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North Korea demands neighbors spy on neighbors in surveillance push
North Korean authorities are tightening their grip on daily life through an expanded surveillance apparatus that demands citizens monitor and report on their neighbors. The campaign centers on revamped neighborhood watch units, where officials are pushing systematic mutual surveillance as a core social obligation. According to a source in North Pyongan province, regional branches of the Socialist Women’s Union of Korea (SWUK) held year-end revie…
North Korean security forces have recently stepped up their surveillance of the country's population. They are tracking down signs of an "anti-socialist lifestyle" using neighborhood surveillance. This wide-ranging operation includes, among other things, a system of rewards and punishments for North Koreans, reports Daily NK. The portal's source states that frustration with the constant surveillance is growing among the population.
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