{"id":46909,"date":"2020-11-05T15:30:03","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T06:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=46909"},"modified":"2026-04-05T15:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T06:50:58","slug":"around-2000-storm-corps-troops-deployed-to-hyesan-to-enforce-lockdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/around-2000-storm-corps-troops-deployed-to-hyesan-to-enforce-lockdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Around 2,000 Storm Corps troops deployed to Hyesan to enforce lockdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK has learned that an additional 2,000 troops of the so-called Storm Corps have been deployed to the city of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, which was recently put under lockdown.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in North Korea yesterday, around 2,000 troops of the Storm Corps got on a special train in Dokchon, South Pyongan Province, in the early morning hours of Tuesday and arrived in Hyesan at around 4:30 PM of the same day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Prior to this, the troops assembled after receiving a reinforcement order from the Ninth Department of the General Staff Department of the Korean People\u2019s Army. The troops assembled with their weapons and departed for Hyesan straight away, carrying with them ammo boxes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTheir basic mission is to put Hyesan under complete lockdown for 20 days, making sure nobody crosses the border,\u201d said the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity. \u201cSince Hyesan has a long border area, you need more people to occupy it completely, so additional members of the Storm Corps were sent [to the city].\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the dispatch of additional Storm Corps troops is also aimed at keeping local members of the Border Security Command under control. The source explained that with a member of the border guard in Hyesan recently getting nabbed for direct involvement in smuggling, there arose a need to manage the Border Security Command. Accordingly, members of the Storm Corps &#8211; a special forces unit &#8211; were deployed to the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The incident involving the border guard smuggling goods demonstrates just how difficult the economic situation has become for personnel guarding the border. North Korean authorities have begun trying to manage the situation by deploying better trained special force units from the interior of the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said that with the people no longer able to smuggle, soldiers have been doing it themselves. According to him, \u201cthe leadership believes that border guards are the bigger danger.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quoting a source in Yanggang Province, Daily NK <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20201103-6\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">reported<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (in Korean) on Tuesday that a security official with the 25th Brigade of the Border Security Command and a soldier had fled with their weapons after getting caught smuggling while on duty. This led the authorities to order a 20-day lockdown of Hyesan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43171\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43171\" style=\"width: 741px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/\ud3ed\ud48d\uad70\ub2e8.jpg\" alt=\"elite military unit storm corps border\" width=\"741\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/\ud3ed\ud48d\uad70\ub2e8.jpg 741w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/\ud3ed\ud48d\uad70\ub2e8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/\ud3ed\ud48d\uad70\ub2e8-696x463.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/12\/\ud3ed\ud48d\uad70\ub2e8-631x420.jpg 631w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 741px) 100vw, 741px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43171\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observing Storm Corps training in 2013. \/ Image: Rodong Shinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Called \u201cmurder weapons\u201d inside North Korea, the Storm Corps troopers now deployed to Hyesan are part of an elite force specializing in mountain warfare. They will first search the surrounding mountains for the fugitives and their missing weapons and then focus on locking down Hyesan, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Hyesan lockdown is set for 20 days, but even after the lockdown is lifted, Storm Corps personnel will remain in Yanggang Province to conduct their winter training, the source said. Winter training will start on Dec. 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWhen winter training begins, an additional 2,000 troops from the Storm Corps will be deployed throughout Yangang Province, joining the personnel already there,\u201d said the source. \u201cBy deploying the Storm Corps, [the authorities] intend to completely root out all smuggling and non-socialist activities currently taking place in the province.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Hyesan being put under lockdown and now more Storm Corps personnel being deployed to the region, local public sentiment is roiling. Residents are reportedly responding with fear and unease, expressing concern that \u201cit will be big trouble if they get caught doing something wrong during the lockdown\u201d and that \u201cthey could get blindly shot by the military, be it by the Storm Corps or by the border guard.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAmong locals, rumors are going around that the Central Committee has ordered the local party in Hyesan to treat anyone who leaves their home during the 20-day lockdown as a traitor and put them in lockup,\u201d said the source. \u201cPeople feel really uneasy that neither the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inminban <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[neighborhood watch-like administrative units], local district offices nor people\u2019s committees are coming up with any measures, even though people need to at least eat and survive indoors if they aren\u2019t allowed out.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source added that some people are expressing animosity toward the state, saying it makes no difference whether they die after going outside and get shot or die while they remain indoors and starving.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/202011104-2\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily NK has learned that an additional 2,000 troops of the so-called Storm Corps have been deployed to the city of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, which was recently put under lockdown. 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