{"id":61705,"date":"2024-11-07T09:00:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T00:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=61705"},"modified":"2024-11-06T11:52:17","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T02:52:17","slug":"criticism-of-kims-sister-leads-to-arrests-disappearances-in-haeju","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/criticism-of-kims-sister-leads-to-arrests-disappearances-in-haeju\/","title":{"rendered":"Criticism of Kim&#8217;s sister leads to arrests, disappearances in Haeju"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two Haeju residents were recently detained by the Ministry of State Security for allegedly making critical comments in private conversation about Kim Yo Jong&#8217;s statement regarding drones over Pyongyang.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a source in South Hwanghae province recently, their private conversation was overheard by an<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0informer for the local branch of the Ministry of State Security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The authorities took issue with several politically-charged comments the two individuals allegedly made. In private conversation, they expressed concern about recent tensions with South Korea, saying that \u201cthere must be a war for this country to collapse quickly, and that if there were a war, everyone would run to South Korea or China.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two people also expressed opinions about the North Korean government\u2019s erasing of the concepts of \u201cunification\u201d and \u201cnation\u201d in propaganda materials. Comparing now with the times of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, they allegedly said that \u201ceveryone wants reunification, but the government no longer wants it. We\u2019re left with half a country, and we\u2019ve lost hope.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"font-claude-message  pr-4  md:pr-9  relative  leading-[1.65rem]  [&amp;_pre&gt;div]:bg-bg-300  [&amp;_.ignore-pre-bg&gt;div]:bg-transparent  [&amp;_pre]:-mr-4  md:[&amp;_pre]:-mr-9\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"grid-cols-1 grid gap-2.5 [&amp;_&gt;_*]:min-w-0\">\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\">The detained residents also allegedly mocked Kim Yo Jong&#8217;s leadership role and criticized her focus on military matters instead of economic and public welfare issues during the current hardships.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Thanks to the informer, all these comments were recorded in the Ministry of State Security\u2019s reports.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The day after the pair\u2019s arrest, the families of the two individuals suddenly disappeared.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cLocals were astounded when they woke up one morning and both families were suddenly gone,\u201d the source said. \u201cLocal residents who knew the two families are worried they might get caught up in this incident as well.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHaeju is close to South Korea, so incidents like this sometimes occur. Another Haeju resident was recently arrested by the Ministry of State Security after he criticized the state while drinking at a private gathering.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Meanwhile, the Haeju branch of the Ministry of State Security has established plans to increase its number of informants and bolster surveillance of city residents, the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Daily NK works with a network of sources in North Korea, China, and elsewhere. For security reasons, their identities remain anonymous.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><em>Please send any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"whitespace-pre-wrap break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/20241104-1\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Haeju residents were recently detained by the Ministry of State Security for allegedly making critical comments in private conversation about Kim Yo Jong&#8217;s statement regarding drones over Pyongyang. According to a source in South Hwanghae province recently, their private conversation was overheard by an\u00a0informer for the local branch of the Ministry of State Security. 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