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Residents told Radio Free Asia that the principal anti-socialism inspection division of the North Korean Army is visiting each home to check whether the wired propaganda speakers are functioning properly.
People are informed that they are crucial in situations, including during war, as the loudspeakers deliver messages from the local authorities and execute advertising songs.
Residents of Ryanggang state informed RFA that despite the local post office inspecting the speakers in March, this occasion it is more serious because Unified Command 82 is the company doing the inspection, a resident who requested secrecy for security reasons.
When the military combined some anti-socialism assessment products, Unified Command 82 was established in August 2021.
The native explained that has been around since October. 11 ), the government has been distributing patriotic war tracks and has mandated that all residents of the country pay attention to their regular channels.
“Starting on Oct. Unified Command 82 visited each home in every neighborhood-watch component to check whether a cord spread was playing and whether the inhabitants were properly tuning in to the spread.
Two days later, the broadcast shifted voice, naming people who either did not possess a speech installed, or who weren’t actively listening to the advertising broadcasts when inspectors came about, he said.
The native advised the homeowner to instantly order and install listeners through the post office.
According to the citizen, the speakers may be turned on from 5 a. m. to 10 p. m. The hardwired speakers, known as the” Third Network, ” in North Korea, transmit messages from the local government that are not broadcast on radio or television.
Local media and recruitment instructions can be included in the channels, which are based on the Russian “radiotochka ” system, which hardwires a speaker in every home to a main broadcast location so that emails can be transmitted without sending them over the air.
This spread evaluation follows the previous one that was conducted in March. the native said. The Central Committee inspects cord broadcasting to apprehensive residents whenever the social climate becomes uncomfortable. ”
According to a provincial agricultural worker, there are many homeowners in remote areas where the Third Network is inoperative. The state ran out of money to keep wires connections to each home during the economic decline and hunger of the 1990s, and in some cases, residents sold the wires for scrap.
He claimed that officials were convening urgent sessions to address the issue. The main problem was financing, so some officials suggested that each home may contribute tea-infused ferns and omija, a berry variety.
“If each household offers 10 kilograms ( 22 pounds ) of dried ferns or 5 kilograms ( 11 pounds ) of dried omija, the local governments can [sell them ] to purchase broadcasting lines from China to restore cable broadcasting, ” he said.
Another officials, however, believed the plan to be unrealistic because rural people already have a lot of trouble making ends meet.
The meeting ended with the statement,” We did severely punish the remote management committee and party secretary who fail to restore cable television by the end of November,” according to the agricultural citizen. Every year, there are threats that remote officials will face punishment for the restoration of cable television, but no real punishment has ever been used. ”
