{"id":45929,"date":"2020-08-06T17:00:04","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T08:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45929"},"modified":"2020-08-05T17:09:32","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T08:09:32","slug":"under-lock-down-kaesong-residents-request-help-relatives-outside-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/under-lock-down-kaesong-residents-request-help-relatives-outside-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Under lock down, Kaesong residents request help from relatives outside city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A growing number of residents in Kaesong Special City are struggling to make ends meet after the city was completely sealed off following the recent arrest of a North Korean defector, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While North Korean media has reported that \u201cintense\u201d efforts are underway to secure food, sanitary items and firewood for citizens, locals believe it is not enough.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven though the [city\u2019s] People\u2019s Committee and Administrative Committee are providing some relief goods through district offices, it is nothing but a drop in the ocean,\u201d a source in South Pyongan Province who had heard about the situation through relatives in Kaesong told Daily NK on Sunday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The people of Kaesong are currently completely sealed off from the outside world, and they are requesting help from relatives outside the city,\u201d the source said, adding, \u201cThey are asking for money to be transferred [to them from relatives] as quickly as possible.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the city \u201ccompletely sealed off\u201d under an order from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, local markets, which are usually one of the main venues for economic activity, have also been closed. The atmosphere is reportedly so \u201charsh\u201d that most of the city\u2019s denizens are unable to leave their homes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAfter consulting with the central government, the [municipal] people\u2019s committee issued an order early last week stipulating that measures must be taken to stabilize the people\u2019s living situation,\u201d the source said. \u201cGoods are being supplied in accordance with this order, but this is obviously less than people would receive if they purchased the goods themselves at markets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the face of prohibitions on movement and difficulties making ends meet, Kaesong residents have growing resentment towards the returnee defector who sparked the emergency in the first place, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIf he\u2019s already caused harm to his parents and relatives by escaping to South Korea, he should have just stayed there and made a life for himself rather than running back here because he couldn\u2019t cope. We are the ones suffering because he can\u2019t hack it in either the North or the South,\u201d the source told Daily NK, based on discontent voiced among city residents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_45930\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-45930\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-45930\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-1024x597.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-768x448.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-696x406.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-1068x623.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc-720x420.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/08\/\ube44\uc0c1\ubc29\uc5ed\uc9c0\uc2dc.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-45930\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Order No. 205, which was distributed nationwide in late April by the country&#8217;s Central Anti-epidemic Command. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source also described a large-scale disinfection campaign being carried out across all households and public agencies in Kaesong. Local authorities have reportedly been stressing the importance of \u201cOrder No. 205\u201d issued by the Central Emergency Anti-epidemic Command in April and the implementation of the \u201cmaximum emergency system.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over the last few days [the authorities] have made it clear that all citizens must work in unison to carry out disease prevention measures against the virus,\u201d the source said. \u201cThis also included a threat that harsh punishments would be handed out if the pandemic worsens in North Korea due to a failure to follow rules.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Aug. 2, Rodong Sinmun published an article entitled \u201cThe Most Important Matter\u201d which called for stronger quarantines and the deployment of additional guard posts. The article specifically stated that the job of physically blocking and sealing off all possible routes through which the virus could enter Kaesong\u00a0 is \u201can issue of the utmost urgency.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%EC%A0%84%EB%A9%B4%EB%B4%89%EC%87%84-%EA%B0%9C%EC%84%B1-%EC%A3%BC%EB%AF%BC%EB%93%A4-%EC%B9%9C%EC%B2%99%EC%97%90-%EB%8F%84%EC%9B%80-%EC%9A%94%EC%B2%AD-%EB%8F%88-%EC%A2%80-%EB%B3%B4%EB%82%B4\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A growing number of residents in Kaesong Special City are struggling to make ends meet after the city was completely sealed off following the recent arrest of a North Korean defector, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 While North Korean media has reported that \u201cintense\u201d efforts are underway to secure food, sanitary items and firewood for citizens, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":45931,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[1195],"class_list":["post-45929","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-kaesong"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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