{"id":2297,"date":"2016-05-10T10:54:46","date_gmt":"2016-05-10T01:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2016\/05\/report\/party-convention-tighten-security\/"},"modified":"2018-08-24T18:21:32","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T09:21:32","slug":"party-convention-tighten-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/05\/politics\/party-convention-tighten-security\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff1cInside N.Korea\uff1e Period of Vigilance for Worker`s Party Congress Suddenly Extended"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A military policeman checks the identity papers of a pedestrian in Pyongsung City, South Pyongan Province. August 2009. Taken by Kim Dong-cheol (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

On the afternoon of May 9, an ASIAPRESS reporting partner in northern North Korea reported that the special vigilance period, which was supposed to last until midnight of May 6, had been extended to May 10. This unprecedented level of state vigilance has been enforced since the opening of the Worker`s Party congress on May 6.<\/p>\n

The authorities declared a special vigilance period from midnight on May 2, in areas outside of the capital, Pyongyang. Party members have been on high alert, guarding revolutionary monuments in historic sites and statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il 24 hours a day.<\/p>\n

Security forces (Police) and mobilized...<\/p>\n

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Soldiers deployed for public guard duty are not an unusual sight in North Korea. Taken by Kim Dong-cheol in Pyongsung City, South Pyongan Province. June 2010. (ASIA PRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Security forces (Police) and mobilized residents are on the lookout for any suspicious activities in rural and urban residential areas.<\/p>\n

ASIAPRESS reporting partner described strong complaints from ordinary North Koreans: \u201cThere have been many arrests during the vigilance period and ordinary people have experienced a great deal of inconvenience. We do hope that the Worker`s Party congress will finish as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Kang Ji-won)<\/p>\n

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