COVID-19 and the Military (Part 2): “1 Thermometer Per Company”.Soldiers and Families Struggle to Cope with Harsh Military Quarantine Measures
2021.03.16
A thin young man, a military officer, buying goods at a market. Photographed in Hyesan City, Ryanggang Province, in August, 2013 (ASIAPRESS)
◆Burning mugwort to sterilize, soldiers placed in quarantine with just a cough
As soldiers live together for long periods of time, the military environment is highly conducive to the spread of coronavirus. Since last February, the Kim Jong-un regime has strictly controlled the military’s contact with the general public by forbidding soldiers to leave their units. It has been more than a year since the strict coronavirus countermeasures began. So what are the North Korean authorities military coronavirus measures now? To find out, our reporting partner contacted military officials. (
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＜Inside N. Korea＞Trade with China Set to Resume in March with Fertilizer Imports as Top Priority
2021.03.04
(Photo) Both sides of the Tumen River are lined with barbed wire fence. Rason City, as photographed from the Chinese side of the border by ISHIMARU Jiro.
◆ Trade Resumption Dependent on Coronavirus in China
North Korea has begun to work toward the resumption of trade with China in March. The Chinese border was closed at the end of January last year to prevent the influx of coronavirus by severely restricting the flow of people and goods. But, in the midst of worsening shortages and economic paralysis, will Kim Jong-un s regime begin to ease its excessive anti-corruption measures? (
North Korea’s Second Wave? (2) Faced with Starvation, Soldiers Stuck on Base Plead to be Quarantined with Better-Fed COVID Patients
2020.08.06
(Photo) Soldiers live in groups and are often malnourished, leaving them vulnerable to infectious diseases. Photograph taken in the suburbs of Pyongyang by Jang Jung-gil in August 2008 (ASIAPRESS)
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Continued from part 1) What is the coronavirus situation in North Korea? Reporting partners from Musan County and Hoeryong City in North Hamkyung Province, as well as from across Ryanggang Province, reported the following:
“Officials are claiming that, ‘the coronavirus is not spreading’. Even if you ask a hospital official in secret, they will reply that there are no cases in the region. Rumor has it that the recent outbreak in the southern part of the country has led to deaths, but there is no way to confirm it.”
＜Inside N. Korea＞ “City of Fear”: State Security Command Deployed from Capital as Economic Deterioration Gives Rise to Drug Trafficking, Prostitution, and Organized Crime
2020.09.03
(Photo) A soldier inspecting residents as they enter a Pyongyang subway station. People who are deemed to be dressed too “shabbily” are not allowed to enter. Photographed in June 2011 in the Daesung District of Pyongyang by Koo Kwang-ho (ASIAPRESS)
◆ Ministry of State Security Command deployed to Hoeryong City
The North Korean authorities reportedly deployed the Ministry of State Security Command to Hoeryong City, North Hamkyung Province in early August in an attempt to clamp down on crime in the area. Over the last month of the crackdown, there has apparently been a large number of arrests, as the authorities have sought to root out organized crime and combat drug traficking and prostitution. Reporting partners across various regions of the country contributed to this report.