{"id":54973,"date":"2023-05-10T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-05-10T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=54973"},"modified":"2023-05-10T10:35:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-10T01:35:45","slug":"north-korean-teenager-killed-during-burglary-musan-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-teenager-killed-during-burglary-musan-county\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korean teenager killed during burglary in Musan County"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A North Korean teenager was recently killed during a burglary in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A reporting partner in the province told Daily NK on Monday about the death of the 15-year-old high school student, which occurred last month. \u201cThe teenager was killed in a struggle with a burglar who was taking the family\u2019s belongings,\u201d the reporting partner said, speaking on condition of anonymity for security reasons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the reporting partner, Musan County has recently seen a rash of incidents in which passersby are taken to remote alleyways and robbed of anything valuable \u2014 and sometimes even their clothes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The homes of the better-off have become the main target of the burglars, who make off with whatever possessions families have managed to retain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe families reporting burglaries are generally among the well-to-do. That doesn\u2019t mean they have a lot of possessions worth stealing, but that they\u2019ve managed to keep food on the table,\u201d the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPublic living standards have deteriorated since the pandemic, and now families that can afford to have regular meals are regarded as affluent. Those families are the ones that robbers are singling out for their crimes.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Robbers reportedly have the audacity to enter residences when the occupants are home and hold a knife to their throat and demand they hand over their cash. In short, people driven to burglary by extreme financial difficulties have now upped the ante to armed robbery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe growing severity of these crimes is making people anxious, just like in that old proverb, \u2018He who will steal a pin will steal an ox.\u2019 It\u2019s gotten to the point that people are afraid to stay at home or go out on the street,\u201d the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Parents find teenager dead in their home\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The current mood is reflected by the recent killing of the teenager in Musan County, the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The teenager, who was home alone at the time, ran into the burglar during the break in. When the teenager attempted to defend his family\u2019s possessions, the burglar struck a fatal blow with a deadly weapon, the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When the teenager\u2019s parents returned home, they found his dead body and immediately notified the authorities. They also confirmed the disappearance of the home telephone, their son\u2019s mobile phone, their rice and some clothing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The death of their beloved son, their only child, in defense of their meager possessions has left the parents basically unable to function. The father of the deceased has taken to drink to wash away the pain, and the mother fainted on the spot and has been confined to bed since then.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the end, everything goes back to economic difficulties, and the government also bears responsibility for neglecting the issue. If the government had only provided people enough food to keep them from going hungry, this kind of tragic incident would never have happened,\u201d the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnless [the authorities] properly identify the cause of this crime and swiftly take preventive measures, we\u2019ll see even more gruesome incidents around the country in the days to come.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Musan County police have opened an investigation into the crime, but the criminal has not been apprehended yet, the reporting partner said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Translated by David Carruth. Edited by Robert Lauler.\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of reporting partners who live inside North Korea and China. Their identities remain anonymous due to security concerns. More information about Daily NK\u2019s reporting partner network and information gathering activities can be found on our FAQ page\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/faq\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/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\/20230508-2\/\"><i>Read in Korean<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A North Korean teenager was recently killed during a burglary in Musan County, North Hamgyong Province, Daily NK has learned. 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