{"id":50009,"date":"2021-12-01T10:00:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T01:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50009"},"modified":"2021-11-30T14:36:43","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T05:36:43","slug":"north-korea-ministry-social-security-actively-employs-discharged-soldiers-maintain-social-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-ministry-social-security-actively-employs-discharged-soldiers-maintain-social-order\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea&#8217;s Ministry of Social Security actively employs discharged soldiers to maintain social order"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With public discontent rising in North Korea due to the country\u2019s economic difficulties, the Ministry of Social Security is focusing its complete attention on maintaining social order and stability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in North Korea on Monday, the State Affairs Commission \u2014 North Korea\u2019s highest executive organ \u2014 ordered the Ministry of Social Security late last month to stop criminals \u201cwho destroy social order.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Noteworthy is that the order called for party organizations to supplement Ministry of Social Security organs with squads composed of discharged soldiers to keep watch over people&#8217;s activities at night. It also called on party authorities to actively mobilize personnel from the paramilitary Worker-Peasant Red Guards for night time patrols.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relatedly, the Ministry of Social Security ordered its provincial, city and county branches to bolster the size of auxiliary squads largely composed of discharged soldiers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, in the case of the ministry\u2019s district branches and neighborhood police boxes in Chongjin, the auxiliary squads had been five to 10 men, but have now been enlarged to 15 to 20 men. That is to say, they have been supplemented with discharged soldiers between the ages of 25 and 35, as well as with ordinary young people.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42911\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42911\" style=\"width: 800px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42911\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police.jpg\" alt=\"Wonsan park north korean police ministry\" width=\"800\" height=\"712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police-696x619.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/11\/Wonsan-park-north-korean-police-472x420.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42911\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this undated file photograph, a group of North Korean security officers are seen at a park in Wonsan, Kangwon Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, discharged soldiers made up a considerable number of the new recruits. The ratio of discharged soldiers to ordinary young people was, generally speaking, nine to one or eight to two.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, recruits reportedly underwent strict screening during the selection process to ensure they met the authorities\u2019 standards, with screeners looking at their military service and current circumstances. The authorities mostly chose earnest individuals who follow the rules.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The squads \u2014 commonly called <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ttaettu<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 are usually mobilized to bolster various crackdowns among ordinary people, including those involved in street commerce. Essentially, the authorities are making active use of the squads to draw public ire away from the Ministry of Social Security and Ministry of State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The squads also leverage their own authority as much as they can to earn money during their crackdowns, even if it is just enough for a pack of smokes. Naturally enough, few North Koreans welcome the enlargement of these squads, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source further reported that most of the recently recruited squad members are trained discharged soldiers \u201cwho unconditionally followed orders in the military.\u201d He said a growing number of locals are expressing anxiety at news of the squads growing larger, complaining that the squads will &#8220;take even more&#8221; from them.<\/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%b6%81%ed%95%9c-%ec%82%ac%ed%9a%8c%ec%95%88%ec%a0%84-%ea%b7%9c%ec%b0%b0%eb%8c%80-%ed%99%95%ec%b6%a9-%eb%b2%94%ec%a3%84%ec%9e%90-%ed%99%9c%ea%b0%9c-%eb%aa%bb%ec%b9%98%ea%b2%8c-%ed%95%98\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With public discontent rising in North Korea due to the country\u2019s economic difficulties, the Ministry of Social Security is focusing its complete attention on maintaining social order and stability. 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