{"id":36873,"date":"2018-07-20T16:21:58","date_gmt":"2018-07-20T07:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=36873"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:48:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T04:48:10","slug":"workers-at-nuclear-sites-at-risk-of-disease-and-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/workers-at-nuclear-sites-at-risk-of-disease-and-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Workers at nuclear sites at risk of disease and death"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_36875\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-36875\" style=\"width: 768px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-36875 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ud48d\uacc4\ub9ac-\ud575\uc2e4\ud5d8\uc7a5-\uac31\ub3c4-\ud3ed\ud30c-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ud48d\uacc4\ub9ac-\ud575\uc2e4\ud5d8\uc7a5-\uac31\ub3c4-\ud3ed\ud30c-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ud48d\uacc4\ub9ac-\ud575\uc2e4\ud5d8\uc7a5-\uac31\ub3c4-\ud3ed\ud30c-768x511-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ud48d\uacc4\ub9ac-\ud575\uc2e4\ud5d8\uc7a5-\uac31\ub3c4-\ud3ed\ud30c-768x511-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/07\/\ud48d\uacc4\ub9ac-\ud575\uc2e4\ud5d8\uc7a5-\uac31\ub3c4-\ud3ed\ud30c-768x511-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-36875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this Thursday, May 24, 2018 photo, tunnel 2 at North Korea&#8217;s nuclear test site is blown up in Punggye-ri, North Korea. Image: Korea Press Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following a publicized incident in May where a North Korean journalist refused to drink stream water near the closed Punggye-ri nuclear site in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, some defectors in South Korea have claimed that local residents have suffered from significant health problems and some have even died. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have obtained testimony from those who have suffered health problems at the Punggye-ri nuclear site, the Yongbyon nuclear site in North Pyongan Province, and the uranium mine in Pyongsan County, North Hwanghae Province,\u201d according a July 18 press release from the North Korean Human Rights Monitoring Center, which is part of the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThe problems range from muscle wastage and chronic headaches to pediatric lymphoma, birth deformities, and even death.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One defector from Kimjongsuk County in Ryanggang Province told the center, \u201cA neighbor of mine went to work at the nuclear site in Yongbyon after college [likely Yongbyon College of Physics] but their health deteriorated. I\u2019m not sure what was wrong, but he later died.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The center noted that the North Korean authorities mobilize political prisoners to construct the nuclear sites and do not inform them of the dangers involved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe authorities seem to be concealing information about the dangers of radiation and even the fact that those mobilized are working at a nuclear site,\u201d the report stated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u201cThe authorities are violating the workers\u2019 right to know the dangers radiation can cause to the body, which is the most common problem they are exposed to at these sites.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The center noted that the parents of children who had been diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia did not make the connection with these diseases and their exposure to radiation. \u201cNorth Koreans don\u2019t have a lot of information about the dangers of radiation so they have very little understanding of what\u2019s happening.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNorth Koreans don\u2019t connect being sick with exposure to radiation,\u201d a defector from Hyesan City told the center. \u201cPeople don\u2019t think there is a connection between the water being bad in Kilju County and the nuclear site.\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The defector said that all the laborers working at the nuclear site are political prisoners and that, \u201cthe digging and tunnel construction is done by them.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean authorities also closely manage the soldiers and engineers mobilized to work at nuclear sites. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThose working at nuclear sites are protected by the government,\u201d said a defector from Chongjin in the report. \u201cThe state steps in to help or provide money when one of them gets sick, but they don\u2019t live that long.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another defector from Pyongyang added, \u201cI\u2019ve heard people who have worked at the nuclear sites are given special treatment for the rest of their lives by the Party because of some changes in their health [&#8230;] They are given white rice and presents at holidays from the Party.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a publicized incident in May where a North Korean journalist refused to drink stream water near the closed Punggye-ri nuclear site in Kilju, North Hamgyong Province, some defectors in South Korea have claimed that local residents have suffered from significant health problems and some have even died. \u201cWe have obtained testimony from those who [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":36875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[96,844],"class_list":["post-36873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-denuclearization","tag-defections"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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