{"id":45968,"date":"2020-08-10T13:56:13","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T04:56:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=45968"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:50:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:50:59","slug":"guard-command-soldier-death-shrouded-mystery-even-next-kin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/guard-command-soldier-death-shrouded-mystery-even-next-kin\/","title":{"rendered":"Guard Command soldier&#8217;s death shrouded in mystery, even to next of kin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A woman in Chongjin was shocked to learn recently that her son, a soldier in North Korea\u2019s Supreme Guard Command &#8211; a unit that provides security for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un &#8211; had been killed in action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in the country, the authorities have failed to explain the cause of death or even provide the location of the buried body to the woman.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn early July, [the woman] suddenly received the news that her only son had been killed in action while serving in the Supreme Guard Command. She lives alone and has yet to recover from the shock,\u201d the source, who is based in North Hamgyong Province, told Daily NK on July 30.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, officials from North Hamgyong Province\u2019s Party Committee and the Supreme Guard Command visited the woman and told her that her son had died an \u201cheroic death\u201d in mid-March while defending the Supreme Leader (Kim Jong Un) and that his body had been laid to rest near his military base.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said that soldiers who accompanied the officials took out several boxes of goods from the vehicle they had arrived in and offered them to the woman as \u201cgifts from the Supreme Leader.\u201d The boxes contained food, blankets and various \u201cmanufactured goods.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The woman reportedly fainted on the spot upon hearing the news, according to the source. After regaining consciousness, she begged the officials to reveal the exact location where her son was buried, but they refused to say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The mother also demanded to know the exact circumstances that had caused her son\u2019s death, speculating that he may have contracted COVID-19. She insisted on knowing what had happened given that there must have been some sort of incident if her son had been \u201ckilled in action\u201d while \u201cdefending\u201d the Supreme Leader.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the Supreme Guard Command officials simply repeated that the military required secrecy on such matters, the woman reportedly became even angrier, arguing there was no such thing as a death without a cause and asserting that she \u201ccould not accept\u201d the news.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The following day, the woman visited the grave of her late husband in the mountains in a hysterical state, wailing: \u201cOur beloved son has died, so what is the point in living? I want to die, too.\u201d She was later \u201cforcibly\u201d taken back down the mountain by local residents, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Locals who heard about the woman\u2019s story think it is \u201cabsurd\u201d how the authorities handled her son\u2019s death, the source further reported.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEven in times of peace there are a lot of deaths in the military, so people feel they cannot trust the state and are afraid to send their sons to the military,\u201d the source said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey feel heartbroken whenever an incident like this occurs. Some believe that unexplained military deaths speak volumes about the realities of this country and even express hatred towards the government for being so heartless as to ignore the requests of heartbroken families who just want to know where their loved ones are buried,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/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\/%ED%98%B8%EC%9C%84%EA%B5%AD-%EA%B0%84-%EC%99%B8%EC%95%84%EB%93%A4-%EB%B9%84%EB%B3%B4%EC%97%90-%EA%B8%B0%EC%A0%88%ED%95%9C-%ED%99%80%EC%96%B4%EB%A8%B8%EB%8B%88%EC%82%AC%EB%A7%9D-%EC%9B%90\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A woman in Chongjin was shocked to learn recently that her son, a soldier in North Korea\u2019s Supreme Guard Command &#8211; a unit that provides security for North Korean leader Kim Jong Un &#8211; had been killed in action. 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