{"id":2122,"date":"2016-02-18T18:19:50","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T09:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2016\/02\/report\/20160219_video-report-there-is-no-water-north-korean-peoples-water-war-because-of-water-shortage\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:21:32","slug":"20160219_video-report-there-is-no-water-north-korean-peoples-water-war-because-of-water-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/02\/movie\/20160219_video-report-there-is-no-water-north-korean-peoples-water-war-because-of-water-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"[Video Report] There is no water! N.Korean People's 'Water War' because of water shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"[North Korea] There is no water! North Korean People&#039;s &#039;Water War&#039; because of water shortage\" width=\"850\" height=\"638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/L2XnWuomU8E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLpCEn7dS6-toFNQEV-oefnOBd7ZgUl0kC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u25ceASIAPRESS rimjingang YOUTUBE playlist<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A village in South Hwanghae province. People are waiting in line to get water from the village pump.<\/p>\n<p>There is a quarrel between people and a man who cut in line.<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers also come to get water with big buckets. A little girl walks staggering with heavy water carrying yoke on her shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>As the water supply stop working, people in the region gather around the village pump. It is easily seen everywhere in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>A defector from North Korea said after watching this video; \u201cBeing different from Pyongyang, the rate of water supply is low in the local areas. There is quite often no water supply because even the motorized pump doesn\u2019t work, due to the power shortage. They have to go to the village pump for drinking water. The locals even have to collect money to dig a well if there is no village pump.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rimjin-gang North Korean Reporter - Shim Ui-chun<\/strong><br \/>Shim is a man in his thirties living in central North Korea. His 2008 report on the Hwanghae region became a global scoop.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2012\/07\/books\/release\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2193\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2193 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Rimjingang_banner001.gif\" alt=\"Rimjingang_banner001\" width=\"280\" height=\"120\" \/><\/a><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">*\u00a0<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2012\/07\/news\/north-korean-reporters\/\">Editor\u2019s notes on North Korean reporters<\/a><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/archives\/0002\/\"><br \/><\/a><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/category\/report\/\">ALL REPORTS &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a> <\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/category\/pdf-archive\/\">ARCHIVE(pdf) &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/img\/map\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DPRK MAP &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u25ceASIAPRESS rimjingang YOUTUBE playlist A village in South Hwanghae province. 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