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Large Private Cash Loans Available in North

- Interest Money providing private loans
- Moneyed Govt officials becoming money lenders
- Main borrowers those dealing in drugs and metal
- Trouble arising as borrowers unable to repay loans

Report - Human Rights in NK

North Korean Railroad and Bribes

Everything in Pyongyang is a tool for propagation

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” Fever in North Korea

Korean Wave Spreads Even During North/South Tensions

Third Nuclear Test, North Korean People’s Awareness Changed.. “The March of Tribulation will continue”

North Korea Announced Successful Nuclear Test. North Korean People Do Not Have Any Interest

The Present Condition of the Control of Citizens in the Kim Jong Eun Era.

Politics

Compared to NK's, Chinese Torture of Kim was not Harsh

Kim Jong Eun's First Public Address- Imitation of Kim Il Sung

Economy & Society

The Origin of the Rumor of Ri Sol Ju’s Pregnancy Came from High-Ranking Officials' Children

Skyrocketing Prices and the Exchange Rate in North Korea

South Korean Soju for Sale in North Korean Markets

- North Koreans prefer SK soju taste
- Marketeers keep stock of ten bottles for sale
- Brought across Chinese border by traders and smugglers
- South Korean products occupying more market space in North Korea

NK Media

New York Times: ‘Open News for North Korea the Only Media to Report Cancelation of Kim Jong-Il’s Visit’

Face NK Reality

Kim Jong-eun's 6 Plastic Surgery Procedures: The Making of a Mini-Kim Il-sung?

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” Fever in North Korea

Korean Wave Spreads Even During North/South Tensions

Everything in Pyongyang is a tool for propagation

North Korean Railroad and Bribes

- Shortage of electricity disrupts the operation of freight trains carrying construction material for Baekdu Military-first Youth Power Plant.
- Railroad workers receive bribes to operate trains.
- After rampant bribing, there is insufficient food for laborers.

Everything in Pyongyang is a tool for propagation

- Pyongyang citizens criticize recently built convenience facilities as tools for propagation
- Although the Korean Central News Agency introduced these facilities, only people who are organized by the Party can go, so complaints from average citizens increased
- The North Korean people complain that, “Everything in Pyongyang is for the privileged class and for propagation.”

Psy’s “Gangnam Style” Fever in North Korea

- South Korean dramas and Psy’s ‘Gangnam Style’ are popular despite the difficulties with living in North Korea
- North Korean teenagers are dancing ‘Gangnam Style’
- Crews of trains to Pyongyang, which pass through the border, buy ‘Gangnam Style’ CD and circulate it in Pyongyang

Korean Wave Spreads Even During North/South Tensions

- North Korean people trying to buy South Korean rings or necklaces for marriage gifts
- North Koreans wanting South Korean products are taking pictures of the products to give to people visiting China to track the products down.
- North Korean high officials possess South Korean rice cookers, TVs, laptops, etc.

War Atmosphere Increases in North Korea… People Increasingly Visit Their Relatives in China

- North Koreans in foreign countries have not been forced to come back to the country during the period of tensions.
-The regime is making an atmosphere of war. People wonder whether they can support a war without food and electricity.
- North Korean people worry that the nuclear test had increased the likelihood of an attack from outside.

Third Nuclear Test, North Korean People’s Awareness Changed.. “The March of Tribulation will continue”

- Some like the missile launch and nuclear test, but a majority of people are worried about economic sanctions.
- Despite the success of nuke tests in the past, people are still experiencing the March of Tribulation.
- Strengthening military power leads to civilian soldiers suffering in the army.

North Korea Announced Successful Nuclear Test. North Korean People Do Not Have Any Interest

- North Korea’s Nuke Test at 11:58am on the 12th.
- North Korea’s Korean Central Broadcasting Station admitted the successful nuke test.
- North Korean people do not have interest in the success of the nuke test

The North Korean Regime’s Control of Verbal Grievances, Citizens’ Cold Response

- The North Korean regime announced that they will take a legal action against people who criticize a socialist system and leadership
- North Korean people do not really care about the regime's control

The North Korean Regime Ordered the Creation of Mosaic Wall Paintings Showing Kim Jong Il's Eternal Life

- The regime collects money for building the wall painting from citizens
- North Korean people's criticisms increase

The Origin of the Rumor of Ri Sol Ju’s Pregnancy Came from High-Ranking Officials' Children

- Lee Sul-joo's pregnancy rumor speads among North Korean people
- Origin of the rumor, Lee Sul-joo's friends and high-ranking officials' children
- Law agencies do not control this rumor largely

"There is no 6.28 Ecocnomic Measure and Open"

- After Supreme People's Assembly, the North Korean regime cleared that there is not any new open measure related to 6.28 Economic Measure, and it instructed this to all parties
- The Citizens critize Kim Jong Eun

Increasing Criticism of North Korean Citizens Against Kim Jong Eun

- Citizens are mad at Kim Jong Eun and his wife enjoying show while they are dying from hunger
- Citizens are sarcastic to Kim Jong Eun

The Government’s Seizing Patches of Land and People’s Complaints

- The North Korean government seized all patches as one way of the New Economic Measure
- The North Korean citizens show complaints at the public meeting
- The executive members of the Rural Management Committee are also ..

Jang Sung Taek's visit to China brought a side effect: the exchange rate has been skyrocketed

- The side effect of Jang Sung Taek's visit to China, the skyrocket of exchange rate
- The foreign currency hoarding is spreading every region in North Korea
- The price of products in the black market has increased

The Extension of the US's North Korean Human Rights Act is Welcomed

Recent Flooding leaves North Korea on the Precipice of Humanitarian Disaster

- Flood in June and July attacked many North Koreans
- Food aid is in need
- WFP started to prepare to send food aid

Tight Censorship by Defense Security Command in Yanggang Province

- Many soldiers and officers are being arrested after an investigation by GPB
- Smuggling is a dangerous business in North Korea, and individual trade is barred by the regime
- Currency rates and market prices are getting higher

Skyrocketing Prices and the Exchange Rate in North Korea

Compared to NK's, Chinese Torture of Kim was not Harsh

At the interview, Kim Young Hwan, a South Korean activist who was detained and tortured by the Chinese governmnet, talked about all situation he has endured during detention.

Kim Jong Eun's First Public Address- Imitation of Kim Il Sung

North Korea Bolsters Chinese Border Deployment

- 20,000 more troops guarding border region,bR>- Attempted defectors enemies of the system
- People robbing to get by

People Ordered to Stay at Home, Hope for Reform

- People in Sinuiju welcome Kim Jong-il's death
- Hope for openness and reform
- Mourning period characterized by greater security observation

Death of Kim Jong-il: NK Embassy in China Notified Before Announcement

Death of Kim Jong-il: NK Security Ministry Bans All Gatherings of More than 5 People

NK Security Agency Claim Japan Defector Group Recaptured

- Propagandizing the arrest of defectors who gave press conference in Japan
- People in border areas warned not to attempt defection
- Authorities fabricating stories of arrest

Hyesan Family Arrested as they Seek Defection

-7 member family arrested 13th November near Kim Jong-suk military base by the river
-Regime lecturing North Koreans not to use handphones
-Suspicion of political motivation behind their attempt, stricter sentence

External Hard Drives Used to Avoid Crackdown

- Popular as a method to avoid detection watching foreign movies
- Purchasers paying in advance of hard drive receipt
- Authorities struggling to stem the tide
- Elite and governing classes have preference for the hardwa..

North Korean Authorities Restrict Use of Printers

- Private papers and subversive humor being produced
- Popular and quickly disseminated
- Authorities fear a loosening of means of thought control

Tumen River Heavily Polluted

-Open Radio witnesses pollution during news gathering
-Influx of black water from direction of Musan Mine
-Large number of red trucks conveying iron ore to China daily

Hundred Families Fled Border Region Since Chuseok

- Official crackdown strengthened after 9 defectors escape through Chongjin
- Authorities supposed to report on each other ignoring official decree
- Instead lower levels actively assisting escapees

Pyongyang Youth Seek Out SK Electronic Goods

-Samsung laptops and cameras popular
-Young women favour men with such products
-Students going into debt to amass the dollars necessary to buy

SK Dramas Entertain Bored Pyongyang Housewives

- Number of fans rising amidst the current crackdown
- CDs being watched by officials' wives and female staff in the workplace
- Copies shared out amongst family and friends
- Nothing on NK TV apart from the old propaga..

Animals Perishing at Pyongyang Central Zoo

- Animals starving to death as food supplies dwindle
- Zoo employees stealing chicken, etc, intended for the animals
- Animal numbers steeply decreased
- Blackouts lethal problem to aquarium animals

Chinese Cell Phone Users in NK All Spies

- Order issued to block leaking of info via Chinese cell phones
- National Security Agency using radar devices in border region
- Suspects all viewed as spies and sent to prison camps

The World Must Speak Out About the North Korean Gulag

This article first appeared in the Chosun Ilbo

NK Citizens Ignore Civil Defense Exercise

-Exercise held in Yanggang from the 21st to 22nd September
-Non-participants greater than in recent years
-Trip to stripped mountainside to drink and sing viewed as pointless

Private Tours to North Korea a Letdown

-Chinese tour group visited Rason special development zone in their own cars
-Group consists of government officials and private investors
-Guides accompany group everywhere
-Travelers complain “private” tour is not private

Video Acquired of North Korean Singing Rooms

- Video shows couple in Chongjin in the singing room
- South Korean songs popular choices
- Imported second hand karaoke machines include stored SK songs

Profitability of Insect Collection Harming Rice Production

- Grasshoppers caught and exported to China as delicacies
- Insects exchanged for everyday goods
- Schools using students top boost income

“Stall of Tears” Appear in North Korea Markets

-Individuals selling their possessions as a last resort
-No money or hope for those trapped in NK way of living

North Korean Women Seek Defection for Aids Treatment

-Attemt to find treatment for virus in China
-Contract virus while working as prostitutes in markets
-Men unknowingly contract virus in marketplace as aids rate goes up

North Korea Busy Preparing to Receive American Guests

-US officials could visit NK
-NK hotels stocking up on western food
-NK embassies abroad ordered to send western spirits, ingredients, and crockery
-NK seeking an improvement in relations and investment

Guests in North Korean Restaurants in China Ordering Whatever Kim Jong-il had

- Security agents getting involved with joke which started after Kim Jong-il's visits
- Security agents interest has lessened the frequency of the request
- NK restaurants: not the best food but the best looking waitresses

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$ 1.2 Billion will Suffice for NK to Abandon its Nuclear Development

NK Human Rights Act, before the Congress

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