KOS- Partial evacuation possibly underway in North Korean capital

[FDRsGhost]

Hmmmm. Words are escaping me right now.

The report comes originally from the Korean Herald and the article is here http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170414000689

Partial evacuation possibly underway in North Korean capital
https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/4/14/1653217/-Partial-evacuation-underway-in-North-Korean-capital



Tensions in North Korea rarely creep to less than Very High. As a result, many who live there have shrugged off the current set of dueling threats. But now those threats seem to have been taken seriously enough to force a quarter of the capitol out of their homes. This is the eve of a national holiday that is often marked by some demonstration of new military technology in North Korea. However, the evacuation order would certainly suggest that Day of the Sun celebrations will be, at least, muted. Both the weather, and the mood, in the city are cloudy and fearful.

What do you all think of this? Is this being over sensationalized?

[PearliePoo2]

1. Reading comments at Kos, there's this one:

The opening diary is wrong and should not have been featured.

I have posted an article and link below but wanted to tack this towards the top so people see it.

"The article I found says 600,000 non-Songbun were relocated.

Kim Jong-un orders 600,000 out of Pyongyang
Apr 12,2017
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently ordered the deportation of nearly 600,000 Pyongyang residents to the suburbs, a local source told the JoongAng Ilbo Monday.
The deportation represents one-fourth of Pyongyang’s current population of 2.6 million. It is not known when they will be forced to move or to where.
“Population control was the pretext of the latest order,” said the source, who asked for anonymity, “but in reality, the purpose is to ‘purify’ the North Korean capital and allow only the loyal elite class to live there.”
Among those who were chosen by authorities to move are people whose relatives defected to South Korea, had been jailed in a prison camp, used drugs or counterfeit money, and produced, distributed or sold pirated films from the South.
Those who were caught selling other illegally imported goods in a jangmadang, or North Korean black market, were excluded because such cases have become so prevalent that it is no longer considered a serious crime, the source said."
http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3032113

[HoneyBadger]

2. Fascinated by the too big to fail black market of foreign goods

Is the border really that porous? They have mine fields. Maybe it comes from China. And how do these people pay?

Reading between the lines, the market is probably not that bigly, but the customers are the wealthy elite, so they are protected.