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China-Japan-Koreas
N.Korea Razed 10,000 Families' Homes Near Border
2015-06-09
The North Korean regime has resettled some 10,000 households to build a 270 km highway section along the Chinese border, a source said last Friday.

"The aim is to prevent people from fleeing the North," the source said. Construction of the highway, which runs from Hyesan, Ryanggang Province to Musan, North Hamgyong Province, is nearly complete.

The regime reportedly forced the residents out because the border regions along the Apnok and Duman rivers are notoriously porous, and defections and smuggling are rife.
Stalin would have moved them to outer Siberia. Or had them shot...
Outer Siberia over North Korea? Hmmm. Let me think... Permafrost or Pyongyang?... I'd go with the permafrost, I think.
The source said the move has made it hard for people to flee via the established routes out of Hyesan as well as Musan and Hoeryong, North Hamgyong Province, no matter how much money they pay.

The regime promised the resettled people perks like extra food rations, but none have been forthcoming, the source added.
Where would the Norks find the 'extra' food rations...
Posted by:Steve White

#8  The US could achieve a similar thing vee illegal immigration iff it dredged the Rio Grande + turned it into a transit Canal for International trade, but it would mean an end to one of the Lefties' justifications for the so-called "Big[Gest] Govt" = Near-Communist/Totalitarian Govt. in OWG Amerika.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-06-09 19:43  

#7  China plans a highway, the Norks tunnel
Posted by: Frank G   2015-06-09 13:24  

#6  Shovel-ready jobs?
Posted by: Raj   2015-06-09 13:06  

#5  Per open source, the NorK highway will eventually connect with the Chinese. So far, China hasn't done on their side much except to add security infrastructure.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-06-09 12:56  

#4  @#3: They proll'y look like something from Hobbitland but not quite as nicely appointed.
Posted by: Hupineger Glomomp52169   2015-06-09 10:19  

#3  NORK families have homes?
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-06-09 08:12  

#2  It's an environmental move, more national park acreage, animal habitat, recreational space, etc.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-06-09 07:01  

#1  "Where would the Norks find the 'extra' food rations..."
Bark on the trees they cut down?
Posted by: newc   2015-06-09 00:50  

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