{"id":46646,"date":"2020-10-06T15:00:21","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T06:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46646"},"modified":"2020-10-05T17:57:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-05T08:57:02","slug":"north-korean-authorities-step-up-efforts-stop-smuggling-along-chinese-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-authorities-step-up-efforts-stop-smuggling-along-chinese-border\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean authorities step up efforts to stop smuggling along Chinese border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have stepped up efforts to stop smuggling along the Sino-North Korean border recently, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Korea told the Daily NK on Sunday that a newly created organization called the \u201cEmergency Anti-epidemic Inspection Team\u201d was deployed to various places along the North Korea-China border in early September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the inspection team was organized to stop COVID-19 from crossing over the border and that its main objective is to clamp down on smuggling.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The inspection team appears to have been organized after the Ministry of Social Security <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">warned people in September to stop \u201cengaging in actions that disrupt\u201d the country\u2019s efforts to close the border. Notably, the ministry&#8217;s notice said that anyone who crossed into a buffer zone along the border would be fired upon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source told Daily NK that the inspection team is generally operating in groups of four. They are cracking down on all transactions and smuggling taking place outside of those conducted by official trade organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teams have reportedly been collecting information on smuggling in the regions they have been sent and, recently, have begun arresting smugglers and their accomplices.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source told Daily NK that eight members of the country&#8217;s border patrol (the 31st Brigade of the Border Security Command stationed in Sinuiju) were arrested on Sept. 15.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The eight were mostly officers and are being accused of taking bribes from local civilians to turn a blind eye to smuggling activities.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said there are rumors that the accused face punishments more serious than just being suspended from duty or being sent to forced labor camps.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDespite being officers, it appears that their punishment won\u2019t stop at just being stripped of their military status,\u201d the source told Daily NK. What this suggests is that anyone involved in smuggling, even just once, faces severe punishment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe inspection team is arresting everyone, even soldiers and members of the Ministry of State Security,\u201d the source said, adding that the atmosphere in the border region is \u201ctense\u201d because of the arrests.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source speculated that the authorities will continue to strengthen their crackdowns in the border region to stop smuggling activities up until Party Foundation Day on Oct. 10.<\/span><\/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\/20201005-1\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have stepped up efforts to stop smuggling along the Sino-North Korean border recently, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 A source in North Korea told the Daily NK on Sunday that a newly created organization called the \u201cEmergency Anti-epidemic Inspection Team\u201d was deployed to various places along the North Korea-China border in early September. 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