{"id":48624,"date":"2021-06-04T11:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T02:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=48624"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:33:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T03:33:31","slug":"north-korea-places-yanggang-province-village-under-seven-day-lockdown-late-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-places-yanggang-province-village-under-seven-day-lockdown-late-may\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea places Yanggang Province village under seven-day lockdown in late May"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities placed the village of Hwajeon-ri, in Pochon County, Yanggang Province, under a seven-day lockdown in late May after bird carcasses were discovered in the town, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a phone conversation with Daily NK on Thursday, a source in Yanggang Province said \u201cthe carcasses of three dead swallows\u201d were found in Hwajeon-ri on May 24. \u201cAfter that, the provincial branch of the Emergency Anti-epidemic Command issued a seven-day lockdown order for Hwajeon-ri,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, North Korean authorities have established a \u201creporting system\u201d in the area, with locals informing the head of their <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inminban <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(people\u2019s units) if they spot dead animals. The head of the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">inminban <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">then tells the security official in charge, who in turn informs the Emergency Anti-epidemic Command.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities completely lock down an area when they deem a particular situation to be \u201cserious,\u201d the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_43402\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43402\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43402 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-300x180.jpg\" alt=\"hyesan leaker bribe elderly smuggling gold yanggang projects phones border\" width=\"300\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803-700x420.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183327803.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43402\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Hyesan, Yanggang Province, in August 2018. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In January, border patrol troops in Pochon County fired on birds flying across the border from China, while the authorities in another town ordered the elimination of street cats.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, a North Korean family was even ordered into 20 days of isolation after they were discovered secretly raising a cat.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What the village\u2019s lockdown shows is that North Korea is mobilizing all possible means at its disposal to prevent the spread of COVID-19.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, animals crossing into the Sino-North Korean border\u2019s buffer zone are typically killed and the region is locked down. \u201cPeople\u2019s lives will only get worse if these kinds of measures continue,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On Thursday, Rodong Sinmun called for efforts to secure the \u201cperfection\u201d of the country\u2019s COVID-19 quarantine efforts. On Wednesday, the paper called for \u201cthorough\u201d organizational and political efforts to prevent even the \u201cslightest crack\u201d in quarantine efforts. <\/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\/%ec%9d%b4%eb%b2%88%ec%97%94-%ec%a3%bd%ec%9d%80-%ec%a0%9c%eb%b9%84-3%eb%a7%88%eb%a6%ac-%eb%95%8c%eb%ac%b8%ec%97%90-%eb%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%eb%a7%88%ec%9d%84-7%ec%9d%bc-%eb%b4%89%ec%87%84\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities placed the village of Hwajeon-ri, in Pochon County, Yanggang Province, under a seven-day lockdown in late May after bird carcasses were discovered in the town, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0 In a phone conversation with Daily NK on Thursday, a source in Yanggang Province said \u201cthe carcasses of three dead swallows\u201d were found [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":48625,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - 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