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Korea cracks down on corruption in border patrol"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea recently launched a crackdown on illegal activities perpetrated by border guards and security officials on the Sino-North Korean border, Daily NK has learned.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agents from the Ministry of State Security (MSS) and Defense Security Command are involved in the crackdown, which has stretched from Hyesan to Pochon County, Kimjongsuk County, and Samsu County, a Ryanggang Province source told Daily NK on Jan. 15.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Late last year, North Korean authorities in Pyongyang deployed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EB%B6%81%EC%A4%91-%EA%B5%AD%EA%B2%BD%EC%A7%80%EC%97%AD-%EC%A4%91%EC%95%998%EC%82%AC-%EA%B2%80%EC%97%B4%EB%8C%80-%ED%8C%8C%EA%B2%AC-%EC%99%B8%EA%B5%AD%EA%B3%BC-%ED%86%B5%ED%99%94-%EB%B0%8F\/\">No. 8 Inspection Unit<\/a> (in Korean) to the border to help the border patrol crack down on defections and international phone calls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now the Korean People\u2019s Army (KPA)\u2019s military intelligence agency, the Defense Security Command, has joined efforts to crack down on corruption in the border patrol and security officials in the region.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>ELIMINATING PREVIOUSLY &#8220;STATE-SANCTIONED&#8221; CORRUPTION<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the past two to three years, North Korea has implemented policies aimed at eliminating defections, smuggling, information exchanges, and money remittances across the Sino-North Korean border. Authorities have, however, still allowed state-sanctioned smuggling across the border.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recent crackdown is part of efforts to eliminate collusion between police officials and border guards with local residents and brokers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inclusion of agents from the Defense Security Command suggests that the recent crackdown is targeting members of the country\u2019s border patrol. County-level police departments and MSS branches in border regions are also reportedly in the crosshairs of the joint task force.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey are investigating cases of MSS officials or police officers teaming up with local residents, smugglers, or brokers in exchange for bribes, or engaging in drug or precious metal transactions,\u201d one Daily NK source said.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>LEAVING NO STONE UNTURNED<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source added that officials involved in the crackdown are going over the activities conducted by MSS agents and police officers from the past year and questioning any relevant individuals about possible corruption.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLeaking confidential information is seen as the most serious offense,\u201d another Daily NK source said. \u201dAs far as I know, the authorities are conducting the crackdown under the assumption that MSS officials and police officers may be secretly using Chinese mobile phones.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Officials involved in the crackdown are reportedly paying special attention to the dissemination of South Korean soap operas or songs in CDs or memory drives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLocal residents are refraining from illegal activities due to the constant crackdowns and patrols in the border regions,\u201d one source Daily NK. \u201cBut once the crackdowns are over, they will have to start it all up again to survive.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/em><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EB%B6%81%EC%A4%91%EC%A0%91%EA%B2%BD%EC%A7%80%EB%8C%80-%EA%B3%B5%EC%95%88%EA%B8%B0%EA%B4%80-%EA%B7%BC%EB%AC%B4%EC%9E%90%EB%8F%84-%EB%AA%BB%EB%AF%BF%EC%96%B4-%EA%B2%BD%EB%B9%84\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea recently launched a crackdown on illegal activities perpetrated by border guards and security officials on the Sino-North Korean border, Daily NK has learned. 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