It has been reported that the North Korean authorities have mobilized security, security, and prosecution agencies in the border area between North Korea and China to inspect trade and national contraband in order to prevent the inflow and outflow of internal and external information.
According to NK Times’ internal sources in North Korea, North Korea has recently significantly strengthened its crackdown on imported and exported goods in border areas such as North Hamgyong Province and Ryanggang Province. It is said that personnel were selected from security, security, and prosecution agencies in each North Korea-China border area and assigned to customs and national smuggling areas. It has been reported that they are being deployed to inspect goods moving between North Korea and China, that is, import and export goods, and are strengthening inspections of all goods.
In fact, at Hyesan Customs, since early February, customs officials as well as members of security, security, and prosecution agencies have been deployed in large numbers to inspect export goods and are conducting inspections before and after imports and exports.
In particular, at Hyesan Customs and some smuggling areas, security agents, safety officers, and prosecutors use They say they are carefully examining whether various documents and electronic devices inside are hidden.
Moreover, the source said that since each agency is conducting inspections on imported and imported goods, it is not easy to bring any goods into or out of North Korea, except for trade and state smuggling items approved by the state (North Korea). These measures by North Korea appear to be aimed at thoroughly blocking the inflow of external information and leakage of internal information through the North Korea-China border. This is interpreted as an attempt to protect North Korea’s major state secrets.
A source said, “After the coronavirus outbreak, the border was thoroughly sealed with barbed wire, making individual smuggling virtually impossible. As a result, residents who have been waiting for the border to open are sighing out of worry about their livelihoods.”
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