{"id":50125,"date":"2021-12-16T14:35:04","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50125"},"modified":"2021-12-16T14:47:18","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:47:18","slug":"yanggang-province-security-agency-ordered-root-out-every-last-user-chinese-mobile-phones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/yanggang-province-security-agency-ordered-root-out-every-last-user-chinese-mobile-phones\/","title":{"rendered":"Yanggang Province security agency ordered to &#8220;root out every last user of Chinese mobile phones&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean security authorities are charging anyone caught using the Chinese messaging app WeChat in the Sino-Korean border region as spies, regardless of why they were using the app.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in Yanggang Province on Wednesday, the provincial branch of the Ministry of State Security received an order early this month to \u201croot out every last user of Chinese-made mobile phones.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The order included instructions to \u201cunconditionally\u201d level espionage charges on suspects if they have installed WeChat on their phones. This suggests the authorities intend to thoroughly stop the use of WeChat, which they believe people have long used to communicate with the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities are also ferreting out whoever the suspects have been chatting with. That is, security agents are running ops by using confiscated mobile phones to continue WeChat conversations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, a remittance \u201cbroker\u201d in Hyesan \u2014 a woman in her 40s identified by her family name of Choe \u2014 was arrested on Dec. 3 as she attempted to hand money to a Ministry of State Security operative.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_42496\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42496\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42496\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc190\uc804\ud654-\ud734\ub300\ud3f0-696x464.jpg\" alt=\"Merchant cell phone\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc190\uc804\ud654-\ud734\ub300\ud3f0-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc190\uc804\ud654-\ud734\ub300\ud3f0-696x464-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/2019-\ubd81\ub18d\ucd0c_3-\uc0b4\ub9bc\uc9d1-\uc21c\ucc9c-\uc7a5\ub9c8\ub2f9-\uc7a5\uc0ac\uafbc-\uc190\uc804\ud654-\ud734\ub300\ud3f0-696x464-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In this undated file photo, a North Korean merchant is seen using a cell phone at a local market. \/ Image: Daily NK<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ministry agents then began sending messages to Choe\u2019s WeChat contacts, posing as a remittance broker. As they exchanged messages, the agents hoped to confirm whether Choe just moved money or whether she also leaked domestic information overseas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said they located the people who left text or voice messages that they received money and confiscated their cash. This means they are using a dragnet to sweep up accomplices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, they are reportedly confirming the identities of chat partners. In Hyesan, the city branch of the Ministry of State Security now has a list of dozens of defectors who reside in South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thus, if you get busted for using a Chinese-made mobile phone with WeChat, both you and your connections will likely get hurt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the authorities have recently been employing more diverse means of ferreting out users of Chinese-made mobile phones and their accomplices. This has locals on edge, he said.<\/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%9c%84%ec%b1%97-%ed%86%b5%ed%95%b4-%ec%9e%90%ec%97%b0%ec%8a%a4%eb%9f%bd%ea%b2%8c-%eb%8c%80%ed%99%94-%e5%8c%97-%eb%b3%b4%ec%9c%84%eb%b6%80-%ec%88%98%eb%b2%95%ec%97%90-%e5%8d%97%ed%83%88%eb%b6%81\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean security authorities are charging anyone caught using the Chinese messaging app WeChat in the Sino-Korean border region as spies, regardless of why they were using the app. According to a Daily NK source in Yanggang Province on Wednesday, the provincial branch of the Ministry of State Security received an order early this month [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":50126,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,649],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50125","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 v28.1) - 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