Mick Hartley

Kim Jong Un  – aka The Fat Leader – is starting off as he means to carry on:

A new crackdown against so-called “anti-socialist elements” has reportedly been launched along the border region on the orders of Kim Jong Eun.

A Daily NK source from North Hamkyung Province reported today, “Anti-socialist inspection units have been organized on the orders of Kim Jong Eun, so regulations in the border region have been reinforced. A command demanding that anti-socialist elements be completely eliminated at the border was handed down.”

According to the source, the anti-socialist inspection units were launched after instructions were handed down to the Ministry of Administration by Kim Jong Eun on December 7th, 2010….

The targets are the smuggling of drugs and counterfeiting, illegally crossing the river into China, illegal mobile phone usage and contact with foreigners. It will continue until April 10.

Since it is a direct order from Kim Jong Eun, punishments are harsh; execution in the most serious cases, even if the crime itself is one of drug smuggling or defection.

The elements are anti-socialist, of course, in the sense that in North Korea only the state is allowed to deal in drugs and counterfeit money (both links pdf).