김정은, Covid-19확산 막기위해, 경제적 구명줄인 중국포함한 전국경봉쇄로 확산되고 있는 Pandemic을 막을수 있다고 믿어서 일까? 암튼 지구촌의 골치덩이를 머리위에 얹고 살아가는 우리 대한민국의 커다란 짐이다.
더 큰 골치덩이는 대한민국을 리드하고있는 문재앙을 포함한 통일부장관 이인영, 국회외교통일위원장 송영길 같이 해야할말 하지 말아야할말을, 김정은이를 위한다고 생각되면, 그렇치 않아도 텅텅비어가는 곡간문을 열고, 김정은한테 보내주겠다는 견소리를 내는자들이 남한에 득시글 거려 국민들을 불한에 빠지게 하는 혼돈속을 거닐게 하고 있다는 점이다.
김정은이가 북한내의 Covid-19상황에 대해, 일체 발표를 하지않고, 무조건 국경폐쇄조치를 취하고 있는 그뒷면을 유추해석해 본다면, 분명히 북한내부에는 걷잡을수 없이 Pandemic이 폭풍이 밀려오듯이 전지역을 휩쓸고 있다고 믿어지는데, 왜 외부의, 특히 김정은이의 경제적 생명줄이나 마찬가지인 중국과도 뚝 끊어 버린 그무자비한 조치를 보면서, 확진여부조차 점검받지 못하고 세상을 하직하게 만드는 그똥뱃장이 무엇을 의미하는건지?
북중 국경폐쇄를 보면서 이상한점이 한두가지 아니지만, 전문가들의 분석에 의하면 현재 북한내의 의료체계는 다른 병으로 늘어나고있는 수많은 환자들을 치료하기에는 턱도없이 부족하여 거의 마비상태라고 하는데, 그점이 이해가 안된다고 걱정들이다. Covid-19 Pandemic말고, 폐결핵을 앓고있는 북한주민들에 대한 치료마져 감당못하고 있다는 것이다.
그가 자랑하면서, 겁도없이 미국에 까지 신경쓰게 하고있는, 핵폭탄과 탄도미사일개발 완료했다면서, 미본토까지 타격가능하다는 그핵폭탄의 위력이 Pandemic의 확산을 막아줄것으로 환상에 빠져서인지 아니면, 북한 인구가 너무 많다고 생각해서 죽어야 된다고 판단한 조치를 취하고 있는 것인지? 만약에 후자의 경우라면, 지구촌의 나라들은 연합을 해서, 당장에라도 김돼지에게 경고를 하고 그래도 따르지 않을때는 무력을 동원해서라도 지구촌과 작별을 하게 해야하는게 정석이라고 마는 믿고싶다.
한가지 이상한것은, 중국과의 국경을 완전 폐쇄시키면서도, 한반도 한가운데를 가로지르고 있는 휴전선에 우리 대한민국에서, 한국전이후 김일성공산 괴뢰들의 또 다른 선전포고없는 침략행위를 막기위해 설치하여 우리국민들의 안전을 지키고있던 방어설비를, 문재앙이가 김정은과 합의한 평화협정을 지킨다고 다 철거시켰는데.... 그방어설비를 일방적으로 없앤것이 마음에 많이 걸린다.
김정은이가, 북한주민들의 건강을 지켜주기위해 일관성있는 Covid-19방역 대책을 세워 밀고 나가고 있다고 하면, 분명히 휴전선에도 높은 철책을 쳐서 한국으로 부터의 Covid-19 Pandemic 침투를 막았어야 했는데....뭔가 앞뒤가 안맞는다. 중국과의 국경은 철통같이 차단하고, 김정은이의 설명에 따르면, Covid-19만연으로 지옥이나 다름 없다고 북한주민들에게 선전해대는 남한에 대해, 중국보다 더 높은, 강력한 폐쇄를 했어야 했는데....
그동안 북한을 탈출한 의사들이나 Front Line 종사자들의 설명에 의하면 북한내의 병원과 의료시설들은 완전히 낡거나 구닥다리 또는 고장나서 작동이 안되고, 그나마 치료할 약품도 없다는 것이다. 북한이 심한 흉년이 들었던 1990년대에 탈북한 사람들 역시, 그들이 겪었던 경험담들을 들어보면 치가 떨린다. 즉 수술하는데 마취약 주입도 없이, 팔 다리를 잘라내고, 의사들은 배고픔을 이겨내기위한 식량을 구하기위해 그나마 조금 있는 의약품들을 몰래 빼다 팔아먹는 참담했던 내용들이다. 맙소사.
(CNN)Kim Jong Un appears to have kicked North Korea's pandemic prevention plan into overdrive, further tightening the country's nearly impassible borders, cutting off nearly all trade with China, and even allegedly executing a customs official for failing to handle imported goods appropriately.
Beijing exported just $253,000 worth of goods to Pyongyang in October -- a drop of 99% from September to October, according to data published by China's customs administration. For context, that's less in terms of dollar value than China exported to Liechtenstein and Monaco during October.
China is North Korea's biggest trading partner and effectively the Kim regime's economic lifeline -- the country basically doesn't import significantly from anywhere else. Before major UN sanctions were put in place as punishment for North Korea's nuclear weapons program in 2016 and 2017, Beijing accounted for more than 90% of Pyongyang's foreign trade.
The new customs figures, if accurate, show that Kim appears to be willing to pare back -- or even cut off -- trade with China to prevent the virus from entering North Korea, even if it means risking the country's food and fuel supply. The move is even more extreme considering mainland China is only reporting a handful of cases each day.
North Korea has not publicly acknowledged the drop in trade, or the reason behind it, but the pandemic is the most likely explanation. Kim reportedly had two people executed for Covid-19 related crimes, including a customs official who did not follow virus prevention rules while importing goods from China, a South Korean lawmaker said after being briefed by the country's spy agency.
CNN has not been able to independently confirm news of the execution, nor have North Korean officials publicly confirmed it. But if true, the killing is another sign of just how seriously Kim is taking Covid-19.
North Korean state media reported Sunday that authorities were enacting new, stricter anti-epidemic measures across the country, including increasing the number of guard posts at border crossings and tightening the rules of sea entry in coastal areas. Authorities have even been ordered to "incinerate seaborne rubbish."
Pyongyang's decision to scale back imports from China has affected trade in the other direction. The October customs data, from Beijing, showed that Chinese imports from North Korea are down 74% year-on-year. That's forced industries in China, such as hair and wig manufacturers, to search elsewhere for cheap labor.
Chinese hair factories often outsourced intensive manual labor to North Korea, sending in raw materials and paying North Korean companies to have their workers finish the products. But since the North Korea-China border closed in January to prevent the spread of Covid-19, the trade flow dried up and prices soared.
Why North Korea can't afford an outbreak
North Korea was one of the first countries in the world to shut its borders when news of Covid-19 emerged from Wuhan, China. Almost all travel into the country ceased shortly after, and this summer the city of Kaesong was placed under lockdown after reports that a defector may have brought the virus in. North Korean state media regularly carries pieces reminding its people on the importance of its emergency anti-epidemic campaign.
Experts believe Pyongyang's vigilant response is in place because Kim's regime recognizes just how much trouble it would have containing a pandemic that has overwhelmed some of the world's best health care systems.
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North Korea's crumbling health care infrastructure is unlikely to be up to the task of treating a large number of patients sickened with a virus that the global health care community still does not fully understand. North Korea already has trouble treating other infectious diseases such as tuberculosis.
Defectors who have fled the country and aide workers who have volunteered there say North Korean hospitals and medical facilities are often dilapidated and lack proper equipment and medicine. People who fled during the famine of the 1990s shared stories of amputations done without anesthesia or doctors selling medicine to buy food to survive.
Pyongyang has not publicly admitted to a single case of Covid-19 within its borders, but many question that an infectious disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide and infected 62.6 million did not make it inside North Korea.
Evans Revere, a former US acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific, believes the latest steps taken by the Kim regime "suggest that an already serious situation -- the pandemic -- has gotten a lot worse."
Revere said the situation in North Korea is looking particularly dire because of a combination of factors that the pandemic is exacerbating: severe weather, potential crop shortages, the impact of international sanctions, and cutting off trade with China. These are major challenges that Kim must deal with as his country prepares for an important meeting of the ruling Workers' Party in January, where a new five-year plan is expected to be announced.
"The fact that we're getting so many reports suggesting that there's been a massive lockdown and crackdown and possible executions, tells me that something significant is up. And it's it doesn't bode well for not only North Korea's economy, but for the ability of many people to get by on a day-to-day basis in North Korea," Revere said.
"This is a pretty serious situation for the North Korean leader, and this also may explain the relative quiet that we've seen from North Korea since the US presidential election. They may very well be inward looking right now and trying to figure out how to get through the next few months."
North Korea has yet to comment on President-elect Joe Biden's victory in the US elections. Biden will likely approach negotiations with Pyongyang much differently than President Donald Trump, who established a personal relationship with Kim in the hopes that it could lead to a diplomatic breakthrough.
CORRECTION: This story has been updated to reflect that Evans Revere is a former US acting assistant secretary of state for East Asia and the Pacific.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/29/asia/north-korea-covid-executions-trade-intl-hnk/index.html
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