{"id":44266,"date":"2020-03-27T12:00:05","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T03:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44266"},"modified":"2026-04-06T14:09:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T05:09:27","slug":"photos-hyesan-reveal-impact-disease-control-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/photos-hyesan-reveal-impact-disease-control-efforts\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos from Hyesan reveal the impact of disease control efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two months have passed since North Korea shut down its borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the country from China.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources inside the country have reported on a near standstill in economic activity, spikes in commodity prices, and school shutdowns.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK attempted to capture what life is really like in North Korea under these circumstances via sources based in Hyesan, Ryanggang Province, which is located on the Sino-North Korean border.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the photo below, two homeless adults with tattered sleeves and dust on their midsections are roaming through the streets without face masks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-44267 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11752.jpeg\" alt=\"hyesan\" width=\"741\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11752.jpeg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11752-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11752-696x465.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11752-629x420.jpeg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Sunday, Rodong Sinmun published an article urging North Koreans to wear face masks. The article stressed that those not wearing masks during a \u201ctime of crisis\u201d are failing to fulfill the basic duties of a citizen and would be treated as a serious social and political problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Photographs taken in the city also suggest that the North Korean government\u2019s attempts to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-cracks-down-movement-vagrants\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">restrict the movements of \u201cvagrants\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> has not been completely successful. For example, a homeless person is seen walking the streets of Hyesan in the photo below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44268 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11751.jpeg\" alt=\"hyesan\" width=\"741\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11751.jpeg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11751-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11751-696x465.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11751-629x420.jpeg 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The streets of Hyesan, where these individuals were photographed, are also dull and empty. Presumably, this is because of the \u201csocial distancing\u201d that North Korean authorities have advised their citizens to follow and the lack of economic activity due to the shutdown of the Sino-North Korean border.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Overall, these photos tell quite a different story from the photographs of the North Korean border cities taken last February by Kang Dong-wan, former Dong-a University professor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These photos tell a markedly different story compared to photographs taken last February by former Dong-A University professor Kang Dong-wan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it is difficult to make a direct comparison between the two sets of photos, given they were taken in different locations and during different times of year, the streets depicted in Kang\u2019s photographs (one is shown below) are lively and filled with market vendors and shoppers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44269 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9\uc744-\uc9c0\ub098\ub294-\ud0dd\uc2dc-696x525-1.jpg\" alt=\"hyesan\" width=\"696\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9\uc744-\uc9c0\ub098\ub294-\ud0dd\uc2dc-696x525-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9\uc744-\uc9c0\ub098\ub294-\ud0dd\uc2dc-696x525-1-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9\uc744-\uc9c0\ub098\ub294-\ud0dd\uc2dc-696x525-1-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9\uc744-\uc9c0\ub098\ub294-\ud0dd\uc2dc-696x525-1-557x420.jpg 557w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One of the photos sent by one of our stringers in Hyesan shows slogans printed on computer printer paper stuck up on a doorway. All the slogans affixed to the door are printed in different fonts, which suggests that different local organizations distributed them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-44270 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11753.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"741\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11753.jpeg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11753-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11753-696x464.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/\u1112\u1168\u1109\u1161\u11ab\u1109\u11753-630x420.jpeg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The slogan at the very top reads, \u201cLet\u2019s Thoroughly Block the Spread of the Coronavirus.\u201d This particular slogan first appeared in the pages of Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 26 in an article written by a high-level public health official, and again in a Korean Central Television (KCTV) broadcast on Jan. 31.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since Feb. 1, the Rodong Sinmun has published almost daily dispatches on how the country is managing disease control efforts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another slogan affixed to the door warns North Koreans about \u201cburning gas.\u201d Many North Koreans still burn coal briquettes (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">yontan<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) to heat their homes. Carelessness or ignorance about how to safely use this heat source have led to countless carbon monoxide poisoning-induced deaths.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Local <em>inminban<\/em> (neighborhood-watch units) operate special patrols to prevent such incidents, but sources report that carbon monoxide poisoning still occurs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The last slogan on the door calls on North Koreans to \u201cboil drinking water.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea still suffers from poor waterworks infrastructure, which means the few areas of the country have clean supplies of tap water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNICEF, in a report published in 2017, stated that \u201csix out of 10 people in the country (over 9.7 million people) did not have safely managed drinking water. Overall, 23.5 per cent of the population drank water from contaminated sources.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans must typically draw water from wells or creeks, store the water in tanks, and boil it when required for cooking or washing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>*Translated by Violet Kim<\/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\/%ED%8F%AC%ED%86%A0-%EC%BD%94%EB%A1%9C%EB%82%98%EB%A1%9C-%EA%B5%AD%EA%B2%BD-%EC%99%84%EC%A0%84%EB%B4%89%EC%87%84-%EB%B6%81%ED%95%9C-%EC%96%91%EA%B0%95%EB%8F%84-%ED%98%9C%EC%82%B0-%ED%92%8D%EA%B2%BD\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months have passed since North Korea shut down its borders to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) into the country from China.\u00a0 Sources inside the country have reported on a near standstill in economic activity, spikes in commodity prices, and school shutdowns.\u00a0 Daily NK attempted to capture what life is really like [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":44267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[737,738,763],"class_list":["post-44266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-public-health","tag-hyesan","tag-covid-19"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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