Partial evacuation possibly underway in North Korean capital

[babylonsister]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/4/14/1653217/-Partial-evacuation-underway-in-North-Korean-capital


Partial evacuation possibly underway in North Korean capital
By Mark Sumner
Friday Apr 14, 2017 · 4:01 PM EST


Kim Jong Un is reported to have ordered the evacuation of over 600,000 people from North Korea’s capital city, Pyongyang.

Experts note that the evacuation will most likely be conducted due to extremely strained tensions in relations with the US.

North Korea has an extensive system of shelters, but it’s not clear where the evacuated people are being sent.

Meanwhile, reports that China was cancelling flight service to Pyongyang appears to be incorrect, though some individual flights have been dropped because ticket sales to the North Korean capital are, understandably, low.

Earlier this week, thousands marched in Pyongyang.

As the crowd met under a huge portrait of North Korean Leader Kim Jong-un, the choreography was perfect. But the people also seemed genuinely enthusiastic about their role in this message to Washington and most of the world.

Your threats have not worked.

Tensions in North Korea rarely creep to less than Very High. As a result, many who live there have shrugged off the current set of dueling threats. But now those threats seem to have been taken seriously enough to force a quarter of the capitol out of their homes. This is the eve of a national holiday that is often marked by some demonstration of new military technology in North Korea. However, the evacuation order would certainly suggest that Day of the Sun celebrations will be, at least, muted. Both the weather, and the mood, in the city are cloudy and fearful.

Foreign reporters have been told to prepare for a “big and important event" on North Korea's biggest national celebration, called ‘Day of the Sun’.

Trump has stated that a sixth nuclear test by North Korea, or even the appearance that such a test is about to occur, could result in a preemptive attack by the United States.

The U.S. is prepared to launch a preemptive strike with conventional weapons against North Korea should officials become convinced that North Korea is about to follow through with a nuclear weapons test, multiple senior U.S. intelligence officials told NBC News.

The nature or scale of that preemptive strike isn’t clear. North Korea not only has a small number of nuclear weapons, but large batteries of artillery aimed at South Korean targets. Any serious military action there is likely to result in high levels of casualties.

[KittyWampus]

1. FFS, stop w/fake news. It relocated 600,000 people out to make room f/Sungbun

[babylonsister]

3. FFS, Kos is usually a reliable source. nt

[KittyWampus]

4. Kim Jong-un orders 600,000 out of Pyongyang (but not as evacuation)

Kim Jong-un orders 600,000 out of Pyongyang
Apr 12,2017
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently ordered the deportation of nearly 600,000 Pyongyang residents to the suburbs, a local source told the JoongAng Ilbo Monday.

The deportation represents one-fourth of Pyongyang’s current population of 2.6 million. It is not known when they will be forced to move or to where.

“Population control was the pretext of the latest order,” said the source, who asked for anonymity, “but in reality, the purpose is to ‘purify’ the North Korean capital and allow only the loyal elite class to live there.”

Among those who were chosen by authorities to move are people whose relatives defected to South Korea, had been jailed in a prison camp, used drugs or counterfeit money, and produced, distributed or sold pirated films from the South.

Those who were caught selling other illegally imported goods in a jangmadang, or North Korean black market, were excluded because such cases have become so prevalent that it is no longer considered a serious crime, the source said.

http://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=3032113

[bathroommonkey76]

2. Pravda is the only source for

600,000 people being evacuated.

http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20170414000689

There aren't any other news sites out there that have confirmed this story at all.

[lunasun]

5. Interesting , if true

[msongs]

6. it's only absolutely true when the OP says "link to tweet" lol nt