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Date : August 31, 2015
NK doubles efforts to choke off border
   http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?cataId=nk01500&num=13432 [1123]

Pyongyang has issued an order to open fire on residents who approach the Sino-North Korean border outside of designated hours, as it steps up crackdowns on people trying to escape the country, Daily NK has learned. 

Earlier this month, during our inminban [peoples unit] meeting, people were told that if they approach the Amrok River outside of permitted hours, they may face warning shots. So we were told not to approach the river bank afterPyongyang has issued an order to open fire on residents who approach the Sino-North Korean border outside of designated hours, as it steps up crackdowns on people trying to escape the country, Daily NK has learned. 

Facing such mounting pressure, residents lament the reality of not even being able to dip their feet in a river thats part of their own country, the source said, explaining that following the continued installation of fences along border areas, people are now further aggravated by the fact they are unable to freely do their laundry at the river.

Moreover, attending the barbed wire fence stretching along the Yalu River border region to thwart would-be defectors, the North has also been building walls to seal off the area.

They are putting up barbed wire fences along most parts of the border area, but in places where theres a lot of movement among residents, they are putting up walls to make sure people dont have a proper view, the source reported.

[Source: DailyNK]

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