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November 2021 - North Korea Special Weapons News
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- North Korea orders people to pay for candies as gifts from leader Kim Jong Un Radio Free Asia 30 Nov 2021 -- Local governments in North Korea are scrambling to make candies in preparation for a nationwide celebration of leader Kim Jong Un's birthday in January, but the government is forcing hungry citizens to pay for it, sources in the country told RFA.
- Emergency Epidemic Prevention Work Is Further Intensified KCNA 29 Nov 2021 -- A new COVID-19 variant virus which is five times stronger than delta virus appeared in the world, arousing serious concerns.
- Desperate North Koreans sell homes to raise money for food Radio Free Asia 29 Nov 2021 -- North Korean residents living near the border with China are selling their homes at rock bottom prices to raise money for food as the country prepares for winter amid the worst shortages since the 1990s famine.
- North Korean wives of Chinese men asked to apply for temporary ID cards Radio Free Asia 24 Nov 2021 -- Police in China are calling on North Korean women who entered the country illegally and then married Chinese husbands to apply for temporary ID cards that will allow them to stay in China, sources told RFA.
- North Korea bans leather coats to stop citizens from copping leader's iconic look Radio Free Asia 24 Nov 2021 -- Authorities in North Korea are cracking down on residents wearing leather trench coats, saying that it is disrespectful to emulate the fashion choices of the country's leader Kim Jong Un, sources in the country told RFA.
- North Korean soldiers face punishment for calling South Korea by its official name Radio Free Asia 18 Nov 2021 -- The North Korean military will severely punish two soldiers for referring to South Korea by an abbreviation of its official name, which is essentially a political statement that recognizes the legitimacy of the government in Seoul, military sources in the North told RFA.
- Experts: China May Attempt to Use North Korea to Counter US VOA 18 Nov 2021 -- Experts believe Beijing may come to see North Korea as leverage for challenging Washington's position on multiple issues, including the U.S. goal to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.
- Diplomacy Is Critical to Denuclearization of Korean Peninsula, DOD Official Says DoD News 16 Nov 2021 -- The way to the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula lies in exploring diplomacy with North Korea in a calibrated approach, a Defense Department official said today.
- Husbands of undocumented North Koreans beg China not to deport their wives Radio Free Asia 15 Nov 2021 -- The Chinese husband of a North Korean escapee is pleading with authorities daily to show mercy to his detained wife, after hearing that Beijing will soon repatriate more than 1,100 illegal North Koreans, possibly sending them to their deaths, sources in China told RFA.
- Stricter Emergency Epidemic Prevention Measures Taken KCNA 15 Nov 2021 -- Emergency epidemic prevention units at all levels take stricter emergency epidemic prevention steps to meet the conditions of the winter.
- North Korea sends delegation to China for emergency supplies Radio Free Asia 12 Nov 2021 -- An unofficial delegation from North Korea travelled to China for emergency supplies on the same day the newly reopened border was shut down due to a spike in coronavirus cases, sources in China told RFA.
- North Korea tells military to prepare for winter as government lowers fuel allotments Radio Free Asia 11 Nov 2021 -- North Korea has ordered all military units to submit daily reports on their preparations for winter, frustrating military officials who feel like they are being pitted against each other in competition for firewood and other resources after the government reduced their allotments of coal and gas, military sources told RFA.
- North Korea cracks down on printers to stop anti-state publishing Radio Free Asia 10 Nov 2021 -- North Korea is cracking down on the use of unauthorized printers to prevent citizens from publishing anti-state materials, but sources told RFA that confiscation of the high-cost printing machines is ruining small businesses.
- Rural North Koreans mobilized as Pyongyang construction project falls behind schedule Radio Free Asia 09 Nov 2021 -- Authorities in North Korea have ordered factories and businesses in rural provinces to send workers to the capital Pyongyang to work on an ambitious housing project that has fallen behind schedule, sources in the country told RFA.
- Mass Epidemic Prevention Campaign Ramped Up in DPRK KCNA 09 Nov 2021 -- The emergency epidemic prevention sectors across the DPRK are further intensifying mass epidemic prevention work to thoroughly block the inroads of the pandemic and get rid of any possibilities of the virus' spread.
- North Korean trade with China halted by COVID outbreak in Chinese border city Radio Free Asia 08 Nov 2021 -- The spread of coronavirus in a key Chinese city bordering North Korea put an abrupt halt to rail freight between the two countries only eight days after they lifted an almost two-year-long trade cut-off, sources in China told RFA.
- North Korean hospital mum on cause of death for 10 'suspected' COVID-19 patients Radio Free Asia 08 Nov 2021 -- A hospital in North Korea sent 10 people with COVID-19 symptoms to an unheated ward in freezing temperatures, and then falsified the causes of their deaths to maintain Pyongyang's claim that the country is completely virus free, sources in the country told RFA.
- French Navy conducts surveillance op to enforce North Korea sanctions Press TV 08 Nov 2021 -- A UN-appointed French naval crew has conducted surveillance operations above the Yellow Sea between North Korea and China, in search of what it describes as signs of contraband headed for North Korea.
- Artillery Fire Competition of Artillery Sub-units under Mechanized Troops at All Levels of KPA Held KCNA 07 Nov 2021 -- At a time when the enthusiasm to undergo intensive training prevails throughout the Korean People's Army (KPA) for ushering in a new heyday in strengthening the state defence capabilities under the banner of self-defence, an artillery fire competition of artillery sub-units under mechanized troops at all levels of the KPA was held on Saturday.
- North Korea conducts artillery fire drill after US-South joint exercise Press TV 07 Nov 2021 -- North Korea has conducted an artillery fire drill to bolster its defense capabilities days after Washington and Seoul kicked off their latest joint military aerial exercise.
- Another bad harvest in hungry North Korea underscores root cause of food crisis Radio Free Asia 06 Nov 2021 -- A poor harvest in North Korea may raise the risks that the country will face a repeat of the devastating famine it suffered in the 1990s that left millions of citizens dead.
- China, Russia Urge UN Security Council to Lift Economic Sanctions on N. Korea VOA 03 Nov 2021 -- China and Russia are set to introduce a joint resolution to the United Nations Security Council calling for an end to a host of economic sanctions on North Korea.
- China, Russia submit reworked proposal to lift UN sanctions on North Korea Press TV 02 Nov 2021 -- China and Russia have reworked a draft resolution urging the UN Security Council to ease sanctions on North Korean exports with the intent of "enhancing the livelihood of the civilian population" in the east Asian country.
- North Korea and China restart rail freight, ending pandemic trade ban Radio Free Asia 02 Nov 2021 -- North Korea and China resumed cross-border rail freight shipments on Monday, promising much needed relief to desperate North Koreans suffering from food shortages and economic upheaval under a trade ban that had been put in place in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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