\nlectures [routinely delivered to residents by the authorities]. That\u2019s how<br \/>\nserious the crackdown has become,\u201d a separate source in Ryanggang Province said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">This, he went on to say, is unprecedented&#8211;hitherto, there<br \/>\nhad been no mention of foreign cell phone applications at official lectures. Such a proactive measure reveals Kim Jong Un\u2019s acute awareness of the adverse effects foreign information and defections pose to the stability<br \/>\nof the regime, further highlighted by his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=13880&amp;cataId=nk01500\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">blustery accusation that South Korea<br \/>\nkidnapped 13 North Korean restaurant workers who recently escaped their posts in<br \/>\nChina<\/font><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=13921&amp;cataId=nk00300\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">fled to seek asylum in the South<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean users of foreign messenger applications such as Kakao Talk, Line, and WeChat will be arrested on the spot on suspicion of espionage, according to a new order handed down from the authorities. 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