{"id":40959,"date":"2019-06-10T16:38:50","date_gmt":"2019-06-10T07:38:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=40959"},"modified":"2020-01-17T09:21:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T00:21:25","slug":"ministry-of-state-security-vice-director-takes-matters-into-own-hands-with-public-lecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/ministry-of-state-security-vice-director-takes-matters-into-own-hands-with-public-lecture\/","title":{"rendered":"Ministry of State Security vice-director takes matters into own hands with public lecture"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40961\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40961\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-40961\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A North Korean resident in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province draws water from the frozen river in March 2019\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/DSC01774.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A North Korean resident in Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province draws water from the frozen river in March 2019. Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Korea\u2019s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is tightening control over the Sino-North Korean border region following an order by the central government to strengthen monitoring and reporting of border crossings and defections during lectures for ordinary residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe vice-director of the MSS in Pochon County in Hyesan held a lecture for local residents on May 26,\u201d a Ryanggang Province-based source told Daily NK. \u201cThe lecture criticized those making international calls and receiving money from abroad, as well as \u2018illegal river-crossers.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The vice-director also said that there are many cases in which people are communicating with the outside world in the border region, including in Hyesan and that it is &#8220;counter to the revolution to make calls to relatives in South Korea or China and use the money they send over.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to this, the source said that the vice-director &#8220;spoke on money transfers and international calls, but the whole point of the lecture was to emphasize that people should not leak \u2018internal\u2019 information to the outside world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MSS vice-directors are the highest-ranking security officials at the county level in North Korea. It is extremely rare for such officials to deliver lectures to ordinary citizens themselves.<\/p>\n<p>That such a high-ranking official delivered the lecture shows how seriously the North Korean authorities are concerned about ordinary citizens turning their backs on the regime.<\/p>\n<p>Vice-directors manage teams of MSS agents and the official may have stepped forward to avoid blame for recent cases of MSS agents accepting bribes in exchange for turning a blind eye to international calls and money transfers.<\/p>\n<p>The vice-director sought to create an atmosphere of fear at the lecture and warned that he would ensure that no further \u201cincidents\u201d occur, according to a separate source in Ryanggang Province.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are many cases where people are hiding \u2018non-residents\u2019 in their houses and sending them to China when they can,\u201d the vice-director said during the lecture, according to the source. \u201cIf you fail to report non-residents staying at other people\u2019s houses, you will be subject to punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also praised the work of informants, saying that, \u201cA group of 19-year-olds crossed over to China thinking that it was a really great place, but when they returned home three months later, a neighbor reported them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCriminals are scared of the \u2018eyes of the people\u2019 more than law enforcement officials,\u201d he further added. \u201cAll of you must heighten your revolutionary sense of awareness and report everything you see.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The official encouraged the attendees to actively report any cases of illegal \u2018river-crossings\u2019 to the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>The Rodong Sinmun published an article on May 30 entitled \u201cHaving a Conscience Determines the Morality of Human Beings\u201d that stated, \u201cOur Party is emphasizing that revolutionary and sound morals become embedded in our society [&#8230;] Anti-Party and anti-revolutionary actions will face serious punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea\u2019s Ministry of State Security (MSS) is tightening control over the Sino-North Korean border region following an order by the central government to strengthen monitoring and reporting of border crossings and defections during lectures for ordinary residents. \u201cThe vice-director of the MSS in Pochon County in Hyesan held a lecture for local residents on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":40961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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