Channel A News S.Korea shows NK Pro satellite images of Kim's Yacht offshore Apr 21

[soryang]

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This report was televised April 29 on Channel A News. (Donga media a conservative South Korean media company) In the first couple of minutes of the broadcast a few satellite photos from NK Pro are depicted, the latest of which shows the yacht offshore Wonsan, North Korea, on April 21. NK Pro has a paywall.

The Channel News report at below is in Korean. According to the programs guest expert, the movements of the yacht suggest Kim has been present at the summer compound in spite of reports of his heart surgery, coma, death, etc.

On the Channel A News broadcast, Politics Desk, the title of the program reflects the analysis that Kim was in need of rest since early April after a difficult time with sanctions, the public health efforts, etc. Kim had seen the building projects focused on tourism as a way to endure the sanctions regime, but the world wide corona virus epidemic forced him to close the country off from foreign visitors creating additional economic stress on the regime. Specifically, the report indicated that Kim was having a case of nerves, berating subordinates, and suffering depression, and needed rest for that reason.

Number 3 in the party power structure Park Bong-ju was pictured in a factory setting in Pyongyang with a mask on on the 28th. He hadn't been seen since the 15th. Workers in the factory were shown wearing masks as well.

[Iliyah]

1. I would like to know the status of . . .

NK's general public faring with COVID-19.

[soryang]

2. I haven't been able to find any info

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the NK media always address the matter obliquely regarding potential foreign covid 19 threats. Of course they still maintain they don't have any cases.

I had made comments based upon two Daily NK reports which reported some fatalities inside North Korea from suspicious pneumonia like deaths several weeks ago. Initially they reported deaths in single digits. In the second report they said they were 200 deaths reported from their sources among soldiers near the northern border region.

At the time I felt the report was consistent with what was known about North Korean patterns of commerce such as they are, but have no way of verifying their validity.

It's odd that it was the Daily NK report on Kim's heart procedure that started a firestorm of speculation, but they haven't followed up on the covid 19 reports as to internal cases in North Korea, which information would seem to be more readily observed if one had "sources inside North Korea." A lot of observers don't find Daily NK reliable.

[soryang]

3. link to NK Pro article

https://www.nknews.org/pro/recent-moves-by-kim-jong-uns-luxury-boats-suggest-leader-may-be-in-wonsan/

don't know why it is opened up. got to it indirectly.

Through this Wash Post article:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/wheres-north-koreas-kim-lets-see-what-the-satellites-say/2020/04/29/7aa69e6a-8a0a-11ea-80df-d24b35a568ae_story.html