{"id":50022,"date":"2021-12-02T10:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50022"},"modified":"2021-12-02T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T01:14:09","slug":"people-in-parts-of-yanggang-province-no-longer-have-access-to-tap-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/people-in-parts-of-yanggang-province-no-longer-have-access-to-tap-water\/","title":{"rendered":"People in parts of Yanggang Province no longer have access to tap water"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_43326\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43326\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43326\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377.jpg\" alt=\"hyesan director homeless gold smuggling explosions\" width=\"1200\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-1024x614.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-768x461.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-696x418.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-1068x641.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/01\/KakaoTalk_20180820_183415377-700x420.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-43326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view of Hyesan, in North Korea&#8217;s Yanggang Province. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>North Koreans living in parts of Yanggang Province, including Hyesan, have not had access to tap water since mid-November, a source in the province told Daily NK yesterday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile tap water was not available due to power outages in the past, it\u2019s very rare for tap water to be unavailable for such a long time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The source explained that tap water has usually been supplied to residents of Hyesan once or twice a month. From mid-November, however, there has not been enough water supplied for people to do laundry or even to drink.<\/p>\n<p>North Korean elites \u2013 the 5-10% of the population classified as government cadres and <em>donju<\/em>, or wealthy entrepreneurs \u2013 have long resorted to buying bottled water instead of relying on the country\u2019s tap water system.<\/p>\n<p>Ordinary North Koreans, meanwhile, typically use tap water for cooking and drinking. Consequently, the cutoff of tap water is a serious problem for people in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[People] are complaining about the issue, but the relevant government agency is simply emphasizing the [country\u2019s poor] electricity situation and the fact that it is winter,\u201d the source said, adding, \u201c[The agency] is avoiding the issue by telling people to \u2018endure things a little longer.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the shuttering of the North Korea-China border last year, Hyesan residents went down to the Yalu River at times designated by the authorities to gather drinking water or do their laundry. The closure of the border, however, has led to an end of this practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGetting water is just as important as acquiring food,\u201d the source said. \u201cThe authorities, however, are not taking any measures to improve the water shortage situation.\u201d<\/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%8b%9d%eb%9f%89%eb%82%9c%ec%97%90-%eb%ac%bc%ea%b3%a0%ec%83%9d%ea%b9%8c%ec%a7%80-%ec%96%91%ea%b0%95%eb%8f%84-%ec%9d%bc%eb%b6%80-%ed%95%9c-%eb%8b%ac%ec%a7%b8-%ec%88%98%eb%8f%97%eb%ac%bc-%ea%b3%b5\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans living in parts of Yanggang Province, including Hyesan, have not had access to tap water since mid-November, a source in the province told Daily NK yesterday. \u201cWhile tap water was not available due to power outages in the past, it\u2019s very rare for tap water to be unavailable for such a long time,\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":43402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1360,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-society","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.8) - 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