N. Korean military provocations on border seen as pressure tactics on South to ease sanctions

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N. Korean military provocations on border seen as pressure tactics on South to ease sanctions

Special to WorldTribune.com By Lee Jong-Heon, EastAsiaIntel.com SEOUL — North Korea plans to increase military activities along the heavily fortified border with South Korea, sources and analysts here said. “A string of moves have been detected [indicating] that the North’s military has prepared to step up patrols along the Military Demarcation Line,” a military source […]

N. Korea cracks down on mobile phone use near China border: Revised criminal code condemns violators to gulags

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N. Korea cracks down on mobile phone use near China border: Revised criminal code condemns violators to gulags

[s2If !current_user_can(access_s2member_level1)] N. Korea cracks down on mobile phone use near China border: Revised criminal code condemns violators to gulags INSIDE NORTH KOREA    By Lee Jong-Heon  East-Asia-Intel.com, May 14, 2014 SEOUL — North Koreans who speak by phone with South Koreans could get life sentences at remote political prison camps under the recently criminal code, sources said. […]