Posted on 09/28/2015 8:22:37 PM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Bridge across North Korea's Amnok River closed off due to collapse
Updated: 2015-09-28 21:07:46 KST
A bridge connecting North Korea's western city of Shinuiju and the Chinese city Dangdong has been closed off due to a partial collapse.
According to Korean broadcaster YTN, the northern end of the Amnok River , or the New Yalu River Bridge, caved in by four to seven meters on Monday at around 8:30 AM., while a Chinese media outlet also reported that the bridge partially sunk with a single vehicle falling in.
The cause of the incident as well as the number of casualties have yet to be confirmed. Repairing the bridge is expected to take at least two weeks which will be a blow to the upcoming celebrations of North Korea's anniversary of the ruling Worker's Party, as Chinese trucks supply shipments for the event.
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Sounds like a dam good reason to close it. Somebody has a lick of sense.
Bump
Kimmie will strap the bridge’s engineer to a ballistic missile as ballast.
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=13484&cataId=nk01500
Drug distribution up amid relaxed holiday regulations
Seol Song Ah | 2015-09-28 16:44
Read in Korean
Leading up to Korea’s fall harvest festival holiday Chuseok, North Korea saw an increase in drug distribution, as surveillance and crackdowns from law enforcement agencies became more relaxed. There has also been a lack of monitoring of ‘non-socialist’ goods, as those tasked with enforcing regulations have been occupied with holiday preparations, Daily NK has learned.
“We had seen regulations being stepped up until recently on narcotics and non-socialist goods, but ahead of Chuseok this mostly subsided,” a source in South Pyongan Province told Daily NK on Friday. “Ahead of Chuseok, we saw a huge increase in drug circulation, and ‘non-socialist goods’ were being traded by the truck load.”
A source in North Pyongan Province corroborated this news.
The source explained this came as Party cadres also joined in on the spirit of holiday season, and drug dealers jumped to take advantage of the relaxed environment.
Phenylacetate, which is used as the ingredient to make methamphetamine, is transported on bicycles in flour sacks to drug manufacturing sites, and the completed product is then hidden among ingredients for Chuseok ancestral rites, according to the source.
“Chuseok is the day when people can safely sell and distribute not only drugs but also non-socialist goods,” the source said. “As long as you stick a sickle into the bag that’s carrying drugs, because of the culture of respects for ancestors, people can get away with it and say they’re going to cut weeds around their graves.”
“In time for Chuseok, non-socialist goods are being sold by the truck load. They include all kinds of products such as moonshine liquor that’s considered one of the most popular items as well as shoe heels, aluminium, and steel beams produced from donju [new affluent middle class] factories,” she added. “The moonshine made by individuals is distributed around Pyongyang, and shoe heels go from state-run collection stores to individually run shoe manufacturing stores.”
Despite efforts to stamp out drug trade through enhanced crackdowns and punitive measures, production and consumption has been on the rise. This is because compared to the initial investment, drugs produce massive returns, making it an attractive option worth paying cadre bribes for. The business is now even spreading to state foreign-currency earning companies, according to the source.
“a blow to the upcoming celebrations of North Korea’s anniversary of the ruling Worker’s Party”
Is that celebrated throughout North Korea?
Was sitting here wondering how to say what you said, with sensitivity. Thanks, you save me hours of pondering. LOL!
Yes. Especially in Pyongyang. There would be large rallies and official events all over N. Korea. A big hassle for ordinary people. They have to take time off from making a daily living to attend them. Frequently they are also forced by the authorities to make mandatory donations to finance them.
Yup. If you don’t celebrate it, you don’t get your dinner of tree bark and grass & water soup.
Sounds like our infrastructure LOL. I wonder if their bridge was made out of steel from China.
China paid all cost for the bridge’s construction. I am 99% sure that they used Chinese steel.
That Dangdong bridge done fell down!
Unreal. Like another planet.
A city named Dangdong? That should be the headline.
Someones head will roll.
Literally.
that is/was no minor bridge. more superior north korean technology in action. if they ever did launch a nuclear warheads at us, the would wind up nuking themselves.
Dangalangadingdong!
I hate it when that happens.
May not be the steel. Could be foundational issues. They dont fortify foundations as well as they do here.
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