{"id":46674,"date":"2020-10-08T14:17:57","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T05:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46674"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:50:58","slug":"north-korean-military-told-block-contaminants-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-military-told-block-contaminants-border\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean military told to block &#8220;quarantine contaminants&#8221; at border"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean military authorities have recently ordered frontline military units to \u201cstrictly\u201d deal with all possible \u201cquarantine contaminants\u201d entering the country through its borders and coasts based on established rules governing border security, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the recent fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korean military personnel, North Korea apologized to South Korea and mentioned the crafting measures to prevent a recurrence of the incident.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The military\u2019s latest order, however, reaffirms the regime\u2019s baseline of firing at anyone who crosses the country\u2019s borders and to \u201cburn their bodies.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A military source told the Daily NK yesterday on condition of anonymity that North Korea\u2019s General Staff Department handed down the order last Friday. The directive reportedly emphasized that naval units, island defense units and coastal patrol units need to maintain a state of alert.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order emphasized the bolstering of \u201ccombat service\u201d ahead of Party Foundation Day on Oct. 10; designated everything that enters coastal regions as \u201ccontaminants\u201d; and instructed military units to deal with these pollutants in accordance with the regime\u2019s emergency quarantine regulations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">One noteworthy aspect of the document is that it designates not just inanimate objects but also animals and people as \u201cquarantine contaminants.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the order reaffirms that people, animals and objects entering the country should be dealt with in accordance the regime&#8217;s \u201cshoot and burn\u201d order, the source expressed concern that an incident similar to the recent shooting of the South Korean official could happen in the future.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201c[The order] aims to highlight to the Korean People\u2019s Army that the killing of the South Korean was part of quarantine efforts,\u201d the source said. \u201cIt also reaffirms guidelines from the military leadership that under no circumstances will the slightest hesitation or unrest be permitted in the military.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44025\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44025\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44025\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"remittance ryanggang province border agreement\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/DSC01362.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44025\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A sentry post on the Sino-North Korean border in Sakju County, North Pyongan Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the General Staff Department\u2019s order directed personnel conducting coastal patrols to record in their combat service logs anything out of the ordinary and detail accounts of how they dealt with &#8220;contaminants&#8221; during their daily patrols. They were also ordered to establish a system regarding &#8220;transfers of duty&#8221; and daily reports.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Within the military, some believe that the authorities have stressed these COVID-19 quarantine measures not only to the First Naval Flotilla and Eighth Naval Flotilla but also to other seaside units to encourage them to learn by example; in this case, from the shooting of the South Korean official.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some also believe that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s promotion of General Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff Department, to marshal of the Korean People&#8217;s Army is connected to the shooting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source described the current atmosphere within the military, saying: \u201cWithin the military, that the chief of the General Staff Department has been given the title of marshal &#8211;\u00a0 the same military rank as Kim Jong Un &#8211; is being read as praise for all the officers and soldiers of the military who carried out, with great care, the shooting of the South Korean.\u201d<\/span><\/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\/20201007-5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean military authorities have recently ordered frontline military units to \u201cstrictly\u201d deal with all possible \u201cquarantine contaminants\u201d entering the country through its borders and coasts based on established rules governing border security, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 After the recent fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korean military personnel, North Korea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":130,"featured_media":46676,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[222,691,1273],"class_list":["post-46674","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-border","tag-military","tag-party-foundation-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>N. 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