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Date : October 8, 2020
Block quarantine contaminants at border
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Block ¡°quarantine contaminants¡± at border


North Korean military authorities have recently ordered frontline military units to ¡°strictly¡± deal with all possible ¡°quarantine contaminants¡± entering the country through its borders and coasts based on established rules governing border security, Daily NK has learned. 

After the recent fatal shooting of a South Korean fisheries official by North Korean military personnel, North Korea apologized to South Korea and mentioned the crafting measures to prevent a recurrence of the incident. 

The military¡¯s latest order, however, reaffirms the regime¡¯s baseline of firing at anyone who crosses the country¡¯s borders and to ¡°burn their bodies.¡±

A military source told the Daily NK yesterday on condition of anonymity that North Korea¡¯s General Staff Department handed down the order last Friday. The directive reportedly emphasized that naval units, island defense units and coastal patrol units need to maintain a state of alert. ......

[Source: Daily NK]

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