{"id":49619,"date":"2021-10-06T15:08:30","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:08:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=49619"},"modified":"2021-10-06T15:16:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-06T06:16:55","slug":"north-korean-shot-dead-near-china-north-korea-border-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-shot-dead-near-china-north-korea-border-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean shot dead near the China-North Korea border last week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A North Korean was recently shot dead near the Sino-North Korean border by the Storm Corps as he was attempting to re-enter the country, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that on Sept. 30, a local who had crossed the border from Hoeyrong to visit a relative in China was \u201cfired upon and shot dead\u201d when the Storm Corps discovered him trying to return to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the border patrol later cremated the body and returned the remains to the family through the Ministry of State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the local \u2014 reportedly a man in his 50s \u2014 went missing in mid-September, with the Ministry of State Security presuming he had crossed the border. With no evidence, however, the ministry was uncertain of the man\u2019s whereabouts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His neighbors also presumed that with nothing to eat, he had left for somewhere. Only after the shooting did his story come to light.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42379\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-42379\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"North Korean soldiers\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-265x198.jpg 265w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-696x522.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2-560x420.jpg 560w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/IMG_7728-2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North Korean soldiers seen walking near Namyang, North Hamgyong Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No longer able to deal with his gradually worsening household finances, the man had recently travelled to China to meet a relative, avoiding detection by the Ministry of State Security and border patrol. On his return, however, he was shot and killed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The border patrol reportedly discovered his body the next day, fishing it out and then cremating it. Then they turned over the remains to the family through the Ministry of State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ministry was reportedly high-handed with the family when turning over the remains, telling them that the cremation was in accordance with the \u201cstate\u2019s highest emergency quarantine system\u201d and that they \u201cshould accept this without complaint.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The family was reportedly in no position to complain as the man had \u201cengaged in treason by violating state quarantine policy in going to China.\u201d The family also had to grieve in silence, with no sounds of tears emerging from their home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, news of the incident spread rapidly because many Hoeryong residents witnessed the border patrol fishing the body out of the Tumen River on Oct. 2. The source said locals are keeping quiet, calling the shooting a \u201cgrave incident\u201d and encouraging one another to be careful.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%eb%98%90-%ed%95%98%eb%82%98%ec%9d%98-%ed%9d%ac%ec%83%9d%ec%9e%90-%ed%8f%ad%ed%92%8d%ea%b5%b0%eb%8b%a8-%ec%b4%9d%ea%b2%a9%ec%97%90-%ec%9e%ac%ec%9e%85%eb%b6%81-%ec%8b%9c\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Korean was recently shot dead near the Sino-North Korean border by the Storm Corps as he was attempting to re-enter the country, Daily NK has learned. A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Tuesday that on Sept. 30, a local who had crossed the border from Hoeyrong to visit a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":44025,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,649],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-china-north-korea-border"],"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>North Korean shot dead near the China-North Korea border last week - North Korea News \u2014 Daily NK | Latest DPRK Updates 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-shot-dead-near-china-north-korea-border-last-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"North Korean shot dead near the China-North Korea border last week\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A North Korean was recently shot dead near the Sino-North Korean border by the Storm Corps as he was attempting to re-enter the country, Daily NK has learned. 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