{"id":36575,"date":"2018-07-03T12:55:14","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T03:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=36575"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:23:04","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:23:04","slug":"north-koreans-protest-unfair-market-crackdowns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-koreans-protest-unfair-market-crackdowns\/","title":{"rendered":"North Koreans protest unfair market crackdowns"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36577\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36577\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36577 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dc\uc7a5\uc5d0\uc11c-\uc678\ud654\ub85c-\uac70\ub798\ud558\ub294-\uc5ec\uc131\ub4e4-696x466-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dc\uc7a5\uc5d0\uc11c-\uc678\ud654\ub85c-\uac70\ub798\ud558\ub294-\uc5ec\uc131\ub4e4-696x466-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dc\uc7a5\uc5d0\uc11c-\uc678\ud654\ub85c-\uac70\ub798\ud558\ub294-\uc5ec\uc131\ub4e4-696x466-1-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ubd81\ud55c\uc2dc\uc7a5\uc5d0\uc11c-\uc678\ud654\ub85c-\uac70\ub798\ud558\ub294-\uc5ec\uc131\ub4e4-696x466-1-627x420.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36577\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Traders selling seafood at an official marketplace in North Korea&#8217;s Rason City. Image: Daily NK file photo, 2014.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under the pretext of eradicating anti-socialist elements, North Korea&#8217;s authorities are cracking down on market activity. In reaction, some residents have openly protested the country&#8217;s state security officers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThere was an assessment at the beginning of the month regarding the broad inspections conducted to uncover anti-socialist elements in downtown Hyesan City [located near the border with China]. Residents responded by complaining at the meeting, opposing the censorship in an organized fashion because the order was not being applied equally, and was not carried out very well overall,&#8221;\u00a0a source in Ryanggang Province told Daily NK on June 29.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cResidents were saying, &#8216;Some houses were searched very lightly, while over 10,000 RMB (~1,500 USD) in cash was taken from others.&#8217; &#8216;Some people were subject to the crackdown, while others were able to evade it.&#8217; People were openly complaining, &#8216;If you&#8217;re going to steal money, take it from everyone equally!&#8217;\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose who were out of their homes during the crackdown no doubt got the tip off from the Ministry of State Security (political police). As the crackdown approached, they prepared by taking out all the money and products from their homes and disappeared without a trace. Why did those people get special treatment while the rest of us got hit by a bolt of lightning?\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crackdowns on the marketplace have eased since the beginning of the Kim Jong Un era, leading to a surge in market activity. However, there have been intermittent measures introduced and implemented by the authorities to stunt and stifle these developments. But North Korea\u2019s residents, taking heed from the regime\u2019s propaganda advising them to \u201cpick themselves up by their own bootstraps,\u201d have come to regard commercial activity as an inherent right.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There have been many confrontations with officials from the Ministry of People&#8217;s Security (police) in this regard. However, Ministry of State Security officials, tasked with handling the ideological control of the people, were once regarded as \u201cangels of death,\u201d before the marketization period. But now even their power has been sapped by the changing structure of North Korean society, specifically the shifting values brought on by marketization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe residents were busy complaining to the Ministry of State Security agents at the crackdown assessment, saying, &#8216;What power do we have?&#8217; Facing this pressure from the residents, the investigating agents declined to taken intervening measures and instead hurriedly left the room,\u201d a separate source in Ryanggang Province noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many are also upset because Ministry of State Security agents are well known to accept bribes from market traders. As levels of mistrust and anger increase, the situation is reportedly deteriorating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asked to describe the current atmosphere, a third Ryanggang-based source said, \u201cPreviously, when there was a crackdown coming, people would let each other know. This time, people are warning each other but also accusing each other. Making a living is difficult, and the authorities do nothing but launch investigations and confiscate money, so the people are lashing out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The residents are also upset about the regime&#8217;s propaganda and the fact that punishments are not being meted out evenly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s said that all the money and property seized during the investigations is being sent for construction projects in Samjiyon County, but nobody actually believes that. The Ministry of People&#8217;s Security conducted ideological evaluations of the residents after the investigation, but the residents are powerless to resist,\u201d the initial source concluded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea proclaimed that it would launch a war of annihilation against anti-socialist behavior this year, and has strengthened its crackdown on the trade of South Korean cultural content and products that reflect capitalist culture.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the pretext of eradicating anti-socialist elements, North Korea&#8217;s authorities are cracking down on market activity. 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