N. Korea intensifies ideological control as nuclear program strains economy - Daily NK English

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N. Korea intensifies ideological control as nuclear program strains economy - Daily NK English

North Korea is conducting lectures for state security agents to reinforce the country’s nuclear status and sharpen surveillance for signs of ideological dissent among a public increasingly strained by economic hardship. According to a source in South Hamgyong province, the provincial state security bureau held a lecture on Feb. 1 during its regular Saturday study session. The presentation highlighted North Korea’s independent acquisition of nucl…