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  1. [verwijderd] 2 oktober 2021 02:44
    North Korea Forces Hungry Citizens to Pay for Propaganda Murals

    People grumble that they are being made to pay to idolize the Kim family when they cannot even afford food.

    Rural citizens in North Korea are angry that their government is building mosaic murals at their expense that idolize the ruling Kim family at a time when people are struggling to find their next meal, sources in the country told RFA.

    Chronically short of food, the country of 25 million has seen starvation deaths in the wake of the closure of the Sino-Korean border and suspension of trade with China in January 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Authorities told the public that they are on their own to find food, RFA reported previously.

    Giant murals depicting leader Kim Jong Un’s father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il; grandfather and national founder Kim Il Sung; and the eldest Kim’s first wife, Kim Jong Suk, are commonplace in the country where the members of the Kim family enjoy almost god-like status due to a firmly entrenched cult of personality.

    The murals are a common feature of major thoroughfares in cities, but the government is ordering them in the countryside for the first time, sources said.

    “These days, the people are all complaining about this idolization project, which must be completed by the end of October,” a resident of Musan county in the northeastern province of North Hamgyong told RFA’s Korean Service Sept. 23.

    As with almost all public projects, the government is forcing local citizens to donate their time, money or materials for the murals.

    “With this mural installation, the people’s dissatisfaction with the country has reached its peak,” the source said.

    “The residents are suffering from major livelihood difficulties but now we have to pay 20,000 won (U.S. $3.28) in ‘loyalty funds’ per household, and we must also provide cement and prepare meals for the construction workers,” said the source.

    The design of the new murals is still a secret. The source said nobody knows if the three figures will be depicted as usual or if they will present a new design.

    “But nobody cares about the design in these difficult times, because they have more important things to worry about,” the source said.

    “Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting border closure, most people are at the crossroads of life and death every day due to these food shortages. In such an emergency, the people are outraged that the government is burdening them by extorting money for the murals,” said the source.

    Another source, a party official from Chunggang county in the northern province of Chagang, told RFA that the collection of funds in his jurisdiction has begun.

    “The murals will be built at the borders of each county and at the borders between each district,” said the official, who requested anonymity to speak freely.

    “We already have mosaic murals at several industrial sites in Changang province, including timber processing facilities in Chasong and Kopung counties, and mines and timber processing plants in the cities of Kanggye and Yanggye, so I don’t understand why they are telling us to build more at the boundaries of districts,” said the second source.

    North Korea’s government has told citizens to prepare for a “second Arduous March,” referring to the 1990’s North Korean famine which killed as much as 10 percent of the country by some estimates. The second source said citizens in Chagang have begun referring to the current crisis that way.

    “Many residents are perplexed because the state is passing on the cost of installing idolization murals to the residents instead of taking care of their livelihood at a time like this,” said the second source.

    “The people say things like, the murals aren’t going to give us rice, and the government is against the people, making us do this project to deceive us. The people must pay to idolize our leaders when they cannot even get basic food and medicine,” the second source said.

    www.rfa.org/english/news/korea/murals...
  2. [verwijderd] 4 oktober 2021 10:09
    North Korea threatens top UN body after emergency meeting

    SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA -- North Korea has warned the UN Security Council against criticizing the isolated country's missile program, in a statement Sunday that included unspecified threats against the international body.

    During an emergency closed-door meeting of the top UN body Friday, France circulated a proposed statement that expresses concern over North Korea's missile launches and calls on it to fully implement council resolutions that ban its ballistic missile firings.

    On Sunday, Jo Chol Su, a senior North Korean Foreign Ministry official, warned the UN council it "had better think what consequences it will bring in the future in case it tries to encroach upon the sovereignty" of North Korea.

    Jo also accused the UN body of a "double-dealing standard" because it doesn't equally take issue with similar weapons tests by the United States and its allies, according to the statement circulated by state media.

    After a six-month hiatus, North Korea resumed missile tests in September, launching newly developed missiles including nuclear-capable weapons that place South Korea and Japan, both key U.S. allies, within their striking distances. The country still offered conditional talks with South Korea, in what some experts call an attempt to pressure Seoul to persuade Washington to relax crippling economic sanctions on it.

    Under multiple UN Security Council resolutions, North Korea is banned from engaging in any ballistic missile activities as the country aims to mount nuclear weapons on its ballistic missiles. North Korea has argued its nuclear program is meant to cope with U.S. military threats, though Washington has said it has no hostile intent toward Pyongyang.

    Despite its recent launches, North Korea maintains a 2018 self-imposed moratorium on a long-range missile directly threatening the American homeland, a sign that it still wants to keep alive chances for future diplomacy with the U.S.

    U.S. officials have urged North Korea to return to talks without preconditions, but the North has argued it won't do so unless the Americans drop their "hostile policy," in an apparent reference to the sanctions and regular military drills between Washington and Seoul.

    www.ctvnews.ca/world/north-korea-thre...
  3. [verwijderd] 4 oktober 2021 10:16
    Kim Yo-Jong is on track to become world’s most dangerous woman

    A figure we knew nothing about a few years ago is rapidly becoming the most powerful woman in the world – and potentially very dangerous.

    Not too long ago, even the most devoted watchers of North Korean politics knew little to nothing about Kim Yo-jong.

    The sister of dictator Kim Jong-un and youngest child of the hermit nation’s late Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-il, had spent her life in the shadows until she appeared at her father’s funeral in 2011.

    Less than a decade later, her triumph on the world stage at the Winter Olympics in South Korea demonstrated her meteoric rise through the often-brutal ranks of Pyongyang’s leadership.

    Recent major developments indicate she’s grown that power and is the likely heir to the North Korean leadership – whether her brother likes it or not.

    www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/...
  4. [verwijderd] 5 oktober 2021 10:48
    SLIM SHADY Kim Jong-Un sleuths claim he’s using a body double as ultra-svelte figure appears in public after health fears

    NEW pictures of a slim Kim Jong-Un have ignited bizarre rumours that the despot is using a body double.

    The North Korean leader has sparked health fears in recent months after shedding more than 40 pounds as commentators questioned whether his weight loss is intentional or due to a grave illness.

    Fresh images of a trimmer Kim sporting a beige suit with a serious look on his face have now led to conspiracy theorists claiming he has been replaced by a lookalike.

    "Kim Jong-Un has been replaced by a lookalike," one online sleuth wrote on Reddit.

    But many were quick to shoot down the whacky claim, saying Kim looks the same - just slimmer.

    One replied: "He lost that baby fat and is showing his grown man face?"

    Another added: "I was thinking the ears where identical.

    "So identical in fact that I’m convinced this is just a slimmer, healthier Kim."

    It's not the first time the 37-year-old has been accused of using a body double, however.

    Last year, photos of Kim released 20 days after he mysteriously disappeared caused rumours the despot used a lookalike as some speculated the double could have been standing in due to the leader's poor health, or even death.

    Sleuths pointed to slight differences in Kim's nose, wrinkles, teeth, cupid's bow, hairline and ears.

    The latest body double claims come after it was reported North Korea is hunting for a Kim successor amid fears the tyrant's health is failing after his sudden weight loss.

    Starving North Koreans are increasingly worried about the health of "emaciated" Kim in the wake of his dramatic weight loss after he used to top 22 stone, according to state media.

    And a prominent member of Kim's entourage has now been tasked to find a successor for the dictator as rumours mount over his failing health.

    Rumours of Kim's ill health have snowballed thanks to mounting circumstantial evidence.

    'SLIM KIM'

    The National Intelligence Service said it is believed Kim hit a whopping 22 stone last year after gaining around a stone a year since coming to power in 2011.

    According to one source, Kim's cronies said he gained weight due to work-related stress, drinking, heavy smoking and a high-fat diet.

    At 5ft 7in, Kim has long been considered obese, after it was revealed he had piled on the pounds amid dire food shortages in his rogue state.

    He has struggled with his health as a result of his spiralling weight and his fridge-raiding lifestyle.

    Kim has a legendary appetite, apparently gorging himself on Swiss cheese, caviar and lobster while drinking multiple bottles of wine in a night.

    And last year, he missed North Korea’s national holiday on April 15 and he was out of the public eye for a lengthy period of time.

    Kim only resurfaced after several weeks amid frenzied speculation that he had died.

    A new "slim Kim" emerged this year in June - sparking a flurry of speculation about possible gastric band surgery or a grave illness.

    www.thesun.co.uk/news/16301643/kim-jo...
  5. [verwijderd] 8 oktober 2021 08:40
    WHO to ship COVID-19 medical supplies to North Korea

    Move is a possible sign that North Korea is easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic border closures.

    The World Health Organization (WHO) says it is working to ship COVID-19 medical supplies into North Korea.

    In a monitoring report this week, the WHO said it had started the shipment of essential COVID-19 medical supplies through the Chinese port of Dalian for “strategic stockpiling and further dispatch” to North Korea.

    No further details were available.

    The move is a possible sign that North Korea is easing one of the world’s strictest pandemic border closures in order to receive outside help.

    Describing its anti-virus campaign as a matter of “national existence,” North Korea had severely restricted cross-border traffic and trade for the past two years despite the strain on its already crippled economy.

    In August, United Nations human rights investigators asked the North Korean government to clarify allegations that it ordered troops to shoot on sight any trespassers who crossed its borders in violation of its pandemic closing.

    North Korea has yet to report a single case of COVID-19. But outside experts doubt the country could have escaped an illness that has touched nearly every other place in the world.

    Authorities in Pyongyang have told the WHO it has tested 40,700 people for the coronavirus up until September 23 and that all the tests were negative.

    Those tested in the last week reported included 94 people with influenza-like illnesses or other symptoms and 573 healthcare workers.

    Experts say an epidemic in North Korea could be devastating, considering its poor healthcare system and chronic lack of medical supplies.

    But despite implementing severe border controls, North Korea has not shown the same kind of urgency for vaccines.

    The United Nations Children’s Fund or UNICEF, which procures and delivers vaccines on behalf of the UN-backed COVAX distribution programme, said last month that North Korea proposed its allotment of about three million shots be sent to severely affected countries instead.

    The vaccines on offer were developed by China’s Sinovac.

    Analysts say North Korea could be uneasy about international monitoring requirements that would be attached to the vaccines it receives from the outside world.

    Some also say North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has domestic political motivations to tighten the country’s self-imposed lockdown as he tries to solidify his grip on power while navigating perhaps his toughest moment after nearly 10 years of rule.

    Others say North Korea may also be angling to receive more effective jabs amid questions about the Sinovac vaccine’s effectiveness.

    UNICEF says the North Korean health ministry has said it will continue to communicate with COVAX over future vaccines.

    www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/7/who-...
  6. [verwijderd] 8 oktober 2021 16:28
    Kim Jong-Un: A European Leader for North Korea? | Secrets of a Supreme Leader | N. Korea Documentary

    He’s the world’s most enigmatic and dangerous dictator, cultivating an air of secrecy around himself and never giving interviews. But what do we really know about Supreme Leader and ’Rocket Man’, Kim Jung Un? Posing as tourists, we travelled to Pyongyang to experience life under his autocracy.

    youtu.be/gBBI3DtIcuo
  7. [verwijderd] 12 oktober 2021 09:29
    North Korea: Kim Jong-Un vows to build 'invincible military'

    North Korea's leader has vowed to build an "invincible military" in the face of hostile policies from the United States, according to state media.

    Kim Jong-un added that weapons development was for self-defence, and not to start a war.

    Mr Kim made the comments at a rare defence exhibition while flanked by a variety of large missiles.

    North Korea has recently tested what it claims to be new hypersonic and anti-aircraft missiles.

    The South meanwhile has tested its own submarine-launched weapon.

    In his speech at the Self-Defence 2021 exhibition held in Pyongyang, which featured an array of military hardware including tanks, Mr Kim addressed the military build-up in the South and said that North Korea did not want to fight its neighbour.

    "We are not discussing war with anyone, but rather to prevent war itself and to literally increase war deterrence for the protection of national sovereignty," he said.

    Mr Kim also accused the US of stoking tensions between North and South Korea.

    He added that there was "no behavioural basis" to make North Korea believe that the US was not hostile.

    The US under President Joe Biden has repeatedly said it is willing to talk to North Korea, but has demanded Pyongyang give up nuclear weapons before sanctions can be eased. North Korea has so far refused.

    North Korea's missile and nuclear programme

    North Korea is banned from testing ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons by the UN. It has repeatedly flouted these bans and has been heavily sanctioned as a result.

    Last month, the UN atomic agency said North Korea appeared to have restarted a reactor which could produce plutonium for nuclear weapons, calling it a "deeply troubling" development.

    North Korea has always maintained that it needs to continue developing weapons for defence.

    But observers say it is also being used as a way to rally the impoverished country. North Korea is thought to be in dire economic straits after authorities shut borders to stop the spread of Covid-19.

    Crucial supplies like food and fuel have been cut off from China, North Korea's main political and economic ally.

    www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58880207
  8. [verwijderd] 13 oktober 2021 18:08
    Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea

    The old habits of secrecy haven't left Kim Kuk-song.

    It has taken weeks of discussions to get an interview with him, and he's still worried about who might be listening. He wears dark glasses for the camera, and only two of our team know what we think is his real name.

    Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies. The agencies were the "eyes, ears, and brains of the Supreme Leader", he says.

    He claims he kept their secrets, sent assassins to kill their critics, and even built an illegal drugs-lab to help raise "revolutionary" funds.

    Now, the former senior colonel has decided to tell his story to the BBC. It's the first time such a senior military officer from Pyongyang has given an interview to a major broadcaster.

    Mr Kim was the "reddest of the red", he says in an exclusive interview. A loyal communist servant.

    But rank and loyalty do not guarantee your safety in North Korea.

    He had to flee for his life in 2014, and since then he has been living in Seoul and working for South Korean intelligence.

    He depicts a North Korean leadership desperate to make cash by any means possible, from drug deals to weapons sales in the Middle East and Africa. He told us about the strategy behind decisions being made in Pyongyang, the regime's attacks on South Korea, and claims that the secretive country's spy and cyber networks can reach around the world.

    The BBC cannot independently verify his claims, but we have managed to verify his identity and, where possible, found corroborating evidence for his allegations.

    We contacted the North Korean embassy in London and the mission in New York for a statement, but have so far received no response.

    A 'terror task force'

    Mr Kim's last few years in North Korea's top intelligence unit offer some insight into the early career of the current leader, Kim Jong-Un. He paints a picture of a young man eager to prove himself as a "warrior".

    North Korea formed a new spy agency called the Reconnaissance General Bureau in 2009, just as Kim Jong-Un was being groomed to succeed his father, who had suffered a stroke. Chief of the bureau was Kim Yong-chol, who remains one of the North Korean leader's most trusted aides.

    The colonel said that in May 2009, an order came down the chain of command to form a "terror task force" to kill a former North Korean official who had defected to the South.

    "For Kim Jong-Un, it was an act to satisfy the supreme leader (his father)," Mr Kim says.

    "A 'Terror Force' was formed to assassinate Hwang Jang-yop in secret. I personally directed and carried out the work."

    Hwang Jang-yop was once one of the country's most powerful officials. He had been a key architect of North Korean policy. His defection to the South in 1997 had never been forgiven. Once in Seoul, he was extremely critical of the regime, and the Kim family wanted revenge.

    But the assassination attempt went wrong. Two North Korean army majors are still serving 10 year prison sentences in Seoul for the plot. Pyongyang always denied it was involved and claimed South Korea had staged the attempt.

    Mr Kim's testimony would suggest otherwise.

    "In North Korea, terrorism is a political tool that protects the highest dignity of Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-Un", he says. "It was a gift to demonstrate the successor's loyalty to his great leader."

    There was more to come. A year later, in 2010, a South Korean navy ship, the Cheonan, sank after being hit by a torpedo. Forty-six lives were lost. Pyongyang has always denied its involvement.

    Then, in November that year, dozens of North Korean artillery shells hit the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Two soldiers and two civilians were killed.

    There has been much debate over who gave the order for that attack. Mr Kim said he was "not directly involved in the operations on the Cheonan or Yeonpyeong Island", but they "were not a secret to RGB officers, it was treated with pride, something to boast about".

    And those operations would not have happened without orders from the top, he says.

    "In North Korea, even when a road is built, it cannot be done without the direct approval of the Supreme Leader. The sinking of the Cheonan and the shelling of Yeonpyeong Island are not a thing that could be carried out by subordinates.

    "This kind of military work is designed and implemented by Kim Jong-Un's special orders. It's an achievement."
    'Spy in the Blue House'

    Mr Kim says one of his responsibilities in the North was developing strategies to deal with South Korea. The aim was "political subordination".

    That involved having eyes and ears on the ground.

    "There are many cases where I directed spies to go to South Korea and performed operative missions through them. Many cases", he claims.

    He doesn't elaborate, but he does give us one intriguing example.

    "There was a case where a North Korean agent was dispatched and worked at the Presidential Office in South Korea and returned to North Korea safely. That was in the early 1990s. After working for the Blue House (South Korea's Presidential Office) for five to six years, he came back safely and worked at the 314 Liaison Office of the Labor Party.

    "I can tell you that North Korean operatives are playing an active role in various civil society organisations as well as important institutions in South Korea."

    The BBC has no way of verifying this claim.

    www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58838834
  9. [verwijderd] 15 oktober 2021 10:49
    North Korea's Kim Jong-un faces 'paradise on Earth' lawsuit

    North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un should pay damages for a 1959-84 scheme that saw more than 90,000 people move there from Japan, a Tokyo court is hearing.

    The repatriation campaign was later condemned by some as "state kidnapping".

    Five people who took part and later escaped the North have demanded 100m yen ($880,000; £640,000) each.

    They do not expect Mr Kim either to appear or to pay up, but hope a ruling may help in future negotiations.

    Thousands of Koreans moved to Japan - many against their will - during its colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910 to 1945. The vast majority of people involved in the resettlement scheme were ethnic Koreans being sold a vision of the "Fatherland" as "paradise" - and some Japanese spouses went with them.

    Both North Korea and Japan supported the campaign.

    The North was desperate to rebuild after being ravaged by World War Two and the Korean War.

    Japan regarded the Koreans as outsiders and was happy to help with their relocation.

    The combination of discrimination in Japan and North Korean propaganda promising an idyllic life of free healthcare, education and jobs in the homeland was a huge temptation.

    For many the reality was forced manual labour in farms, mines or factories, violation of human rights, and an inability to leave.

    The court case has a symbolic feel - the five plaintiffs accept that.

    The four ethnic Koreans, and the Japanese wife of a Korean who joined the programme, all later defected back to Japan.

    The plaintiffs' lawyer, Kenji Fukuda, has said: "We don't expect North Korea to accept a decision nor pay the damages."

    But if they win "we hope that the Japanese government would be able to negotiate with North Korea".

    The countries have no formal diplomatic relations.

    Mr Kim is named as he is the current leader of the North.

    The lawsuit claims the North deceived plaintiffs by "false advertising to relocate to North Korea", where "the enjoyment of human rights was generally impossible".

    One of the plaintiffs, ethnic Korean Eiko Kawasaki, 79, told the Associated Press none would have gone if they had known what awaited. She fled the North in 2003, leaving behind her adult children.

    Another struggler for compensation is Lee Tae-kyung, who sailed to the North aged eight in 1960.

    He told the New York Times: "We were told we were going to a 'paradise on Earth'. Instead, we were taken to a hell and denied a most basic human right: the freedom to leave."

    Mr Lee fled North Korea after 46 years.

    www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58911236
  10. [verwijderd] 18 oktober 2021 13:33
    Kim Jong-Un smiles and claps as soldiers lie on bed of nails

    North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un had been out of the public eye for some years. Now when he returned, he had a spectacular show planned for him. Kim Jong-Un watched a martial arts demonstration, where he sat on stage with several appointed officials.

    In a viral video, North Korean soldiers are seen crushing bricks with their heads. They are lying on glass, and engaging in other extreme forms of battle. While Kim Jong-Un watches with a broad smile on his face. The video was broadcast on KRT, the country’s state-run television network. It has since gone popular on social media. The soldiers were observed destroying things, breaking free from chains, laying on glass, and other displays of strength.

    “These soldiers embraced and raised by our party. They will demonstrate to the whole world their strength, bravery. The morale of the Korean People’s Army,” newsreader Ri Chun Hee – North Korea’s most famous presenter – says. She added the strength of these participants was “bestowed upon them by our dear leader Kim Jong-Un”.

    Kim says North Korea’s weapons development is necessary for the face of hostile policies from the United States and a military build-up south of the border. Pyongyang is only increasing its military in self-defence. Not to start a war, Kim says in a speech at the Defence Development Exhibition. This was reported by state news agency KCNA. The event was organised to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the creation of North Korea’s ruling party.

    youtu.be/t7_y66riXMg

    Source: Yahoo News
  11. [verwijderd] 18 oktober 2021 13:51
    Pentagon Spies Say Kim Jong-Un Is Still Pursuing Nuclear Arms

    The U.S. continues to observe activity at North Korean nuclear sites that is “inconsistent with full denuclearization,” the Defense Intelligence Agency said in a report issued Friday.

    The conclusion, based on observations at the Yongbyon nuclear site and elsewhere, echoes assessments delivered to former President Donald Trump by U.S. intelligence agencies, despite Trump’s efforts to engage in direct summit diplomacy with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

    Although North Korea hasn’t conducted nuclear tests since 2017, it has “reversibly” dismantled parts of its weapons of mass destruction infrastructure, the Pentagon’s intelligence arm found.

    In recent years, “Kim has placed a priority on the development and demonstration of weapons that provide North Korea the means to strike distant adversaries -- including the United States -- with nuclear weapons,” according to the DIA. It said these goals reflect a strategy focused on “deterrence and coercion” that will see North Korea develop and enhance capabilities ranging from land-based and submarine-launched ballistic missiles to nuclear weapons, unmanned aerial vehicles and cyberspace capabilities.

    The report noted that the closed nature of the North Korean regime makes data collection difficult. It assessed that North Korea’s economy had probably contracted in 2020 as a result of Covid-19-related trade disruptions.

    About 20% to 30% of North Korea’s economy is allocated to the military, the report said, adding that Kim has prioritized modernization of both nuclear and conventional forces. North Korea now possesses electronic warfare and counterspace capabilities such as GPS and satellite jammers. In addition, its ballistic missiles could theoretically disrupt orbiting satellites, the report said.

    These high-tech capabilities are juxtaposed against long-standing weaknesses, especially in terms of the logistics required for “sustained combat operations.” Although underground roads and military facilities would help the regime survive in a conflict, North Korea may have sufficient supplies for only two to three months of “defensive combat operations,” the defense agency said.

    The report described Kim as the “linchpin” of North Korea’s military, adding that his public statements suggest that he has “sole release authority” for the country’s nuclear weapons.

    Source: Bloomberg
  12. [verwijderd] 20 oktober 2021 12:09
    North Korea: Pyongyang continues missile testing spree | WION News | World News | Kim Jong-Un

    North Korea once again fired a ballistic missile into the sea. This comes hours after the U.S. reaffirmed its offer to resume diplomacy on North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9BVulmYXGg

  13. [verwijderd] 20 oktober 2021 17:27
    North Korea’s Missile Test Belies Grave Problems at Home

    Despite the provocative test and assertions of strength and power, the regime of Kim Jong Un faces perhaps an unprecedented crisis.

    North Korea's provocative missile launch on Tuesday and accompanying assertions of strength belie a catastrophic situation inside the hermit kingdom as 22 months of international isolation appear to have brought an already-concerning public health situation to the brink of disaster.

    The timing of the apparent ballistic missile launch was predictable, coming amid a meeting in Seoul also on Tuesday of intelligence chiefs from Japan, South Korea and the U.S. to discuss new potential overtures to Pyongyang. South Korea's military suspects North Korean forces launched the missile from a submarine in waters to the east of the mainland and it ultimately fell into the Sea of Japan. Other analysts suggest the launch may have originated from a barge.

    It follows other provocative tests in recent weeks, including what Pyongyang claimed was a hypersonic missile – an assertion some officials in the West have doubted. The tests violate strict international sanctions on North Korea.

    But more importantly, analysts say, the launch serves as an attempted demonstration of power during perhaps unprecedented trying times domestically.

    www.usnews.com/news/world-report/arti...
  14. [verwijderd] 23 oktober 2021 17:32
    North Koreans facing food shortages, collapses in livelihoods: UN investigator

    Even though North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has recognized the “grim” food situation and is investing in efforts to prevent starvation in the country, the border closure has put the lifesaving humanitarian work of the United Nations and other international actors on halt.

    The United Nations' independent investigator on human rights in North Korea has found that the Asian country has never been more isolated from the international community than it is today due to its drastic steps to prevent Covid-19. He also noted this is having “a dramatic impact on the human rights of the people inside the country", reported AP.

    North Koreans are facing food shortages and collapses in their livelihoods with the most vulnerable lot being children and elderly people who are at risk of starvation, Tomás Ojea Quintana told the General Assembly's human rights committee. He also highlighted the extent of hunger in political prison camps.

    For the unversed, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea -- the North's official name -- has closed its borders to prevent the pandemic. Other draconian steps taken by the government to prevent the spread of the viral disease in the nation include a policy of shooting individuals who attempt to enter or leave the country, Quintana said.

    The UN investigator further noted the closing of borders would have “a devastating impact” on the people's right to health as DPRK's health infrastructure suffers from underinvestment and a critical shortage of supplies caused by underlying human rights issues, according to the AP report.

    In his final report to the General Assembly after six years as the UN special investigator on human rights in the DPRK, Ojea Quintana added that “increased restrictions on freedom of movement and the shutting of national borders has choked market activity that has become essential for people's access to basic necessities, including food.”

    Even though North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has recognized the “grim” food situation and is investing in efforts to prevent starvation in the country, the border closure has put the lifesaving humanitarian work of the United Nations and other international actors on halt. The UN investigator said there are no United Nations international staff currently in the country and diplomats are continuing to leave.

    The UN investigator, in his report to the General Assembly, has recommended that in light of the pandemic, the Security Council committee monitoring sanctions against the DPRK over its nuclear program “should re-evaluate the sanctions regime under these circumstances, and when necessary ease those sanctions.” While humanitarian aid to the DPRK is exempt from sanctions, Ojea Quintana said sanctions have had unintended consequences on ordinary people.

    www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/nor...
  16. forum rang 9 josti5 23 oktober 2021 18:37
    quote:

    A Mao schreef op 23 oktober 2021 18:12:

    Geen zorgen, China springt wel bij met wat extra voedselhulp.
    Het is Peking alles aangelegen om noord Korea in de huidige vorm in stand te houden.

    Einde quote.

    En de USA in de stress - getuige ook Taiwangebeurtenissen.

    USA Oost-Azië uit en wij de 'USA van Oost-Azië', is blijkbaar de bedoeling van China.

    Gelijk hebben ze.
  17. [verwijderd] 26 oktober 2021 13:42
    N.Korea's food situation appears perilous, experts say

    North Korea's food situation remains perilous according to analysts and a United Nations expert who raised doubts this week about its harvest, and there are signs that it is receiving large shipments of humanitarian aid from China.

    North Korea has long suffered from food insecurity, with observers saying that government mismanagement of the economy is exacerbated by international sanctions, natural disasters, and now the COVID-19 pandemic, which prompted unprecedented border lockdowns there.

    The country typically relies on imports and aid from China to make up for poor harvests, but its strict self-imposed border lockdowns aimed at preventing a coronavirus outbreak have slowed trade to a trickle and cast doubts on its ability to overcome food shortages.

    International sanctions imposed over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme cause additional hurdles, and should be eased to stave off a humanitarian crisis, a U.N. rights investigator.

    Despite its economic woes, North Korea has continued to develop its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile arsenals, including testing a flurry of new short-range missiles in recent weeks, and building a major addition to its main nuclear reactor facility, which analysts said could be aimed at enriching more weapons-grade uranium.

    Much is riding on this year's harvest after leader Kim Jong Un said the food situation was "tense."

    In July the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization said the 2021 growing season appeared to be off to a good start, but a new report this week by a U.S.-based think-tank said data gathered by satellite point to a yield that falls short of an average or good harvest.

    "While not yet a crisis of famine proportions, the negative trend, combined with external factors such as low yields in the previous year and flood damage to the northeastern croplands and crop transport infrastructure, aggravate the food insecurity in the country," the Center for Strategic and International Studies said in a report released on Monday.

    For the first time in months this week there were signs that North Korea was accepting international aid, United Nations agencies saying some shipments had entered the country and were now in quarantine in North Korean ports.

    Health and nutrition supplies from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), and medical supplies to support anti-pandemic work from the World Health Organisation were among the aid that had reached North Korea.

    The aid shipments have been pending for a long time, and don't likely signal a broader opening of borders as North Korea has been letting in other goods for months, said Chad O'Carroll, CEO of the Seoul-based Korea Risk Group, which monitors North Korea.

    "North Korea has been letting other goods into the country since May, including large volumes of what appears to be humanitarian assistance from China," he said.

    China's exports to North Korea rose for the third straight month in August, to $22.5 million. That was a fraction of the $219 million of exports in August 2019, before the pandemic lockdowns.

    O'Carroll said he thinks North Korea will still be able to stave off major food shortages through the aid and imports from China.

    "However, the quality, range and nutritional value of the food supplies on offer will be low," he added.

    Source : Reuters
  18. [verwijderd] 28 oktober 2021 09:14
    SHOCKING! North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un asks people to ‘eat less’ till 2025

    Amid the current food crisis in North Korea, leader Kim Jong-Un has asked the citizens to “eat less” till 2025.

    In an effort to combat the food crisis in the country, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has urged the people of the country to limit their food intake and “eat less” till 2025. The leader issued this statement in view of the soaring food prices in North Korea.

    The lack of supply of proper food in North Korea, which is unable to meet the demand of the people living in the country, is the main reason why food prices are currently soaring in the country. Reports suggest that natural disasters and weak resilience, insufficient farming materials, and a low level of mechanization are the reason behind this food shortage.

    Kim Jong-Un blamed a ''series of deviations'' for singling out tight food supplies in the country, and said, “The people's food situation is now getting tense as the agricultural sector failed to fulfill its grain production plan.” Last year’s typhoon and the coronavirus pandemic have added to the food crisis.

    www.dnaindia.com/world/report-shockin...
  19. [verwijderd] 28 oktober 2021 09:20
    Kim Jong-Un keeps up reclusive streak as boats cruise around east coast mansion

    The North Korean leader is on his eighth break of two or more weeks from public view this year.

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has made a habit of taking extended breaks from public view since the onset of the global pandemic in early 2020, and he is now on his eighth absence of two or more weeks this year alone.

    He last appeared looking around an exhibition of the country’s largest nuclear missiles and other weapons on Oct. 11. In the 16 days since, satellite images have shown renewed activity off the coast of his family palace in Wonsan.

    The activity suggests the DPRK leader — who has reappeared having lost significant weight and sporting a mysterious head bandage after previous long breaks this year — may be spending yet more time at his childhood home on the east coast this month, while his subordinates oversee cabinet meetings and missile tests and make economic inspections around the country.

    In the graph of Kim Jong-Un’s entire time in power (excluding his first weeks as leader in Dec. 2011), new appearances in state media are marked in red and gaps between appearances are colored grey. The large grey gap in 2014 corresponded with an illness, while longer and more frequent breaks appear in the last few years. The current date, Oct. 27 is marked in blue. | Image created by NK News using data from NK Pro Leadership Tracker

    www.nknews.org/2021/10/kim-jong-un-ke...
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  20. [verwijderd] 28 oktober 2021 10:17
    Kim Jong-Un orders starving North Koreans to eat less food until 2025 - when the country expects to finally reopen its border with China following Covid 19 shutdown

    North Korea has warned its citizens that they must expect to eat less food until the country re-opens its border with China in 2025.

    Food shortages are already affecting North Koreans, but citizens were told to tighten their belts for at least another three years by officials, according to RFA.

    However, people have already complained that shortages would make it difficult to see themselves through the winter, let alone multiple years.

    North Korea closed its border with China in January 2020 as a precautionary measure against the spread of coronavirus.

    But the move had a serious impact on the nation's economy - with prices of everyday goods rising sharply as demand outstripped supply.

    Speaking about the new government guidance, a resident of the city Sinuiju, who wished to remain anonymous, said that people have been warned that the chances of re-opening the border with China before 2025 were slim.

    They added: 'The food situation right now is already clearly an emergency, and the people are struggling with shortages. When the authorities tell them that they need to conserve and consume less food until 2025… they can do nothing but feel great despair.'

    Despite the current hardships the North Korean people are facing, their leader Kim Jong-Un has been continuing to push the idea of self-reliance this year.

    This message was further encouraged in July when then Central Committee instructed the public to begin growing their own crops in anticipation of shortages.

    However, with the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimating that North Korea is short around 860,000 tons of food this year, the Sinuiju resident said that contempt is growing among the people.

    'They say that telling us to endure hardship until 2025 is the same as telling us to starve to death,' the resident said.

    A second source claimed that the North Korean government is attempting to spin the food shortages as a result of their effective Covid-19 strategy, which they say has worked well.

    The government has blamed external factors for their food shortages though, citing sanctions imposed on them, natural disasters and the global coronavirus pandemic.

    Last year, North Korea suffered severe flooding which damaged vital crops and left hundreds of families without homes. This year, crops were also damaged by droughts and subsequent flooding.

    In August, heavy rains in northeastern North Korea destroyed or flooded 1,170 houses and forced 5,000 residents to evacuate to safety, North Korea's state TV reported.

    The downpour in South Hamgyong Province washed away hundreds of hectares of farmlands and destroyed many bridges. Footage showed houses submerged up to their red-brick roofs, a severed bridge over muddy water and a swollen river.

    Summer rains in North Korea often cause serious damage to its agricultural and other sectors due to poor drainage, deforestation and dilapidated infrastructure in the impoverished country.

    Kim has acknowledged a 'tense' food situation that could worsen if all of the crops fail, exacerbating economic problems amid strict self-imposed border and movement restrictions that have slowed trade to a trickle.

    North Korea is a mountainous nation, meaning suitable land for farming is in short supply and many of its farmers lack access to tools such as tractors, combine harvesters and threshers.

    As a result, it is thought that North Korea relies on foreign imports and aid to feed around a third of its population.

    Even with those imports, a 2017 UN report concluded that two fifths of the population are undernourished - meaning they don't have access to the number of calories needed per day to maintain a healthy weight.

    A third of North Korea children are also thought to be stunted, meaning they did not get enough calories during the early years of their life.

    www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1013...
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