{"id":53153,"date":"2022-10-31T16:00:04","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T07:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53153"},"modified":"2022-10-31T14:52:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:52:18","slug":"chongjin-authorities-clamp-down-street-commerce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/chongjin-authorities-clamp-down-street-commerce\/","title":{"rendered":"Chongjin authorities clamp down on street commerce"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chongjin&#8217;s \u201cunified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior\u201d is using the present peak of the winter preparation season to ramp up their \u201cmop up\u201d war on street commerce, Daily NK has learned.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Thursday that the Chongjin branch of the unified command on non-socialist and anti-socialist behavior (hereinafter \u201cthe unified command\u201d) \u201chas been using the winter preparation period from mid October to mid- November\u201d to intensify their mop up operation against street merchants from Oct. 13, targeting peddlers \u201cselling winter preparation items in front of train stations, in alleyways and near markets.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He said the unified command has even mobilized additional personnel for the effort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the unified command is reportedly engaged in a \u201cmerciless\u201d crackdown on itinerant merchants everywhere except in markets, designating specific spots as major targets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those major targets include train stations like Chongjin Station, Sunam Station, Songpyong Station and Ranam Station, along with areas surrounding the city\u2019s markets, where street commerce is not permitted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>GRASSHOPPER MERCHANTS ARE A KEY TARGET OF CRACKDOWNS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the unified command is busting everyone caught in these areas selling cabbage, radish and other vegetables to make winter kimchi, as well as heating supplies like firewood and briquettes, arresting them and confiscating their wares.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMost of those busted are poor residents who cannot afford to buy a market stall and wander around selling things,\u201d said the source. \u201cWe call these people \u2018grasshopper merchants,\u2019 and they lead an indescribable wretched existence, living day-to-day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Even though Chongjin\u2019s unified command knows full well how difficult things are for such people, it has reportedly ordered an intense crackdown to \u201cshow people how the law does things,\u201d mobilizing not only additional police officers but even students from the Ministry of Social Security\u2019s political university who are in town for practical training.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Moreover, the source said the unified command is egging on enforcement personnel, calling on them to bust everyone regardless of circumstances and \u201cmercilessly mop them up,\u201d confiscating their wares, claiming that streetside merchants are vowing to defy authorities and \u201cmake their living with a spirit as tough as dog meat.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">About this merciless crackdown, streetside merchants complain that \u201cif they were really living high on the hog, they wouldn\u2019t be on the streets in the cold pulling handcarts with cabbages and radishes,\u201d and that \u201cthey have no choice but to [peddle goods on the street] because they\u2019re barely eking out a living and they have to prepare for winter, too.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ordinary people are reportedly slamming the unified command, blaming it for \u201cthreatening businesspeople engaged in commerce since it has nothing to do after arresting and disappearing all the people they busted for using Chinese-made mobile phones or watching South Korean films.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, about 40 residents of Chongjin were busted between Oct. 13 and 14, when the crackdown began in earnest, while many others are lying low after running off to avoid the sweep.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOne woman who was selling things while carrying a baby spilled all her wares and badly hurt her knee when she fell running with her wares on her head,\u201d said the source. \u201cBecause of this, she is having a tough time because she can\u2019t go out and sell things.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><a 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