{"id":47610,"date":"2021-02-02T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=47610"},"modified":"2021-02-01T16:51:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T07:51:50","slug":"north-korea-installs-automated-entry-systems-military-related-buildings-pyongyang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-installs-automated-entry-systems-military-related-buildings-pyongyang\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea installs automated entry systems at military-related buildings in Pyongyang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have recently installed automated entry systems at the entrance of the Ministry of Defense (formerly the Ministry of the People\u2019s Armed Forces), as well as at the entrances of command headquarters and military-related universities in Pyongyang, a source told Daily NK. The move, part of efforts to modernize the North Korean military, was reportedly aimed at strengthening security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in the North Korean military last Thursday, the authorities replaced existing entryways with so-called \u201cremote-controlled automated folding doors\u201d between Jan. 15 and 25 in accordance with an order from the State Affairs Commission following the Eighth Party Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The project targeted the Ministry of Defense, General Political Bureau, Military Security Command, General Staff Department and other top military commands, as well as the commands of military units in Pyongyang and military, political, defense and security-related universities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities said they carried out the project to \u201cmodernize and strengthen the People\u2019s Army.\u201d They also stressed that the military, as the \u201cprincipal agent of national defense,\u201d must be able to carry out its mission and role \u201cduring any threat or unexpected situation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It appears North Korea, which pledged to steadily bolster its armed forces in the preface of the ruling Workers\u2019 Party of Korea\u2019s revised bylaws, carried out the modernization of important military locations as a follow-up measure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities reportedly added an article to the bylaws on strictly keeping military secrets after the automated entrances were installed, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_46787\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-46787\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-46787 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/10\/\u110b\u1167\u11af\u1107\u1167\u11bc\u1109\u1175\u11a8_6-1.jpg 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-46787\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Soldiers marching during the Party Foundation Day military parade on Oct. 10, 2020. \/ Image: KCNA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This suggests the move is connected with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un\u2019s official announcement during the Eighth Party Congress that the nation is developing nuclear submarines, hypersonic missiles and other weapon systems, as well as expanding and constructing \u201ctesting centers\u201d to pursue those systems. This would suggest that North Korea is further tightening security as it develops tactical nuclear weapons and other systems.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea reportedly developed the new automated entrances, which can be remotely controlled and are equipped with encrypted recognition software, with the help of the Chilsung Joint Trading Company.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is to say, the entrances can \u201cpreemptively\u201d block vehicles with fake or unregistered license plates from a distance of 20 meters. The source said the entrances also have sirens and other security features.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People are saying the new entrances better control who gets in and out of the facilities, befitting the garrisons they protect, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, follow-up measures are in progress. The general administration agency of the operations bureau of the General Staff Department is currently registering all automobiles and transport vehicles at every unit across the country by the Lunar New Year (Feb. 12).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said military authorities have also crafted plans to install the entrances at the offices of every corps and command in the military. <\/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\/%ed%8f%89%ec%96%91-%e8%bb%8d%ec%9a%94%ec%b6%a9%ec%a7%80%ec%97%90-%ec%9b%90%ea%b2%a9%ec%a1%b0%ec%a2%85-%ec%9e%90%eb%8f%99%ec%b0%a8%eb%8b%a8%eb%ac%b8-%ec%84%a4%ec%b9%98-%eb%b3%b4\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have recently installed automated entry systems at the entrance of the Ministry of Defense (formerly the Ministry of the People\u2019s Armed Forces), as well as at the entrances of command headquarters and military-related universities in Pyongyang, a source told Daily NK. 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