North Korea announced that it has conducted yet another demolition test of a nuclear unmanned underwater attack vessel, known as a so-called 'underwater nuclear torpedo'.
North Korea has announced that it has conducted another demolition test of the nuclear unmanned underwater attack vessel 'Tsunami', also known as an underwater nuclear torpedo.
North Korean state media reported on the 8th that the defense science research institute conducted an underwater strategic weapon system test from the 4th to the 7th.
North Korean state media reported, “The Haeil-2 model, which was tested at Gajin Port in Kumya County, South Hamgyong Province on the afternoon of the 4th, simulated a distance of 1,000 km, and submerged for 71 hours and 6 minutes in an elliptical and figure-eight course set in the East Sea. It reached the water area off the coast of Ryongdae Port, Dancheon City, South Hamgyong Province, and the test combat unit was accurately detonated underwater.”
It has been about 15 days since last March 24 that North Korea disclosed the underwater blast test of the tsunami.
North Korea previously announced that it exploded underwater in the waters of Hongwon Bay in South Hamgyong Province after submerging for 59 hours and 12 minutes in an elliptical and figure-eight course set in the East Sea in a test.
The Haeil-2, which was announced by North Korean state media on the same day, is estimated to be an underwater nuclear torpedo with improved performance, given that the submerged time was increased by about 11 hours from 59 hours to 71 hours and the name was changed.
Meanwhile, at a general meeting of the National Defense Commission held at the National Assembly on the 6th, South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-seop answered the question of whether there were countermeasures against North Korea's nuclear unmanned underwater attack boats.
20 North Korean athletes sentenced to correctional labor sentence for using South Korean at an entertainment event
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Anchor: It is known that 20 skaters, including senior middle school graduates, who went to physical training in Samjiyon, North Korea, were sentenced to 3 to 5 years of hard labor. It is explained that it became the root of the problem when he spoke South Korean while having an entertainment party during a break in training and playing catch-up. Reporter Kim Ji-eun reports inside North Korean news.
A resident source in Yanggang Province said on the 6th, “On the afternoon of the 3rd, there was an open exposure meeting for teenagers, including senior middle school graduates, at Hyesan City Plaza.” It's done," he told Radio Free Asia.
The source said, “During the month of February, Yanggang Province recruited youth athletes from the province and held winter training in Samjiyeon City. participated,” he said.
Among those known as skaters, senior middle school graduates are known to have been nominated as Yanggang Province sports team players and were about to join the team.
The source also said, “The public disclosure meeting, hosted by the provincial security bureau and the prosecutor’s office, was held at the plaza with students and residents from factories, enterprises, social organizations, and schools of various levels in Hyesan City gathered.” It's because the words came out," he pointed out.
The source continued, “At the public disclosure meeting, it was learned that all 20 people who participated in the entertainment event were sentenced to correctional labor punishment.” It was condemned as a punishment,” he said.
The source said, “Most of the athletes who have been subject to public disclosure are the children of powerful executives.” The decision to expel has been made,” he added.
Located at the end of the Gaema Plateau, Samsu is a mountainous area about 40 kilometers from Hyesan.
In this regard, another resident source in Yanggang Province also said on the 5th, “There was an open disclosure meeting about athletes who gathered residents and went to mobile training at Hyesan City Square two days ago (3rd).” Residents are very dissatisfied,” he told Radio Free Asia.
The source said, “The players of the city and county sports teams in Doan went to Samjiyon for winter sports training in winter,” adding, “However, someone took a video of the entertainment event during training with a mobile phone, and a female student recorded the video stored on the mobile phone. I was caught in a raid while watching.”
It has not been confirmed whether the female student took the video herself at the site or if someone else took the video and sent it to her. However, it was reported that the video in question was found on the girl's cell phone, and she was the subject of this disclosure meeting.
The source said, “While this female student was watching a video of an entertainment event at home, she was caught by a police officer who was conducting a surprise inspection.” The problem got bigger,” he pointed out.
The source continued, “The players who participated in the entertainment were 20 students who graduated from high school this year and athletes under the age of 25 (including all).” Even the fact that they were trying to cover up was reported to the Central Party, and it became a party-based demonstration case.”
A source who was at the site of the public disclosure meeting said, “When the athletes were sentenced to 3 to 5 years of reformation at the public disclosure meeting, the residents reacted excessively.” It is because even the players who did not report were punished for not reporting them.”
The source said, “I can’t count how many hundreds or thousands of South Korean movies and dramas are currently inside us (North Korea).” While watching the drama), it is kept secret, but is there any way to eradicate it?”
The source speculated that it was not possible to confirm what South Korean words the athletes were saying during the closing remarks, and that South Korean words such as 'brother' or 'baby' might have come out.
Previously, in January, the North Korean authorities enacted the "Pyongyang Culture and Language Protection Act," which stipulates that "South Korean dialect" spread rapidly in North Korea, and that if you speak South Korean, you will be sentenced to imprisonment for more than six years, and if you teach South Korean accent, you will be sentenced to death.
It is pointed out that the hardline stance of the North Korean authorities, which tried to punish South Korean video distributors with the death penalty by enacting the "Act on Excluding Reactionary Ideology and Culture" three years ago, is continuing.
On the other hand, according to the South Korean National Intelligence Service in 2021, North Korea targets young people with South Korean-style behaviors such as 'boyfriend (boyfriend)' and 'embarrassment (embarrassing)', as well as calling husbands 'brother' and boyfriends 'baby'. There is a bar that has been strongly cracked down on the way of speaking and calling.
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