The North Korean government has asked Pyongyang Police are said to be stepping up security across the country to protect the leader Kim Jong Un midst rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula with the US and its allies.
What happened: North Korean Ministry of Social Security ordered the country’s police and social security agencies to set up a close surveillance network to identify and keep tabs on problem individuals, a source said said Radio Free Asia.
“They ordered police to remove all individuals who entered their jurisdiction illegally and return them to their place of origin as soon as possible…and prevent problematic individuals in their jurisdiction from leaving for other areas,” the said Source.
The instructions to increase security for Kim came afterwards The North Korean military fired artillery shells on Wednesday into waters off its coast to broadcast a “grave warning”. South Korearecently conducting its annual Hoguk Defense Exercises.
“Search and patrol checks for problem individuals should be carried out at least once a day in cooperation with security forces, special agencies and the Worker-Peasant Red Guard,” the publication’s source said.
North Korean experts believe Kim must not rush his seventh nuclear test ahead of the US midterm elections, with hopes for the former US president donald trump‘s return to the top office.
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