By Ha Yoon Ah
Three Ministry of State Security (MSS) agents defected from North Korea while in Shenyang, Liaoning Province, following the breakdown in negotiations between the US and North Korea in Hanoi. North Korean authorities are harshly reasserting control over North Korean officials and business people in China in response.
“There are a lot more North Koreans in China defecting than usual,” said a source close to North Korean affairs located in China. “The authorities are responding by heightening their monitoring of North Koreans in China.”...........“High-level officials that manage North Korean officials in China are receiving reports about where their underlings are and who they are meeting,” said the source. “Officials in China are required to call their managers at specific times and confirm that they are working where they should be.”.............Another trader located in China told the Daily NK that “sanctions are making it more difficult to do business than in the past.”
“We have to send the Party money, but if we can’t even conduct our own business than we can’t meet our quotas. If we can’t make our quotas, we have to return home,” he said.............To Read More.....
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