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Korea commends Storm Corps soldiers for defense of border during pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korea recently conducted an end-of-the year commendation ceremony for \u201cmodel warriors\u201d of the 11th Corps \u2014 the so-called \u201cStorm Corps\u201d \u2014 and border patrol troops.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Storm Corps has been tasked with surveillance and control of the people living along the China-North Korea border.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A source in North Hamgyong Province told Daily NK on Monday that the ceremony was held on Dec. 10 with about 50 commanders and soldiers in attendance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe event congratulated those who exercised an indomitable fighting spirit in the iron-clad defense of the border and celebrated the victory in the quarantine war,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said about 20 soldiers received commendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe government said these soldiers had brought about victorious progress in the defense of the border and significant results in the quarantine war,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the source, the authorities selected the model warriors if they \u201cboldly stopped\u201d illegal border hoppers or anyone else who approached one to two kilometers of the border \u2014 in accordance with combat orders issued with the government proclamation to close the border \u2014 and \u201chit the mark with their shots.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In a August 2020 proclamation, North Korea established a buffer zone one to two kilometers along the border and warned that unauthorized persons or animals that enter the buffer zone would be \u201cunconditionally fired upon.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since then, border guards have fired on people in the border region, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents, including the shooting of individuals who unknowingly entered the buffer zone in search of food. The order to fire upon people entering the zone still remains in place, according to the source.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the authorities consider soldiers who have actually fired upon intruders as \u201cpersonnel who defended border guard posts and strongholds in a model way and delayed incidents by detecting phenomena and problems in a timely manner in a wartime-like situation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That is, they are soldiers \u201cwith a clear ideology who defended border guard posts during the difficult period, namely, the quarantine war on COVID-19.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In fact, North Korean authorities bestowed Order of the National Flag Second Class medals on the soldiers, as well as unit commendations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unit political committees were reportedly tasked with bestowing the awards.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities also reportedly inducted the commended soldiers into the Workers&#8217; Party and highlighted how model warriors would receive priority admission into whichever university, officer academy or military college they wished to attend.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, the source said the mood among the officers and soldiers who attended the ceremony was less-than-festive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They wore expressions that seemingly expressed rage at the soldiers who shot people no different from their loving parents or siblings.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In particular, some of the officers and soldiers said the awards were issued \u201cfor shooting and killing not the enemy, but people who are like your own flesh and blood,\u201d said the source.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThey called it a very inhumane award, and the mood wasn\u2019t happy,&#8221; he added.\u00a0<\/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\/20221227-4\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea recently conducted an end-of-the year commendation ceremony for \u201cmodel warriors\u201d of the 11th Corps \u2014 the so-called \u201cStorm Corps\u201d \u2014 and border patrol troops.\u00a0 The Storm Corps has been tasked with surveillance and control of the people living along the China-North Korea border. 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