{"id":37399,"date":"2018-08-24T17:36:40","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T08:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=37399"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:46","slug":"portion-of-barbed-wire-fence-dismantled-in-ryanggang-province","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/portion-of-barbed-wire-fence-dismantled-in-ryanggang-province\/","title":{"rendered":"Portion of barbed-wire fence dismantled in Ryanggang Province"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_37400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37400\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/\ud61c\uc0b0\uc2dc-\uac15\uad6c\ub3d9-\uc77c\ub300-696x403.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37400 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/\ud61c\uc0b0\uc2dc-\uac15\uad6c\ub3d9-\uc77c\ub300-696x403.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/\ud61c\uc0b0\uc2dc-\uac15\uad6c\ub3d9-\uc77c\ub300-696x403.png 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/08\/\ud61c\uc0b0\uc2dc-\uac15\uad6c\ub3d9-\uc77c\ub300-696x403-300x174.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Satellite imagery of Kanggu-dong, Hyesan City (south of Amnok River), located in Ryanggang Province. Image: Google Earth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Barbed-wire fencing traversing parts of Hyesan City bordering the Amnok River are being dismantled in a bid to improve its appearance to outside observers, report sources in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn Hyesan, the barbed-wire fences are being dismantled and it\u2019s rumored to be connected to Kim Jong Un\u2019s site visits to Ryanggang Province last month,\u201d a source in Ryanggang Province said on August 17.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s said that Kim Jong Un ordered the destruction of the barbed-wire fences to avoid potential human rights criticisms that could arise from foreigners seeing them in the border areas.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source added that he has personally seen them being removed in Kanggu-dong (Hyesan City).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The designated area in Hyesan, a city that lies directly across the river from Changbai, China, covers less than 50 meters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A separate source in Ryanggang Province who corroborated the removal of the barbed wire in this particular area said that the development has been accompanied by increased surveillance by patrol officers stationed in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNow that those barbed-wire fences are coming down, the border guards have to be extra vigilant, poised to react quickly to any would-be border crossers or other illicit activities. Previously, the guards in that area were a little lax because they relied on the barriers.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For residents, however, the development appears to be of little significance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWith one word, the Supreme Leader (Kim Jong Un) can eliminate what once was and vice versa,\u201d the additional source said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cFences or not, people know what the border means.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barbed-wire fencing traversing parts of Hyesan City bordering the Amnok River are being dismantled in a bid to improve its appearance to outside observers, report sources in the region. \u201cIn Hyesan, the barbed-wire fences are being dismantled and it\u2019s rumored to be connected to Kim Jong Un\u2019s site visits to Ryanggang Province last month,\u201d a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":37400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[112,222],"class_list":["post-37399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy","tag-human-rights","tag-border"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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