{"id":50826,"date":"2022-03-03T13:57:46","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T04:57:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50826"},"modified":"2022-03-03T14:06:55","modified_gmt":"2022-03-03T05:06:55","slug":"north-korea-uses-new-quarantine-facility-yomju-county-store-imported-goods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korea-uses-new-quarantine-facility-yomju-county-store-imported-goods\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea uses new quarantine facility in Yomju County to store imported goods"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have been storing many recently imported items at a new quarantine facility in Yomju County, North Pyongan Province. The authorities appear to be using the new facility because of the lack of capacity at the Uiju quarantine facility.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Located near Sinuiju, the Yomju facility is apparently good for shipping items to Pyongyang and other interior regions after quarantine processing as it is located on transportation routes to the North Korean capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK has not been able to ascertain how big the facility is, or whether it is fully equipped with quarantine-related equipment and systems.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities recently ordered trade companies to import steel products for construction \u2014 including rebars and steel plates \u2014 to build Yonpo Greenhouse Farm, which will be built in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK understands that the authorities have already imported about 100 tons of steel supplies.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Attending the groundbreaking ceremony for the farm on Feb. 18, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said that to ensure the people have fresh vegetables all year round, the nation should build many greenhouses and &#8220;modernize, concentrate, and industrialize&#8221; vegetable production. He also called the Yonpo farm the most important construction project of this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accordingly, North Korea appears to be concentrating many of its imports on construction supplies to complete Yonpo Greenhouse Farm within this year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While issuing the order to import steel products to trade companies, North Korean authorities warned that those that cannot meet their set quotas will have their trade certificates \u2014 or <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">waku<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2014 revoked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The organizations have no choice but to meet the import quotas because the authorities designate quotas for each trading company, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, because construction supplies are big and expensive, the authorities tasked North Korea\u2019s leading trading companies with the imports rather than small-and-medium sized firms.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK investigation has determined that the Ministry of State Security\u2019s Korea Sinhung Trading Corporation and the military\u2019s Kangsong Trading Company are importing the steel products.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have also imported materials for making military uniforms, the source said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The uniforms are for soldiers set to participate in ceremonies to mark the Apr. 15 birthday of late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung. The source said the list of imported items included fabric dyed the color of North Korean military uniforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because the uniforms are purely ceremonial, the authorities seem to have imported only a small amount of fabric, he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another source told Daily NK that the country is importing a lot of ceremonial items, supplies for government rations, and gifts ahead of the Apr. 15 holiday. She said the most recently imported items have been things for Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday or construction supplies.<\/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\/%e5%8c%97-%ec%9d%98%ec%a3%bc%eb%b0%a9%ec%97%ad%ec%8b%9c%ec%84%a4-%ed%8f%ac%ed%99%94-%eb%8c%80%eb%b9%84-%ed%8f%89%ec%95%88%eb%b6%81%eb%8f%84-%ec%97%bc%ec%a3%bc%ea%b5%b0%ec%97%90-%eb%b0%a9%ec%97%ad\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have been storing many recently imported items at a new quarantine facility in Yomju County, North Pyongan Province. 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