{"id":53233,"date":"2022-11-11T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T09:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=53233"},"modified":"2022-11-10T08:50:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T23:50:38","slug":"outrage-north-korea-upon-learning-about-government-missile-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/outrage-north-korea-upon-learning-about-government-missile-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage in N. Korea upon learning about government&#8217;s missile budget"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Koreans living along the country\u2019s border with China are outraged after learning of US expert analysis that their government spent tens of millions of dollars to launch missiles in early November.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province said Monday that rumors are quickly going around the city of Hoeryong that North Korea spent USD 70 million to launch missiles on Nov. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople who have heard the news cannot hide their shock and anger,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Border residents who contact the outside world appear to be spreading the rumors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>FOOD SHORTAGES FUEL PEOPLE&#8217;S FRUSTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the number of food-poor families on the rise due to food shortages, many people are aghast on hearing the news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the source said locals have unleashed a torrent of criticism after learning just how much money their leaders sunk into the Nov. 2 launch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey retort that it makes no sense to launch expensive missiles into the void while taking no measures to deal with food shortages,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, the source quoted one Hoeryong resident as saying, \u201cThey tell us to ride it out a bit more, even if that means tightening our belts, saying it\u2019s because of the Americans that we\u2019re struggling.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This Hoeryong resident went on, saying, \u201cUltimately, looking at [the authorities\u2019] behavior, they are basically saying they don\u2019t care if the common folk live or die. I\u2019m furious that I have to live here.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Chongjin resident also laid into the authorities, complaining, \u201cPeople are starving even though it\u2019s autumn, so I don\u2019t understand how they could fire all that money into the air. If the rumor is true, it shows that the propaganda about \u2018politics for the people\u2019 is an outright lie.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Daily NK\u2019s source, meanwhile, claimed that, \u201cAlthough it\u2019s true that military force guarantees the state\u2019s security, people who are struggling to make ends meet can\u2019t understand the justifications behind launching USD 70 million into the sky in one day.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Quoting RAND Corporation Senior Researcher Bruce Bennett, Radio Free Asia (RFA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/korea\/cost-11032022170409.html\">recently reported<\/a> that North Korea spent nearly USD 70 million firing 25 missiles over a roughly 10 hour period on Nov. 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">RFA explained that USD 70 million roughly equals North Korea\u2019s monthly imports from China. That amount also equals annual rice imports from China prior to COVID-19, the outlet said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Relatedly, Rodong Sinmun ran a report on Nov. 7 titled, \u201cReport of General Staff of KPA on Its Military Operations Corresponding to US-South Korea Combined Air Drill,\u201d in which it detailed its missile launches between Nov. 2 and 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cAll the corresponding military operations have successfully achieved the planned purposes and the high performance of the KPA operations has been satisfactorily assessed,\u201d the report quoted the General Staff of the Korean People&#8217;s Army as saying. \u201cThe KPA General Staff once again clarifies that it will continue to correspond with all the anti-DPRK war drills of the enemy with the sustained, resolute and overwhelming practical military measures.\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 href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20221107-6\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Koreans living along the country\u2019s border with China are outraged after learning of US expert analysis that their government spent tens of millions of dollars to launch missiles in early November.\u00a0 A Daily NK source in North Hamgyong Province said Monday that rumors are quickly going around the city of Hoeryong that North Korea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"featured_media":53035,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,646,1360],"tags":[222,273,1078],"class_list":["post-53233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-military","category-society","tag-border","tag-corruption","tag-missiles"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Outrage in N. 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