{"id":61816,"date":"2024-11-15T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=61816"},"modified":"2026-04-06T13:55:59","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T04:55:59","slug":"n-korea-launches-major-crackdown-on-chinese-phones-along-border","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/n-korea-launches-major-crackdown-on-chinese-phones-along-border\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea launches major crackdown on Chinese phones along border"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities have initiated a major crackdown on Chinese phone users in North Hamgyong province, deploying state security teams to Hoeryong to enforce the ban. The campaign appears aimed at stemming the flow of information across the Chinese border, where people have used Chinese phones to communicate with the outside world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hoeryong, a city on the border with China, is home to many people who use Chinese phones for business, either arranging imports or handling remittances from defectors in South Korea for commission.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The dozen or so enforcers sent by North Hamgyong province\u2019s state security bureau will augment the state security agents already monitoring phone signals in Hoeryong to create a team of nearly 30 people who are policing the use of Chinese phones in the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The enforcers operate phone signal detectors at various times and locations to hunt down people using Chinese phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While dispatching the extra enforcement team, the provincial state security bureau stressed that the project\u2019s goal is to eradicate the practice of delivering money from outside the country to people on the inside.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The North Korean authorities have outlawed the delivery of remittances from South Korea and China and consider that an act of espionage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The arrival of the enforcement team from the provincial state security bureau is a source of anxiety for Chinese nationals in North Korea with Chinese bank accounts who earn commission on remittances.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The provincial state security bureau also declared that anybody who receives illegal funds from overseas or who engages in related activities will not be able to avoid legal consequences and that state security agents who fail to find offenders will be held accountable.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This last threat has galvanized state security agents to become even more vigilant in their hunt for users of Chinese phones.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Police join crackdown, sparking fear among border residents<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In connection with that, Daily NK recently reported that the Hoeryong police department had ordered officers to intensify their search for users of Chinese phones, while offering the incentive of special promotions for police officers with high numbers of arrests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cNot only state security officers but also police officers are beating the bushes to catch Chinese phone users. With so many state security agents on the case, people are very nervous they won\u2019t be able to avoid detection,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIn the past, there were certain spots where police officers and state security officers would use the phone signal detector, so all phone users needed to do was avoid those spots. But now, enforcers carry around portable phone signal detectors, so you never know when you might be caught.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The regime\u2019s large-scale crackdown on the use of Chinese phones is grim news for many North Koreans who fear their livelihood is in jeopardy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cPeople who use Chinese mobile phones and facilitate remittances from overseas aren\u2019t selling out their country \u2014 they\u2019re just trying to make a living. Many people struggle to come to terms with why the government is making things so hard for them,\u201d the source said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Hamgyong province\u2019s state security bureau plans to continue its crackdown against Chinese phones with the help of the extra enforcement team through the end of the year.<\/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\/20241111-2\/\"><em>Read in Korean<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities have initiated a major crackdown on Chinese phone users in North Hamgyong province, deploying state security teams to Hoeryong to enforce the ban. The campaign appears aimed at stemming the flow of information across the Chinese border, where people have used Chinese phones to communicate with the outside world. 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