{"id":2319,"date":"2016-05-16T14:23:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-16T05:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.01.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang-2\/2016\/05\/report\/20160516_party-convention-participant-censorship\/"},"modified":"2021-06-25T17:31:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-25T08:31:05","slug":"20160516_party-convention-participant-censorship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.02.asiapress.org\/rimjin-gang\/2016\/05\/news\/20160516_party-convention-participant-censorship\/","title":{"rendered":"\uff1cInside N.Korea\uff1eStrict Separation of Attendees for Worker`s Party Congress \u3000Cell phone prohibited to keep itinerary confidential"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe 7th<\/sup> Korean Workers' Party congress,\u201d is the biggest fair since the inauguration of Kim Jong-un regime. It is reported that information about the congress is strictly kept confidential; the participants of the congress were prohibited from having a cell phone, being left without any notice about the itinerary. (defector reporter - Kang Ji-won and Paek Chang-ryong)<\/p>\n

\"Slogan:

Slogan: \u201cLet\u2019s guard, with our lives, the Central Committee of the Party with the head \u2018Great Comrade Kim Jong-un!\u201d Taken by \u2018Mindulle\u2019 at Hyesan City of Yanggang Province on September 2013<\/p><\/div>\n

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After the closing of the KWP congress, a couple of reporting reporters from North Hamkyung Province reported on May 11, 12 as follows:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was said that the participants gathered at Province and departed for (Pyongyang), but we didn\u2019t know when and how. They didn\u2019t allow carrying a cell phone not to be able to contact family, or making a call at Pyongyang.\u201d<\/p>\n

What \u2018Province\u2019 means here is Cheongjin City of North Hamkyung Province where the province capitol is located.<\/p>\n

Information about the congress has been strictly kept confidential for security reasons. Selection of the participants has been made through two tier system, but the second tier which was supposed to hold at Pyongyang was abruptly cancelled on early April. They also declared a special security period from May 2-6 without notifying any deadline of the Worker`s Party congress , just commencing on May 6. But suddenly right after opening the congress, they extended the period until May 10.
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\"Soldiers

Soldiers are deployed for vigilance, which is familiar sight in North Korea. Taken by Kim Dong-cheol at Pyongsung City of South Pyongan Province on June 2010. (ASIAPRESS)<\/p><\/div>\n

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It is certain that this kind of disconcertion is for the security of Kim Jong-un. It is called \u2018Number 1 Event\u2019 at which Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il or Kim Jong-un attends. A defector from North Korea who had attended several times at \u2018No1 Event\u2019 said \u201cIt is normal to pay great attention on this level of national event\u201d and testified as follows: \u201cNo participants without exception receive any details of the event in advance. More than four times of body search is done by agents of the Security Forces (Police), the State Security Department (Secret police), and its Event Department (In charge of No 1 Event) on participants\u2019 way to the venue. Any metal or hard material including cell phone can\u2019t remain in pockets. It is because, so called \u2018the security for the head of revolution members.\u201d<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Although the foreign reporters to report the Worker`s Party congress were heavily checked for their belongings, it is not comparable what the residents had experienced for security checks. It is certain that the people in North Korea had greatly experienced inconvenience due to the vigilance and security.<\/p>\n

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\"Rimjin-gang<\/a>* Editor's notes on North Korean reporters<\/a><\/span>
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