{"id":44307,"date":"2020-03-31T13:03:25","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T04:03:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=44307"},"modified":"2020-03-31T13:07:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T04:07:39","slug":"national-defense-university-suffers-contaminated-water-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/national-defense-university-suffers-contaminated-water-outbreak\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea&#8217;s National Defense University suffers contaminated water-related outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A large number of students and faculty at North Korea\u2019s prestigious Kim Jong Un National Defense University recently began suffering from stomach pain caused by contaminated water, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn Mar. 22, about 20 students at the Kim Jong Un National Defense University collapsed after complaining of stomach pains. The students had been drinking tap water that hadn\u2019t been boiled beforehand,\u201d a source in the country told Daily NK on Mar. 25.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAnother 50 people began suffering from similar symptoms the next day, including students, members of the school\u2019s faculty, and even local residents living near the university,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those suffering from symptoms have been treated at three different hospitals, including the military hospital within the university, a hospital in the Ryongsong District of Pyongyang, and the hospital attached to the Academy of National Defense Science, Daily NK sources confirmed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>CONTAMINATED TAP WATER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities are reportedly conducting an investigation under the suspicion that the tap water supplied to the university was contaminated.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Ministry of State Security (MSS)<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">office affiliated with the National Defense University<\/span> has been <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">interrogating those responsible for managing the water supply system,\u201d one source said. \u201cIt seems as though the water tank was not properly sterilized with chemicals the day of the incident.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pyongyang\u2019s Chungi District \u2014 where the National Defense University is located \u2014 is known for its poor water quality because of underground limestone deposits. Government officials are reportedly extremely embarrassed by the incident given the special attention they have paid to ensure the water supply remains uncontaminated.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident was immediately reported to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Kim is known to be extremely attached to the university, given that he named it after himself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Immediately after hearing about the incident, Kim reportedly ordered that the incident be thoroughly investigated and the water supply facilities thoroughly cleaned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>TREKKING TO CLEAN WATER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City residents who live near the National Defense University reportedly share one water tank with university students and faculty, which explains why both students, faculty and nearby residents came down sick.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An engineering unit attached to the Ministry of People\u2019s Security (MPS) is currently isolating the water supply between nearby residents and the university.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Mar. 23, local authorities reportedly distributed print-outs about their plans to isolate the water supplies along with guidelines about how to safely consume tap water.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe authorities are essentially telling locals that they will have to do without running water for the time being. Instead, people have to draw their water from a spring near a revolutionary site in nearby Oun District,\u201d one source told Daily NK. \u201cThey\u2019re also telling us to boil all drinking water first.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pyongyang&#8217;s Oun District is about two kilometers away from Chungi District.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLocals are now walking all the way to the spring in Oun District to draw water that\u2019s safe to drink,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe authorities realized people were suffering having to go all that way, so they sent a truck capable of transporting three tons of water around the neighborhood to distribute drinking water.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kim Jong Un National Defense University, which is currently in the midst of preparing for Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday on Apr. 15, has reportedly declared a state of emergency to deal with the situation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWorkers are trying to get the tap water back up and running while faculty are busy tending to the health of the students,\u201d one source told Daily NK.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEveryone is working extremely hard to ensure that everything is back to normal by Apr. 10,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Daily NK reported late last year that the university suffered from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/prominent-north-korean-military-university-faces-power-shortages\/\">serious power shortages<\/a>.<\/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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EA%B9%80%EC%A0%95%EC%9D%80%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A9%EC%A2%85%ED%95%A9%E5%A4%A7-70%EC%97%AC%EB%AA%85-%EC%A7%91%EB%8B%A8-%EC%9E%A5%EC%97%BC-%EC%A6%9D%EC%84%B8%EB%B9%84%EC%83%81%EC%B2%B4%EC%A0%9C\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A large number of students and faculty at North Korea\u2019s prestigious Kim Jong Un National Defense University recently began suffering from stomach pain caused by contaminated water, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 \u201cOn Mar. 22, about 20 students at the Kim Jong Un National Defense University collapsed after complaining of stomach pains. 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