{"id":37820,"date":"2018-09-25T12:52:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T03:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=37820"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:22:37","slug":"security-tightens-in-the-run-up-to-moon-and-kims-visit-to-mt-paektu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/security-tightens-in-the-run-up-to-moon-and-kims-visit-to-mt-paektu\/","title":{"rendered":"Security tightened in the run-up to Moon and Kim\u2019s visit to Mt. Paektu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published in Korean on September 20.<\/em><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_37822\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-37822\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-37822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/PKSKO2018091800142-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-37822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kim Jong Un, Ri Sol Ju, Moon Jae In, and Kim Jong Suk at a welcome ceremony in Pyongyang for this year&#8217;s third inter-Korean summit. Image: Pyongyang Press Corps Pool<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the run-up to the second inter-Korean summit, North Korea designated the entire week a \u201cspecial security week\u201d and handed down orders to the military and security agencies to tighten surveillance. The North Korean military has delayed issuing discharges of soldiers and has focused on strengthening patrols on the border with China to prevent any incidents. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before news in South Korea spread that President Moon Jae In and Chairman Kim Jong Un would visit Mt Baekdu on the final day of the summit, the North Korean authorities had already reportedly handed down orders to strengthen security in Ryanggang Province (where Mt. Paektu is located) from September 19 to September 21. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Soldiers were stationed near the railway station in Hyesan and in the city proper, while trains stopped operating on the Hyesan-Samjiyon line and roads heading into Samjiyon were closed. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll factories, enterprises and imminbans [people&#8217;s units, a type of neighborhood watch] held an emergency meeting on the evening of September 18,\u201d said a Ryanggang Province-based source on September 19. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven during the \u2018special security week\u2019, an order was handed down for [security forces] to work on round-the-clock shifts from September 19 to September 21 to strengthen security.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The meetings warned attendees \u201cnot to leave their own zone of work or residence during the period, to avoid talking about rumors, and that [security forces] will patrol the roads and facilities 24 hours a day [in the area],\u201d he explained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople [knew] what the authorities have ordered them to do during the \u2018special security week,\u2019 but they emphasized which days people needed to be careful about. So the atmosphere was very serious and full of tension. We could feel that Kim Jong Un was participating in an event [in the area],\u201d a source in North Hamgyong Province added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAn order was handed down to the border patrol and Ministry of State Security checkpoints, which monitor people\u2019s movements, to ensure that \u2018nothing is to move around in the border region, even a spider.'&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Both sources said that Party and government officials in their respective regions were on duty around the clock to monitor the security situation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some North Korean traders experienced difficulties because they were unable to travel outside of specified areas. Government employees who were in the Hyesan area to transport mushrooms for sale were also restricted from moving around and stayed in a local motel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Editor&#8217;s Note: This article was originally published in Korean on September 20. In the run-up to the second inter-Korean summit, North Korea designated the entire week a \u201cspecial security week\u201d and handed down orders to the military and security agencies to tighten surveillance. 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